The Mob Doctor: Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 17, 2012
  • Season #: 1
Metascore
42 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 24 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 24
  3. Negative: 8 out of 24
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  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    Sep 17, 2012
    38
    They tried for the tried and true, hoping they'd get "The Sopranos" meets "Grey's Anatomy" while filling the hole "House" left in the schedule. And, like a camel, they ended up with an animal made by committee.
  2. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Sep 17, 2012
    30
    Fox's preposterous organized crime/medical show combo platter The Mob Doctor manages to be silly and sappy.
  3. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    Sep 14, 2012
    0
    The two-taste-treats-in-one thing worked for Hostess Ding-Dongs, so maybe Fox figured it would work for this ding-dong of a dud for the masochists in the crowd.
  4. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Reviewed by: Gail Pennington
    Sep 17, 2012
    37
    Unfortunately, beyond the strained concept, it has ridiculous dialogue and ludicrous situations that the best actors in the world couldn't salvage.
  5. The Huffington Post (formerly AOL TV)
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    Sep 17, 2012
    30
    Feisty is one thing, rude is another. But all of that is of a piece with the show's generally lazy approach to storytelling: A couple of supporting characters are cardboard villains, and a subplot about a minor's surgical procedure doesn't make a ton of sense if you know the first thing about medical privacy laws.
  6. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Sep 17, 2012
    10
    An aggressively preposterous mash-up of medical and mob clichés that results in the sort of hack-work melodrama that would defeat even the most brilliant script doctor.
  7. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    Sep 17, 2012
    25
    As its name indicates, it's half Mob drama, half doctor show, and all terrible.
  8. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Hank Stuever
    Sep 14, 2012
    0
    It's never good news when you start to watch a new show and can't get past quibbling with the whole concept.

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User Score
4.7 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 27 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
  1. rmdashrf
    2
    The decent cast deserve a better-written vehicle than this. Here's a tip from the show-it-don't-say-it file: find a way to make your main character plucky without sticking it in the dialogue. The concept probably could have worked, but I don't see this getting renewed.… Full Review »
  2. baoboa
    6
    Like many others I too desperately wanted to like this show. Simply put, I believe that the stellar cast has been plagued with bad writing. Its just too cliche and at times unbelievable... great acting, bad stories.… Full Review »
  3. Brooklyndave
    8
    With all the reality shows and I must say very poor choices for NBC, I have enjoyed the show The Mob
    Doctor. The story kept continuing which     I enjoyed. But as far as I was told my view at 66 really doesn't
    count anymore, the networks are trying to get the 25 year to 45 year old mainly for the commercials That's who really pays the actors.    … Full Review »
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