3 Lbs.: Season 1

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CBS | Season Premiere Date: November 14, 2006

Starring: Penn Badgley, Holly Marie Combs, Stanley Tucci

Summary: Stanley Tucci stars as brilliant neurosurgeon Doug Hanson in this House-ian medical drama.

Genre(s): Drama, Health & Lifestyle

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E8. Plugged In
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S1:E7. The Cutting Edge
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S1:E6. Bad Boys
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David Hinckley

After one hour, we not only care about the patients - but care quite a bit about the doctors. Read full review

Rob Owen

Make no mistake, "3 Lbs." is a show that will better appeal to the CBS audience than "Smith" did, but it's a pretty generic show. Read full review

Gillian Flynn

[A] House wannabe. Read full review

Robert Lloyd

While it's quite watchable if you don't expect much from it, and while even though the cast is good company... the show is not vivid or daring enough to overcome one's sense of having seen it all before. Read full review

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Charlie McCollum

As hard as Tucci tries -- and he tries very hard -- he can't make Dr. Doug Hanson into Dr. Gregory House. It's not his fault; the writers simply don't give him the dialogue and depth that Hugh Laurie gets to play with on "House.'' Read full review

Alan Sepinwall

Who wants to watch a less funny, vaguely cuddlier House impersonator? Read full review

Tom Shales

Hanson might be enough to fill a few paragraphs in an old Reader's Digest "Most Unforgettable Character" featurette, but the thought of spending an hour with him every week is about as attractive as having (place name of your least favorite medical procedure here) with the same frequency. Read full review

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LisaL

Jan 16, 2007

This was a wonderful show. It held its own and not a rip-off of others. I love Tucci! This is the first time I've really seen Feuerstein, but I enjoyed his character in this show. Indira, I loved from ROME and she did excellent as a more ethereal type doctor. I really don't like This was a wonderful show. It held its own and not a rip-off of others. I love Tucci! This is the first time I've really seen Feuerstein, but I enjoyed his character in this show. Indira, I loved from ROME and she did excellent as a more ethereal type doctor. I really don't like that it is being compared to HOUSE or CSI. I love both of those shows. The characterization and stories are different. Yes, maybe there are a few techniques used that are similar in both (viewing the internal body), but that shouldn't condemn the show. It uses a viable technology to enhance a story line. Are we calling anyone that uses Lucases technology after the original Star Wars a rip off? Or how about the new filming techniques used in the Matrix? Innovation needs to start somewhere and then progress in other outlets. Bring back this wonderful show. Don't dumb down the shows on TV. Keep these intellectual shows alive!… Expand