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- CBS
- Sep 23, 2019
- CBS
- Sep 23, 2019
Summary Former deputy district attorney Lola Carmichael (Simone Missick) begins her first year as a judge under the guidance of Supervising Judge Judith Benner (Marg Helgenberger). Across the bench are Lola's best friend Deputy District Attorney Mark Callan (Wilson Bethel) and public defender Emily Lopez (Jessica Camacho) in this legal drama fro...
Created By: Greg Spottiswood
- CBS
- Sep 23, 2019
- CBS
- Sep 23, 2019
Summary Former deputy district attorney Lola Carmichael (Simone Missick) begins her first year as a judge under the guidance of Supervising Judge Judith Benner (Marg Helgenberger). Across the bench are Lola's best friend Deputy District Attorney Mark Callan (Wilson Bethel) and public defender Emily Lopez (Jessica Camacho) in this legal drama fro...
Created By: Greg Spottiswood
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
62
60% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
40% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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[All Rise] indulges the basics of the genre and finds some refreshing ways to twist them into slightly new, more intriguing shapes. Between its cast, subject matter, and many charming friendships, it almost feels like “All Rise” accidentally wandered onto CBS’ schedule on its way to ABC’s Shonda Rhimes-driven TGIT lineup.
Watch those supporting actors. They’re Tony winners and highly skilled.
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Based on 19 User Ratings
5.0
42% Positive
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16% Mixed
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42% Negative
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8 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 19 User Ratings
5.0
42% Positive
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
16% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
42% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
Decent characters (however a bit cliche) in a standard courtroom drama. Basically a Judging Amy remake with a bit of Night Court thrown in. In other words, unoriginal from the start.
The whole idea of “this case will end your career” plot device has already been overused. The whole judicial review plot came along at least a season too early. Writers are hitting the panic button for script ideas too soon in a first season.
We also don’t need the head judge to have a declared sexual orientation. Doesn’t add to the premise of the show and feels like a forced PC character decision. A respected judge should keep their personal life choices out of their professional life.
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SEASON 1
As it stands, this courtroom drama has the feel of the kind of show CBS develops well, a lightly serialized episodic diversion structured around open-and-shut cases and carried by a solid lead. Missick is a compelling performer, and hopefully the network will give her show enough time to smooth out the more forced elements.
Yeah, there’s a lot of stuff that would never happen in a real courthouse here, but the characters are quite likable, especially Wilson Bethel (“Hart of Dixie”) as an assistant district attorney and Ruthie Ann Miles as Carmichael’s know-it-all judicial assistant.
Like other CBS procedurals, it’s on the hectic side, with a streak of comedy — on her first trip to the bench, Lola trips, literally — and a team of colorful colleagues.
Nothing you’ll see rises to any level of must-see. Instead it’s all pretty much preachy and pedestrian, with the diversity of the cast working against itself in terms of this show’s labored approach to injustice and discrimination.
Its main conviction seems to be that judges should function not as neutral arbiters of the law but as assistants to defense lawyers and that empathy, rather than evidence, should govern judicial outcomes.
Garbage. Sitcom/dramedy garbage. The broadcast network sitcom is a dead format. No one wants this. It's bland and boring.
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SEASON 1
Disgusting garbage that pushes political propaganda once again, doesn't hardly follow any actual court law/system and is just more drama than anything.
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SEASON 1