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- 2015
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Summary The Ed Burns crime drama set in 1967 where Public Morals Division officer Terry Muldoon (Ed Burns) tries to keep his family safe from his work.
Created By: Edward Burns
- 2015
- TV-MA
- TNT
- 2015
- TV-MA
- TNT
Public Morals
Season 1 Premiere: Aug 25, 2015
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7.3
Summary The Ed Burns crime drama set in 1967 where Public Morals Division officer Terry Muldoon (Ed Burns) tries to keep his family safe from his work.
Created By: Edward Burns
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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73% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
69
73% Positive
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
27% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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It strides the line between comfortable and bold with enough confidence to become charismatic.
Burns gives us a good old-fashioned crime tale, just the kind of thing we need to end our summer.
Public Morals is engaging enough, with a jazzy pace, assured direction and a number of fine performances.
Even if subtlety isn’t going to be part of the equation, Burns makes up for it with his wiseguy humor, rapid-fire dialogue and a high volume of plot.
Public Morals doesn’t yet feel like a top-tier cable drama, but it has the makings of a highly watchable one, and stands a cut above much of TNT’s lineup in terms of ambition.
Public Morals is a handsome production that could benefit from more variety; half the scenes unfold in smoky saloons, and the washed-out cinematography favors browns and yellows to a distracting degree. Its story is engaging enough on a comfort-food level, but its themes are spoon-fed.
Public Morals is a mess.... [Working with Amblin Television and producers including Steven Spielberg] probably accounts for the show’s technical polish, but the thin and repetitive writing and the clumsy one-note direction--every scene plays at the same pace and volume, so that family dinners, squad-room arguments and murders seem indistinguishable--can’t be finessed.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 49 User Ratings
7.3
67% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 49 User Ratings
7.3
67% Positive
33 Ratings
33 Ratings
20% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
12% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
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Production Company:
- Amblin Television
- Marlboro Road Gang Productions
Initial Release Date: Aug 25, 2015
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
