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E-Ring
SERIES: NBC, Wednesday 8:00p (60 minutes)


9.0

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Starring Benjamin Bratt, Aunjanue Ellis, Kelly Rutherford, and Dennis Hopper

Television's latest Jerry Bruckheimer-produced drama is set in the Pentagon.

GENRE(S):	Action / Adventure, Drama
CREATED BY:	David McKenna Ken Robinson
FIRST AIR DATE:	September 21, 2005

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

Chicago Tribune Sid Smith

Besides its surefire pacing and startling moments, "Invasion" features a promising cast.

Baltimore Sun David Zurawik

[It has] a tick-tick-tick pace almost as intense as that of 24.

Newsday Verne Gay

An effective and well-wrought drama, with enough cinematic flair and energy to paper over some of its more obvious faults.

Wall Street Journal Nancy DeWolf Smith

A slick production.

New York Post Linda Stasi

"E-Ring" is sometimes kind of silly, sometimes tightly drawn, and sometimes it's fun.

Salon Heather Havrilesky

We don't really learn anything new about the military or its operations, of course, but with the slick scenes and snappy one-liners coming in rapid succession, who really cares?

Hollywood Reporter Ray Richmond

It pulsates with the requisite flash and dash we've come to expect of a Bruckheimer outing, in this case rather like "JAG" on steroids. But at the end of the day it rings emotionally hollow.

Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman

The half-tense dramatic payoff is a pleasant surprise, but the bluster -- oh, the bluster and machismo are palpable.

People Weekly Tom Gliatto

Anyone who saw Team America, the movie send-up of all things Bruckheimerian, will find E-Ring hard to take too seriously. [24 Oct 2005, p.41]

PopMatters Cynthia Fuchs

Hopper [is] so misfitted for this role that he seems perversely perfect.

USA Today Robert Bianco

With each misstep, E-Ring becomes more ridiculous.

Variety Brian Lowry

Remember those scenes on "The West Wing" when the Joint Chiefs assemble in the "situation room" to tackle some faraway threat? Reprise the tension with none of the intelligence, inject flag-waving machismo and high-tech imagery, and what's left is this Jerry Bruckheimer drama.

Miami Herald

The unarguable truth of E-Ring's central premise -- that America's national-security bureaucracy probably spends as much time in intramural squabbles as it does fighting terrorism or rogue states -- does not make it any better drama.

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

Unfortunately, despite an interesting pair of lead actors, ''E-Ring" is stubbornly conventional and bland.

New York Daily News David Hinckley

The network may feel that Bratt could stand there, read the phone book and attract millions of adoring female fans. Starring in "E-Ring" may be the closest thing to finding out whether that's true.

San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman

"E-Ring" is boring.

San Jose Mercury News Charlie McCollum

Both tonight's opening episode and next week's installment are predictable, loaded with cliched dialogue and lacking in the tension you want in this kind of show.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland

More proof that even Jerry Bruckheimer can spit out barely watchable productions.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

Overcooked and preposterous to the point of being laughable.

Los Angeles Times Paul Brownfield

As the mission's race against time ticks down, "E-Ring" thinks it's got you by the throat, and that's true, because you feel like you're being led around on a leash.

Kansas City Star Aaron Barnhart

[A] surprisingly brain-dead series.

Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm

Interesting and exciting only when no one's saying anything, which isn't very often.

The New York Times Ned Martel

Chest-pounding [and] inept.

The average user rating for this tv show is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 101 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Rob N. gave it a10:
Awesome show, bring it back soon!

Richard K. gave it a10:
Its one off the best series I ever Sean.

Maggie L. gave it a10:
So disappointing that such a great show was taken off the air. Perhaps it told the truth too well.

Ashley S. gave it a10:
Please bring it back!

sasha gave it a10:
I love this show and what it to come back. I thought it just got better and better.

Kafo J gave it a10:
Love this show, it completely rocks. Please bring it back!

Kafo B gave it a10:
Great show.

E-Ring SERIES: NBC, Wednesday 8:00p (60 minutes)

E-Ring
SERIES: NBC, Wednesday 8:00p (60 minutes)