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Maximum Bob

Summary Maximum Bob is based on Elmore Leonard's novel of the same name. The main character is Judge Bob Gibbs, the eccentric judge of Deepwater, Florida. The television program aired for seven weeks in NYPD Blue's time slot. After its run ended and ABC declined to renew the program, producers shopped it to other networks to no avail. Maximum ...

  • 1998
  • ABC
  • 1998
  • ABC

Maximum Bob

Season 1 Premiere: Aug 4, 1998
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
75
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Summary Maximum Bob is based on Elmore Leonard's novel of the same name. The main character is Judge Bob Gibbs, the eccentric judge of Deepwater, Florida. The television program aired for seven weeks in NYPD Blue's time slot. After its run ended and ABC declined to renew the program, producers shopped it to other networks to no avail. Maximum ...

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
75
86% Positive
19 Reviews
5% Mixed
1 Review
9% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
75
86% Positive
19 Reviews
5% Mixed
1 Review
9% Negative
2 Reviews

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100
Aug 5, 2014
With an attitude that is nine parts Northern Exposure and one part Twin Peaks, Maximum Bob qualifies as one of the best hourlong shows that ABC has uncorked since NYPD Blue. [4 Aug 1998, p.1C]
By Terry Jackson FULL REVIEW
90
Aug 6, 2014
Wonderfully warped...Expect both sly satire and big belly laughs from this summer treat. [4 Aug 1998]
By Gail Pennington FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 6, 2014
Good weird. [3 Aug 1998]
By Scott D. Pierce FULL REVIEW
75
Aug 6, 2014
Whether it eventually runs out of storytelling steam or becomes a surprise hit like former hot-weather rookie "Northern Exposure," the engagingly bodacious Maximum Bob sure beats another numb summer rerun. Here comes the jive-talking judge! [3 Aug 1998, p.1D]
By Mike Duffy FULL REVIEW
75
Aug 5, 2014
The whole thing is laid out with the comic visual sensibility Sonnenfeld brought to films such as "Raising Arizona" and "Throw Momma From the Train" as a cinematographer and "Men in Black" as a director. It's a welcome change from the cookie-cutter stuff one normally sees in prime-time, but you do sort of wonder what brought Sonnenfeld to TV, a medium not known for its nuance and subtlety. [4 Aug 1998, p.33]
By Phil Rosenthal FULL REVIEW
70
Aug 6, 2014
If Maximum Bob can maintain its off-kilter inventiveness, it could build a following.
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30
Aug 5, 2014
But by the third episode, Maximum Bob turns into minimal entertainment. The plot contrivances become strained beyond repair, and the farcical edge is blunted. [4 Aug 1998, p.1C]
By Manuel Mendoza FULL REVIEW

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Production Company:
  • Sonnenfeld Josephson Worldwide Entertainment
  • Warner Bros. Television
Initial Release Date: Aug 4, 1998
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
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Casting Society of America, USA
• 2 Nominations

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