The Event WIKI : Reception

Today The Event WIKI.
The Event was one of four new series screened at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2010, with The Hollywood Reporter saying the crowd response suggested "NBC's fall drama The Event came up a big winner."

Reviews of the pilot episode were generally favorable, scoring 67 out of 100 on Metacritic many invoking comparisons to Lost and 24, each of which had ended its run the preceding spring. Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times called it "as big, brash and promising as Heroes was a few years back". Variety's Brian Lowry called it "an enticing start". Linda Stasi of the New York Post stated that "if 24, Lost, and The 4400 had a baby, it would be The Event".

More cautious commentators said the show had promise but could not go on tantalizing the audience with a proliferation of mysteries. "The effort required to follow the story" said Barry Garron of The Hollywood Reporter, "goes well beyond what most viewers might be willing to give." Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly called the pilot "an irritating tease" and hoped the second episode would answer some of the questions the pilot asked.

The pilot episode received 10.88 million viewers, placing third in its timeslot at 9:00 pm ET.

On October 18, 2010, NBC announced a full-season pick-up for the series, due to its averaging 9.1 million viewers for the first four episodes.
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