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Traveler
SERIES: ABC, Wednesday 10:00p (60 minutes)


9.2

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Starring Matthew Bomer, Logan Marshall-Green, Tyler Fog, Pascale Hutton, Viola Davis, Anthony Ruivivar, Steven Culp, and William Sadler

Two graduate students are framed for a terrorist attack in New York (by a third student, the roommate they believed was their friend) and must fight to prove their innocence while fleeing the federal agents who pursue them.

GENRE(S):	Action / Adventure, Drama
CREATED BY:	David Digilio
FIRST AIR DATE:	May 10, 2007

After a special premiere Thursday 5/10 at 10:00p, the show moves to its normal Wednesday 10:00p timeslot on 5/30 (with a repeat of the pilot).

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...

USA Today Robert Bianco

The show seems faster, brighter and more entertaining than most of the serials that beat it to the punch this fall.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

An action-packed adrenaline rush.

The New York Times Alessandra Stanley

The first episode of “Traveler” is well made and quite gripping.

Los Angeles Times Mary McNamara

It's all very tense and fun, underscored by sirens and ominous techno music, shot in that popular, over-caffeinated jumpiness that here at least makes sense.

Newsday Diane Werts

A pretty nifty, if completely insane, suspense/conspiracy/ chase/road adventure.

Variety Brian Lowry

The premiere plays like a solid thriller.

New York Post Linda Stasi

The action is fast and sometimes even compelling, if not entirely believable - or even a little believable.

Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan

Another workmanlike, reasonably decent thriller.

Washington Post Tom Shales

The show... can easily be enjoyed simply as a fairly proficient thriller, pushing the kind of buttons that Alfred Hitchcock used to push with such films as "North by Northwest" -- although here they're pushed with much less artfulness and finesse.

Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray

Like so many current serials, [it] requires viewers to buy into the idea that its heroes have no choice but to do very unobvious things.

Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker

After 24, Lost, Heroes and Prison Break, prime time is overstocked with such sprawling, demanding plots.

Baltimore Sun David Zurawik

The problem is, at the end of the pilot, one simply doesn't care enough about Jay and Tyler to go on the lam with them each week.

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

Alas, show creator David DiGilio forgot to put distinct personalities on his fast-moving bodies.

Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman

The debut episode isn't so bad. The action is fairly taut, except for a dumb foot chase. The direction is tight, despite a few improbable twists.

Hollywood Reporter Ray Richmond

You have to suspend an awful lot of disbelief to buy into this premise, and even at that the protagonists aren't nearly compelling enough to care a lot about.

Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm

I'm already committed to Prison Break. One cockamamy chase show is all my unaddled brain can handle.

New York Daily News David Hinckley

Nothing to see.

The average user rating for this tv show is 9.2 (out of 10) based on 109 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Raju C. gave it a10:
Great show. Public like it but critics don's. How surprising!

Matt J. gave it a10:
Great tv show. Wish it were on again.

Brenda gave it a10:
Love the show! The end of last season is a great start for season 2!!!! Hope ABC has enough common sense to bring it back for a second season.

Ed A. gave it a10:
Great Show.

Craig gave it an8:
The show is pretty good. Only the fact that I wish one of the two protagonists would get killed is keeping me from giving it a 10.

Silke P. gave it a10:
Best show on TV!!!!!!

Haley R. gave it a10:
You have to either loathe or absolutely adore this show. I chose the latter.

Traveler SERIES: ABC, Wednesday 10:00p (60 minutes)

Traveler
SERIES: ABC, Wednesday 10:00p (60 minutes)