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Inconceivable
SERIES: NBC, Friday 10:00p


9.0

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Starring Jonathan Cake, Ming-Na, Angie Harmon, Joelle Carter, David Norona, and Mary Catherine Garrison

NBC's Friday-night drama is set in a fertility clinic, which promises a wealth of story ideas... well, for a few weeks.

GENRE(S):	Drama
CREATED BY:	Oliver Goldstick Marco Pennette
FIRST AIR DATE:	September 23, 2005
LAST AIR DATE:	September 30, 2005

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USA Today Robert Bianco

Collectively, Inconceivable seems a bit desperate and confused.

Entertainment Weekly Gillian Flynn

With wannabe sensational plotlines and not-at-all-sensational dialogue, Inconceivable feels duly artificial. [23 Sep 2005, p.83]

People Weekly Tom Gliatto

Does it deliver excitement? So far, no. [3 Oct 2005, p.39]

Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy

Even with its erratic start, "Inconceivable" still manages to deliver a fair share of escapist, bun-in-the-oven fun.

Los Angeles Times Paul Brownfield

"Inconceivable" is a much more tentative exercise than "Nip/Tuck," offering only the mildest hints of comment on the world it depicts, of affluent people going to great lengths to bear children.

Miami Herald Glenn Garvin

A strong cast... breathes life into what might otherwise be just one more tepid medical drama.

Village Voice Joy Press

It's not clear yet how well the show will balance the fertility doctor's high jinks with patient scenarios.

Wall Street Journal Nancy DeWolf Smith

Much of this is utter nonsense. Life at a real fertility clinic is certainly a lot more humdrum, with fewer sexy nurses and doctors, a lower success record and longer debates about which clients to treat.

Chicago Tribune Sid Smith

Too much of the setup is a sad, cheesy cross between "Grey's Anatomy" and "Nip/Tuck."

Variety Brian Lowry

Like a test-tube baby, "Inconceivable" has the feeling of a series birthed less by passion than clinical precision.

Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman

Has a lot of forced backstory writing.

Hollywood Reporter Ray Richmond

The inherent melodrama has some absorbing moments, but they're undercut by overheated dialogue and story lines that invariably bite off more than they can easily chew early on.

San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman

A monumental waste of time.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland

This baby doesn't look like it'll make it full term.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

An often lighthearted medical show set in a Los Angeles fertility clinic, NBC's "Inconceivable" lacks the grit of "ER," the heart of "Scrubs" and the soapy shenanigans of "Grey's Anatomy," leaving an empty husk of a series.

New York Daily News David Hinckley

"Inconceivable" is so sappy and syrupy, it's the sort of program that even the Lifetime or Oxygen networks might reject.

The New York Times Virginia Heffernan

Few viewers will have the stomach to enjoy this.

Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm

The worst new show this season.

Newsday Verne Gay

Utterly vacuous and incompetent.

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

[An] intolerable piece of attention-getting TV.

The average user rating for this tv show is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 45 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Stephanie gave it a10:
I loved this show! Figures they would cancel it. It's not like they even gave it a chance! Good grief! And they put Law and Order in it's place....that's insult to injury!!

jennifer f gave it a10:
I loved this show. I was so disappointed it was canceled. I looked forward to it every friday night. i delt with infirtility for about 2 years and then got pregnant. NBC you were verrrrrry DUMB for taking it off the air. Why don't you cancel some of these crime shows. Every time i turn around i see a darn crime show. Please bring it back!!!!!!

Jaime B gave it a10:
I love this show I am going through this write now in my life Please bring back inconceivable

Courtney F gave it a10:
I have been through invitro 6 times and it worked on the 6th try. I could totally relate with the show and it was real and gives most people out in this world a glimpse into the world infertile couples/people live in. Bring the show back!

Mary gave it a9:
I thought the show was great, I had been looking for over the past few weeks on Friday nights, then to find out it had been cancelled. I was so disappointed. My husband and I have had to face alot of the issues of infertility, the show showed what infertile couples have to face every month, yes some of the storie lines were alittle silly, but it can educate people that don't have fertility problems what the rest us have to go through to try to get pregnant. Please bring the show back on, like maybe on a Monday night, friday night is not such a good night to air a new show! Very disappointed with NBC!!!

Tessa W gave it a10:
Cancelled! How terribly disapointing! I hadn't watched TV on a Friday night since Full House aired it's final episode years ago. NBC - Nothing But Crap ! I might as well remove this station from all of my TV's seeing as how I can see all of the Law and Order I want on the 6 o'clock evening news.

Marilyn C gave it a10:
I saw the first couple of episodes of Inconceivable and loved it. I want to know what happened to this program. It was GREAT! It's was true reality on what problems do arise in these type of situations.

Inconceivable SERIES: NBC, Friday 10:00p

Inconceivable
SERIES: NBC, Friday 10:00p