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  • 1985
  • TV-14
  • CBS
  • 1985
  • TV-14
  • CBS

Summary GOT A PROBLEM? ODDS AGAINST YOU? CALL THE EQUALIZER! The Equalizer (Robert McCall) is a former agent of a shadowy, unnamed government agency, who is trying to make up for the unspoken sins of his past. His atonement comes in the form of an advertisement in the newspaper that features the above quote. McCall uses his finely honed ski...

Created By: Richard Lindheim, Michael Sloan

  • 1985
  • TV-14
  • CBS
  • 1985
  • TV-14
  • CBS

The Equalizer

Season 1 Premiere: Sep 18, 1985
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
53
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
7.0
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Summary GOT A PROBLEM? ODDS AGAINST YOU? CALL THE EQUALIZER! The Equalizer (Robert McCall) is a former agent of a shadowy, unnamed government agency, who is trying to make up for the unspoken sins of his past. His atonement comes in the form of an advertisement in the newspaper that features the above quote. McCall uses his finely honed ski...

Created By: Richard Lindheim, Michael Sloan

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
53
50% Positive
3 Reviews
17% Mixed
1 Review
33% Negative
2 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
53
50% Positive
3 Reviews
17% Mixed
1 Review
33% Negative
2 Reviews

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80
Aug 15, 2013
Woodward seems destined to become the season's most seasoned heartthrob. Women will adore him, men admire him. He gives his character an affecting worldly disenchantment, but at the same time brings out all the allure in the wish-fulfillment aspects of the role. [18 Sept 1985, p.D1]
By Tom Shales FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 15, 2013
But I think the biggest reason is that I like its star, the British actor Woodward, who is an older man, 55, a veteran actor of 40 years, and not just another pretty young face on a vacuous head. He gives this show the same touch of class that another British export, Patrick Macnee, used to give The Avengers. [18 Sept 1985, p.3]
By Steve Sonsky FULL REVIEW
70
Aug 15, 2013
The results of this ploy are predictable. But the end of the episode delivers a satisfying double kick that neatly caps off Woodward's generally understated performance. It needs better scripts, but Woodward makes The Equalizer worth watching. [18 Sept 1985, p.C7]
By Robert P. Laurence FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 15, 2013
The Equalizer...recites the Vigilante Creed with effective fervor. And Mr. Woodward, the always accomplished actor whose more recent credits include "A Christmas Carol" on television and the title role in the Australian film "Breaker Morant," is so good that he makes the entire questionable enterprise seem almost reasonable.
By John J. O'Connor FULL REVIEW
30
Aug 15, 2013
The evening's funniest show on CBS, though, is a drama, The Equalizer. [18 Sept 1985, p.6]
By Howard Rosenberg FULL REVIEW
30
Aug 15, 2013
A misfired offering. [18 Sept 1985, p.7]
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
7.0
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33% Negative
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Production Company:
  • Universal Television
Initial Release Date: Sep 18, 1985
Number of seasons: 4 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
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Awards

Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 7 Nominations
Casting Society of America, USA
• 3 Nominations

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