Standoff: Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

FOX | Season Premiere Date: September 5, 2006

Starring: Ron Livingston, Michael Cudlitz, Gina Torres

Summary: The short summary: FBI hostage negotiators in love. The slightly longer summary: Fox tries for "Moonlighting," but the witty banter part proves to be too tough to reproduce.

Creator: Craig Silverstein

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E18. Severance
Air Date: July 20, 2007
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S1:E17. Kids in the Hall
Air Date: July 13, 2007
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S1:E16. Ex-Factor
Air Date: July 6, 2007

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Gloria Goodale

The series' unique angle lends itself to interesting psychological drama as it explores the hows and whys of hostage negotiation - even as it dishes out a heavy helping of FOX's de rigueur hoppin' hormones. Read full review

Mike Duffy

From start to finish, "Standoff" is slickly contrived, formulaic crime drama nonsense. Read full review

Nancy DeWolf Smith

The main thing in its favor is the chemical tension between its stars. That may not be enough, but it's something. Read full review

David Hinckley

These actors more than deserve a series of their own. They deserve a good one, and "Standoff" isn't it. Read full review

Aaron Barnhart

I’m having a reverse case of Stockholm Syndrome with “Standoff”: The more time I spend with it, the less I like it. Read full review

Maureen Ryan

"Standoff" isn't a terrible show, it's just an unnecessary one. Read full review

Tom Shales

It's hard to imagine a civilized audience of any significant size wanting to sit through these trumped-up conflicts and lazy-daisy crises week after week. Read full review

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Sheila

Jul 23, 2007

I am very disappointed that the show was canceled. It was 1 of only 2 shows I looked forward to all week and Ive already started watching past episodes on myspace.