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Women's Murder Club
SERIES: ABC, Friday 9:00p (60 minutes)


7.1

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Starring Angie Harmon, Aubrey Dollar, Laura Harris, Linda Park, Paula Newsome, Rob Benedict, Rob Estes, and Tyrees Allen

Angie Harmon and her friends solve crime without the boys in blue in this adaptation of James Patterson's books.

GENRE(S):	Crime, Drama
CREATED BY:	Elizabeth Craft Sarah Fain James Patterson (Book)
FIRST AIR DATE:	October 12, 2007

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Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker

An appealing cast and a flashy production style bolster familiar material.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

There's nothing gritty or particularly realistic about ABC's Women's Murder Club, but that's OK. The show is an entertaining, estrogen-powered hour regardless.

New York Magazine John Leonard

Laura Harris as Jill Bernhardt, the platinum-blonde district attorney, Paula Newsome as Claire Washburn, the surprisingly jolly medical examiner, and Aubrey Dollar as Cindy Thomas, the impossibly young newspaper reporter, do not add up to a Kaffeeklatsch or a therapy group. I’m not saying that they don’t occasionally discuss emotions (usually Angie/Lindsay’s), but it’s more grad-school seminar than touchy-feely hot-tub hangout.

Hollywood Reporter Ray Richmond

WMC--that's what the hip people will no doubt soon be calling it--sprints energetically from the gate carrying genuine qualitative heft: charismatic leads, snappy dialogue and an agreeable blend of lighthearted and dramatic.

Kansas City Star Aaron Barnhart

Sharply written, compellingly acted, this is the crime procedural ABC has needed all along, one for the “Grey’s Anatomy” crowd.

Los Angeles Times Mary McNamara

The show looks to be a smart, stylish crime drama that just happens to revolve around a group of women as so many have revolved around men.

Miami Herald Glenn Garvin

It's funny and smart, with affably quirky characters who aren't cut from cardboard.

Entertainment Weekly Gillian Flynn

Neither self-serious nor campy, the new ABC police drama is just what I've been craving amid all the businesslike "Law & Orders" and "CSIs."

New York Daily News David Hinckley

While the crime itself is only moderately intriguing, its real function is to let viewers see what each of these women does, how they work together and how they talk to each other.

USA Today Robert Bianco

It would be nice if the exposition were less clunky and the show did more to capture what is special about its San Francisco setting. Still, the actors are enjoyable, and their series in large part does what it sets out to do.

Washington Post Jennifer Frey

Realism, in other words, is not the show's strong suit; pretty much all of it (the detecting, the lawyering, the examining and the reporting) can be described as "lite.

The New York Times Alessandra Stanley

Women’s Murder Club is all right, but not good enough.

Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy

Yes, the show's glossily generic. But the attractive cast clicks.

Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan

Women’s Murder Club isn’t really a terrible show. It is efficient and well-paced, and it tries hard to breathe life into these characters. But the effort doesn’t really pay off.

Variety Phil Gallo

Women's Murder Club has the tone of a show that's designed rather than crafted, a show more concerned about appealing to a target demographic instead of just flowing.

Newsday Diane Werts

The women's friendship radiates authentic undertones, beneath all the gooed-up personal drivel, although it's way too convenient how they always show up simultaneously at the same crime scenes.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland

For a show like Women's Murder Club to hit its target, viewers need to feel the desire to know these people--either because their jobs are exciting or their personal lives are spicy. But with this show, there's not enough spark to their jobs or lives to keep you on the couch on a Friday night.

Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray

Television's a visual medium, but so much of the plot is advanced during dialogue, I actually lost track a few times and ended up rewatching sections of the episode to figure out how they'd figured out whodunit.

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

Everything other than Harmon, who has thrown her "Law & Order" reserve out the window, feels unnatural and contrived.

Newark Star-Ledger Alan Sepinwall

The show inspires nothing but my apathy.

Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman

The new debut episode climaxes with a confusingly written yet completely unoriginal plot twist at the end. And the women characters are less confident than before, frazzled and more judgmental.

New York Post Linda Stasi

This "women's" show is such an embarrassing mess, it makes me ashamed to be a woman.

San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman

45 minutes of bad writing, bad acting and bad storytelling.

The average user rating for this tv show is 7.1 (out of 10) based on 13 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Carrie P. gave it a10:
I think this show is the best new show on tv, I love it!!

[Anonymous] gave it a10:
This show is wonderful and I love watching it each week. Great characters, witty, sarcastic, good development.

Janet S. gave it a6:
It's great to see Angie Harmon back on TV again - and I'm impressed with her comedic ability. She has a lot of tongue-in-cheek lines, mixed in with the serious stuff. Aubrey Dollar is refreshing, but please get rid of that insipid thin-haired blonde, Laura Harris! She is not easy to watch, and who dresses her? Her outfits are awful.

Tammy gave it a9:
i like the show i think it should have more to do with the book, but the girls are great keep them together and i love having rob on the show also he was great in silk stalkings

Shea B. gave it an8:
I really like this show (big fan of James Patterson). It is a little different than your typical crime drama. I think it will do well if people give it a shot.

[Anonymous] gave it a2:
Cliched diologue, poor acting, dull visuals, unpleasant plot points and a dangerously emaciated Angie Harmon: Women's Murder Club has everything American broadcast networks want execpt "reality."

Adam B. gave it a3:
Not that Patterson's WMC novels were great works of literature (especially compared to the Alex Cross series which was at least suspenseful), but if I were Mr Patterson I'd disown any relationship with the creators of this "based-on" TV series ASAP.

Women's Murder Club SERIES: ABC, Friday 9:00p (60 minutes)

Women's Murder Club
SERIES: ABC, Friday 9:00p (60 minutes)