Six Degrees

New York PostAdam Buckman

It is no small feat to pull off the trick of interweaving so many characters and storylines, but the producers of "Six Degrees"... have accomplished it with admirable smoothness for a series that is just getting under way.

Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert

The ABC show... is one of the pleasures of the new season, although it may strike some viewers as too conceptually loose to love.

VarietyPhil Gallo

[The] pilot is cleverly written giving the characters a heady, just-specific-enough mix of mystery, intrigue and charm.

TimeJames Poniewozik

It's a drama of chance with enough charm to roll the dice on.

Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron

If the stories aren't entirely convincing, the actors are.

Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan

It’s a slender conceit for a television show but also a novel one. And the romantic sense of yearning that infuses “Six Degrees” is refreshing in a TV schedule full of corpses and cops.

Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin

Six Degrees starts off almost as an anthology series, with six stories set in six different worlds, each one quite interesting. But as their orbits draw closer, interest rapidly morphs into fascination.

Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm

The whole web would unravel if each character weren't so interesting all by his or her own lonesome self.

The New York TimesVirginia Heffernan

But the particular stories are not what “Six Degrees” is ultimately about. Instead the show’s forte, for viewers like me who don’t mind piety on television, is its ambience of faith.

NewsdayVerne Gay

A reasonably competent soap.

Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray

[It] so far boasts characters more intriguing than their interactions.

Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd

New York also offers the gift of its locations, which are used abundantly and give the show a sense of reality its script does not always earn. (The actors take up the rest of the slack.)

LA WeeklyRobert Abele

A pleasantly diverting bumper-car drama of chance encounters, new friendships and random triggers.

Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland

No series following an easy delight like "Grey's Anatomy" should be this much of a downer.

San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman

It's not compelling at all.

San Jose Mercury NewsCharlie McCollum

It's an intriguing premise but one that comes off a bit strained in the opening hour and leaves you with the feeling that you have no idea where the show is going.

Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen

The concept is unique, the performances solid or better, but when so many similar shows are competing for attention from viewers who are only willing to commit so much time to watching ongoing TV series, "Six Degrees" just isn't good enough.

USA TodayRobert Bianco

Six Degrees certainly clips along, but moving quickly between insipid links and boring characters doesn't make them any less insipid or boring.

Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman

The first episode doesn't measure up to the actors' capabilities, but there is a fantastic amount of promise.

New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley

In theory, it's an intriguing concept for a series. But in practice, "Six Degrees" doesn't work at all in drawing you in at the start.

People WeeklyTom Gliatto

The show's a letdown, especially since it comes with one of the most lovingly assembled casts of any series. [9 Oct 2006, p.41]

Entertainment WeeklyDalton Ross

Six Degrees fancies itself as clever but is really little more than a one-trick pony. Even worse, that trick pony is pretty damn lame. [22 Sep 2006, p.89]

Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall

A gimmick in search of a show.

Detroit Free PressMike Duffy

A pretty bland romantic confection.

The New YorkerTad Friend

The show is laced with wit and blessed with fine actors... Yet the coincidences that bring the show’s six wayfarers together to form their own little island on the big island are vexingly hokey.

New York MagazineJohn Leonard

Tedious.

Washington PostTom Shales

It's lame and it's limp, and as deployed for "Six Degrees," the conceit would seem to owe quite a bit to the movie "Crash," among such other more antique inspirations as "The Bridge of San Luis Rey."