"Do No Harm" Did Some Harm to NBC

While the new shows Americans and House of Cards did well with their premieres last week, the initial reviews for Do No Harm indicate the show is in trouble.  According to the press reports, it now has the distinction of the lowest-rated, in-season premiere of any scripted series ever on the major networks. Let me just cite a few reviewers' comments:

...a poorly-written show, with dialogue so cheesy you could use it for fondue. The actors do their best with what they're given, but that's not saying much.

-- Zap2it

Do not watch. Do not resuscitate.

-- The Hollywood Reporter

Unfortunately, "Do No Harm" suffers from a split personality of its own. Far more sentimental than thrilling — there are no real monsters under this hospital bed — it plays more like a mash-up of "A Gifted Man" and "The B— in Apartment 23."

-- LA Times

I do not plan to watch anything past the pilot, and I should have known better than to even start the pilot.  The show does not know what it wants to be - a decent doctor/patient show, though we have enough of those, or a monster-of-the-night show, which would need someone with much more of a dark side (and body count) to keep today's viewers interested.  NBC will need to go back to the drawing board with this one.

P.S.  That image above shows Stephen Pasquale throwing the remote control at the TV after viewing the pilot.  I know the feeling. 

Update: Do No Harm has been canceled by NBC after only two episodes.  No surprises here.