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Runaway
SERIES: CW, Monday 9:00p (60 minutes)


8.6

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Starring Donnie Wahlberg, Leslie Hope, Dustin Milligan, Sarah Ramos, and Nathan Gamble

Donnie Wahlberg has his family on the run after he is wrongly accused of a crime in the CW's lone new fall drama.

GENRE(S):	Drama
CREATED BY:	Chad Hodge
FIRST AIR DATE:	September 25, 2006
LAST AIR DATE:	October 15, 2006

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...

New York Post Linda Stasi

If "Runaway" is a harbinger of things to come, it, er, harbinges very well indeed!

Christian Science Monitor Gloria Goodale

A good and likable cast combine with thoughtful writing to make this family/thriller (a new genre?) worth watching.

Baltimore Sun David Zurawik

Think The Fugitive meets Beverly Hills 90210 done dark and brooding.

Miami Herald Glenn Garvin

This is an intriguing blend of The Fugitive and The O.C.: half suspense and half intergenerational melodrama.

Entertainment Weekly Gillian Flynn

Just two episodes in, and this series threatens to rattle down the wrong track. [6 Oct 2006, p.60]

New York Daily News David Hinckley

Yes, it's "Fugitive ... With Children." But "Runaway"... actually is pretty good, mostly because this family doesn't always get along.

People Weekly Tom Gliatto

You go on the lam, and you find Laguna Beach. [2 Oct 2006, p.45]

USA Today Robert Bianco

It's one of those midlevel, decently entertaining dramas you're most inclined to watch when nothing else in the time slot excites you.

The New York Times Alessandra Stanley

The real pleasure lies in the adjustment problems of a seemingly normal suburban family leading a terrifying secret life.

Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm

For adults, the thing plays a little like Fox's Prison Break.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland

"Runaway" is decent, the kind of show some might acknowledge as pretty good while saying, in the next breath, that it probably wouldn't make it.

Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy

The opening episode is solidly done and pretty entertaining. But a fifth season of "Everwood" would have been a much better fit in the time slot following "7th Heaven."

San Jose Mercury News Charlie McCollum

If it keeps its balance and cuts back on some of the more implausible moments in the first hour, this series could be a keeper.

Washington Post Tom Shales

Minor but deftly done.

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

We've seen this on-the-lam material many times before, and it offers very familiar family tensions.

Variety Phil Gallo

As much as the direction and writing capture appropriate tension in the pilot, they allow it to go slack in the second [episode].

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

"Runaway" is no "Everwood," which featured complex characters and an exploration of social issues. "Runaway" is far more pedestrian -- "The Fugitive" with a family -- but it may not be any better of a fit with its lead-in "7th Heaven."

Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan

"Runaway" is passable as far as it goes, which, despite its title, isn’t very far.

Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker

Runaway is neither credible nor exciting.

San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman

One of those series that looks great on paper but ends up less-than-thrilling on the screen.

Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman

"Runaway" isn't offensively awful. It's passively poor.

Los Angeles Times Paul Brownfield

"Runaway" begs your interest (who doesn't like a road trip story, even when the Feds aren't on your tail?) before fading for lack of energy, not to mention originality.

Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron

At times, things veer so far off center that running from the feds seems like a distraction from the more important story of teen romance and angst, just another annoyance like a sudden zit or a dropped call.

Newark Star-Ledger Alan Sepinwall

"Runaway" is like a Frankenstein's monster stitched together from pieces of dead shows from both networks.

Newsday Verne Gay

It's slow. It's dull. It's listless.

The average user rating for this tv show is 8.6 (out of 10) based on 24 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Yvel G gave it a10:
This was an awesome show, I hope they believe it back and allow it a few weeks to build the viewers confidence. If not, I hope they release the dvd. lata!

[Anonymous] gave it a10:
Runaway is like the best show ever. It has to come back!!!!!!!!....some how some way it should be put back on the air.....really great show

Melody S gave it a9:
With the junk that CW has chosen to leave on its schedule I am bewildered that this really solid show wasn't given a stable time slot and a few weeks to build a following. The characters were well developed andbelieveable. The acting was well done. I guess that is the kiss of death these days!

I love Ranaway gave it a10:
I LOVE THIS SHOW it was the best show on tv and expecially on the CW, all the other shows got boring but this show was totally awsome. PLEASE PUT IT BACK ON THE AIR!!!!!!!!!

Brittany C gave it a10:
I Love this show! I Watch all the episonde before i found out it was cancelled! I really want this show back on the aired plz try!!!!

Terri R gave it a9:
This is a great show. Bring it back!

Piper D gave it a9:
I was so into this show and i am very upset that it is not coming on anymore.. I feel someone should pick it up and start showing it again, there were only what.. four episodes and that was enough to get me hooked, so please please put it back on the air!!!

Runaway SERIES: CW, Monday 9:00p (60 minutes)

Runaway
SERIES: CW, Monday 9:00p (60 minutes)