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Traveler: Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: May 10, 2007
  • Season #: 1
Metascore
53 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 17
  3. Negative: 4 out of 17
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  1. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    75
    The show seems faster, brighter and more entertaining than most of the serials that beat it to the punch this fall.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mary McNamara
    70
    It's all very tense and fun, underscored by sirens and ominous techno music, shot in that popular, over-caffeinated jumpiness that here at least makes sense.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    70
    The first episode of "Traveler" is well made and quite gripping.
  4. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    70
    The premiere plays like a solid thriller.
  5. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Diane Werts
    70
    A pretty nifty, if completely insane, suspense/conspiracy/ chase/road adventure.
  6. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    70
    An action-packed adrenaline rush.
  7. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    63
    The action is fast and sometimes even compelling, if not entirely believable - or even a little believable.
  8. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    60
    Another workmanlike, reasonably decent thriller.
  9. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Tom Shales
    60
    The show... can easily be enjoyed simply as a fairly proficient thriller, pushing the kind of buttons that Alfred Hitchcock used to push with such films as "North by Northwest" -- although here they're pushed with much less artfulness and finesse.
  10. Philadelphia Daily News
    Reviewed by: Ellen Gray
    50
    Like so many current serials, [it] requires viewers to buy into the idea that its heroes have no choice but to do very unobvious things.
  11. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Hal Boedeker
    40
    After 24, Lost, Heroes and Prison Break, prime time is overstocked with such sprawling, demanding plots.
  12. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    40
    Alas, show creator David DiGilio forgot to put distinct personalities on his fast-moving bodies.
  13. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: David Zurawik
    40
    The problem is, at the end of the pilot, one simply doesn't care enough about Jay and Tyler to go on the lam with them each week.
  14. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Doug Elfman
    38
    The debut episode isn't so bad. The action is fairly taut, except for a dumb foot chase. The direction is tight, despite a few improbable twists.
  15. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Storm
    30
    I'm already committed to Prison Break. One cockamamy chase show is all my unaddled brain can handle.
  16. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Ray Richmond
    30
    You have to suspend an awful lot of disbelief to buy into this premise, and even at that the protagonists aren't nearly compelling enough to care a lot about.
  17. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    25
    Nothing to see.
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User Score
9.2 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 109 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 69 out of 75
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 75
  3. Negative: 5 out of 75
  1. RajuC.
    10
    Great show. Public like it but critics don's. How surprising!
  2. MattJ.
    10
    Great tv show. Wish it were on again.
  3. Brenda
    10
    Love the show! The end of last season is a great start for season 2!!!! Hope ABC has enough common sense to bring it back for a second season.
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