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‘On Call’ review: Another (forgettable) cop show from TV producer Dick Wolf

Summary by Chicago Tribune

Amazon Prime’s “On Call,” the latest drama from executive producer Dick Wolf, is so intent on selling audiences on the idea that police are unfairly maligned and in danger every moment, of every day, that it forgets to tell a coherent or even fitfully entertaining story. This is the first scripted streaming original from Wolf, who currently dominates the TV schedule on the network side. He’s behind the One Chicago franchise as well as the “Law &…

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IndieWire

With ‘On Call’ Dick Wolf’s TV Empire Has Finally Found a New Trick

Prime Video's latest series 'On Call' executive produced by Dick Wolf finds the TV stalwart stretching a bit for streaming. Does it work?

2 months ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The Wrap

‘On Call’ Review: Dick Wolf’s Prime Video Police Drama Won’t Reinvent the Genre

“On Call” is a decent small-scale police procedural. But is it decent enough when it comes from the house of Dick Wolf? The pedigreed eight-part show traded broadcast networks for Prime Video, where it will premiere Thursday. The novelty is that each episode is a bite-sized 30 minutes, with modest character arcs that extend over multiple episodes, and multiple seemingly random crime sequences that propel individual installments. The result feels…

2 months ago·United States

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Chicago Tribune

‘On Call’ review: Another (forgettable) cop show from TV producer Dick Wolf

2 months ago·Chicago, United States

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The Hollywood Reporter

‘On Call’ Review: Amazon’s Dick Wolf-Produced Generic Cop-Flavored Background Noise

A rookie and his more experienced partner search for the murderer of a fellow police officer while responding to other disturbances in Long Beach, California.

2 months ago·Los Angeles, United States

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Another (forgettable) cop show from TV producer Dick Wolf – Sun Senti…

Amazon Prime’s “On Call,” the latest drama from executive producer Dick Wolf, is so intent on selling audiences on the idea that police are unfairly maligned and in danger every moment, of every day, that it forgets to tell a coherent or even fitfully entertaining story.This is the first scripted streaming original from Wolf, who [...]

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