Chicago Fire (TV Series)

"Wolf is not about to break any new ground here. He's just creating the kind of TV that people watch. Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)" 

"Rote but entertaining, 'Chicago Fire' can't be ruled out as perhaps one of NBC's best chances for a hit" 

"'Chicago Fire' gets better week-to-week, finding its own vibe, one that mixes TV-14 gore, soap opera entanglements, and working-class-hero earnestness" 

"Everyone here, (...), is working from the same medium-grim setting, with medium-grim dialogue, which quickly drags the story and action into the still-smoldering ruins of other fire-and-rescue dramas" 

"Despite featuring slickly executed action sequences (though nothing viewers couldn't see on Universal's 'Backdraft' ride), 'Fire' is almost as drab as a pile of ash" 

"'Chicago Fire' isn't half bad when the fires and other crises take over as the star of the show. It's after the smoke clears and the stories kick back in that you begin to realize the only way to salvage these sorry stereotypes in uniform is to burn them the only way we know how"