UPDATE: In updated national estimates from Nielsen released Friday afternoon, “American Crime” finished at its preliminary score of 2.0/7 in 18-49 while drawing 8.37 million viewers overall. The only revisions were one-tenth gains for CBS' “The Big UPDATE: In updated national estimates from Nielsen released Friday afternoon, “American Crime” finished at its preliminary score of … Read more
Tina Fey co-created the quirky comedy The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt for Netflix; John Ridley made the emotionally raw drama American Crime for ABC. TV critic David Bianculli says they're both good. Copyright © 2015 NPR. For personal, noncommercial ABC's arresting ensemble drama American Crime tries too hard, but the effort is understandable given the stigma … Read more
Elvis Nolasco stars in the new ABC series American Crime written by John Ridley (12 Years a Slave). You'll recognize Elvis from his numerous roles in five Spike Lee films including the recently released Da Sweet Blood of Jesus. Elvis' Twitter: @EONolasco . In the span of five days, ABC will air two ambitious limited-run … Read more
HitFixs Alan Sepinwall reviews American Crime, the new ABC drama created by John Ridley and starring Timothy Hutton, Felicity Huffman, Benito Martinez, Regina King, W. Earl Brown and Penelope Ann Miller. "American Crime" has all the markings of the next great drama. It's even been labeled as such in its marketing campaign and with (superficially) … Read more
ABC's heavily promoted and justifiably hyped entry into the prestige TV market now cornered by premium cable and streaming services, the pilot episode of American Crime kicked off a limited-run, 11-episode arc Thursday: But nothing about American Crime makes me want to even visit Modesto, California — where the show is set — let alone … Read more
In the span of five days, ABC will air two ambitious limited-run television series, both involving a crime, deception and the unraveling of numerous characters' lives. Secrets and Lies and American Crime are both strong and Like so many other dramas, American Crimestarts with a murder. In the opening moments of ABC's ambitious new series … Read more