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- 2010
- TV-14
- ABC
- 2010
- TV-14
- ABC
- 2010
- TV-14
- ABC
- 2010
- TV-14
- ABC
Detroit 1-8-7
Season 1 Premiere: Sep 21, 2010
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8.1
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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52% Positive
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43% Mixed
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4% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
63
52% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
43% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
What will remain is the terrific, admirably diverse cast; the tough-but-uncynical attitude; and, perhaps best of all, the out-of-the-TV-norm location. The show isn't just set in Detroit; it's shot there, which gives it an authenticity and a palpable sense of place.
Absent the overworked conceit of actors glancing at the camera to register annoyance or irony, this has turned into just another well-produced cop show with some excellent actors, like Imperioli or James McDaniel, who plays Det. Jesse Long and played Lt. Arthur Fancy on "NYPD Blue."
It's definitely worth sampling, but impatient viewers might not return to the scene of the crimes.
1-8-7 doesn't pop with the gritty-city dynamism of, say, The Shield, leaving us to wonder whether this is another perfectly fine cop show going by on the assembly line.
Despite a good veteran cast led by Michael Imperioli, Detroit 1-8-7 doesn't immediately set itself apart from a whole pack of competing cop shows.
Detroit 1-8-7 is not bad and not great, though, ironically, the characters seem to have come off a Detroit assembly line.
The rest of Detroit 1-8-7's cast is fill-in-the-blanks police fodder. The only two characteristics that separate this show is one, it is filmed wholly in Detroit (who cares, a soundstage looks just as convincing) and two, the cameras are handheld (who cares, that shakiness can become very annoying).
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 35 User Ratings
8.1
83% Positive
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
9% Mixed
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9% Negative
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User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 35 User Ratings
8.1
83% Positive
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
9% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
9% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
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Production Company:
- Remainder Men
- Mandeville Television
- ABC Signature
- Michigan Production Studios
Initial Release Date: Sep 21, 2010
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-14
Awards
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 1 Nomination
Banff Television Festival
• 1 Nomination
People's Choice Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
