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  • 2009
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  • ABC
  • 2009
  • TV-14
  • ABC
The Unusuals

Summary The Unusuals is described as a crime procedural dramedy set in modern-day New York City. Sometimes life takes an unexpected turn, as in the morning Casey Shraeger, a vice detective, is assigned to work undercover as a hooker by the Lincoln Tunnel and later finds herself a part of the homicide squad. As Casey gets to know her new co-worke...

  • 2009
  • TV-14
  • ABC
  • 2009
  • TV-14
  • ABC

The Unusuals

Season 1 Premiere: Apr 8, 2009
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
61
User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 20 User Ratings
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Summary The Unusuals is described as a crime procedural dramedy set in modern-day New York City. Sometimes life takes an unexpected turn, as in the morning Casey Shraeger, a vice detective, is assigned to work undercover as a hooker by the Lincoln Tunnel and later finds herself a part of the homicide squad. As Casey gets to know her new co-worke...

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
61
55% Positive
12 Reviews
41% Mixed
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5% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
61
55% Positive
12 Reviews
41% Mixed
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5% Negative
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88
A refreshing dramedy that captures the hard-boiled world of New York City homicide investigators and their twisted sense of humor
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70
Everygirl Amber Tamblyn is miscast as a cop with a fancy Upper East Side pedigree, but the rest of the ensemble is great, including Harold Perrineau as a paranoid cop and Adam Goldberg as his self-destructive partner. Quirky feels like a curse word, tainted forever by the legacy of David E. Kelley (Ally McBeal, etc.), but The Unusuals might actually turn the word back into praise.
By Emily Nussbaum FULL REVIEW
70
The cast is excellent, and there's potential here, even though tonight's opening episode, as pilots will, tries a little too hard.
By Robert Lloyd FULL REVIEW
63
The Unusuals doesn’t have the balance between the comedy and the serious stuff right yet, but Terry Kinney lends a welcome acerbic note as the station’s seen-it-all leader, Sgt. Harvey Brown.
By Maureen Ryan FULL REVIEW
60
ABC'S latest police drama, The Unusuals, manages to tap into both the dark tension and the zany absurdity of a cop's life in New York. If you're looking for a show that captures the best of both those worlds, however, call Wednesday night's premiere episode a work-in-progress.
By David Hinckley FULL REVIEW
42
The Unusuals is not a good show; it is a messy, uneven, silly, inconsequential show.
By Verne Gay FULL REVIEW
25
The series is flat-out tone deaf; a limp drama and a grating, messy misfire as a comedy.
By Tim Goodman FULL REVIEW

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 20 User Ratings
3.4
35% Positive
7 Ratings
5% Mixed
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60% Negative
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 20 User Ratings
3.4
35% Positive
7 Ratings
5% Mixed
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60% Negative
12 Ratings

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Production Company:
  • Totally Commercial Films
  • 26 Keys Productions
  • Sony Pictures Television
Initial Release Date: Apr 8, 2009
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-14
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