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It's too bad but not surprising. Fox has always canceled good shows. Look at their track record Dark Angel, Terminator The Sarah Conner Chronicles Family Guy (yes they brought it back but they were still stupid enough to cancel it) Firefly, Dollhouse, Lucifer (than Satan himself for Netflix righting that Wrong) Gifted & Brooklyn Nine Nine. I'm sure there are more but those are the ones that I felt were canceled to soon. Fox never knows what to do with shows that...well if I'm honest any show. The people they pick to run the network are great at green lighting shows that don't fit the status quo of primetime but they never have the know how to promote it or the courage to wait and for those shows to click with fans & critics. They also foolishly play fast and loose with time slots and preempt their new shows for sports with such regularity that it's no wonder when a shows 3 episode's ratings dropped from episode 1 & 2 when the episode if you're lucky aired at midnight and you're DVR caught it but more than likely it didn't air and go figure people didn't watch the 3rd episode when episode 2 aired 6 weeks earlier. Out of sight out of mind. Or in Next's case episode 3 didn't even air on the network but on Hulu. Yet they wonder why viewership isn't what they want. Now has Fox been run by well anyone with a brain they would've aired the episodes during the time when everyone was stuck at home struggling to find something of quality to watch but then that would involve Fox actually having someone who actually knew anything about well anything.

Tech entrepreneur Paul LeBlanc (John Slattery) warns the world of the dangers from a future rogue computer AI. It is already here. FBI Special Agent Shea Salazar leads the cybercrime unit. She visits her hospitalized friend Richard Weiss who found a hidden computer code. Apparently, someone or something is attacking him with tech. He had left her a tape addressed to LeBlanc with a somewhat paranoid warning. Paul had been kicked out of his own company after shelving his AI program which his brother Ted as the new CEO has reactivated.

This show got the quick axe after two episodes. It probably deserves better but it never gained a good audience. It does have Slattery leading a good cast in a fun thriller. It runs into the foreseeable problem of an omnipotent enemy opposed by a ragtag team. It's an uneven fight unless the AI is brought down a few notches or some contrivances be introduced. This does both with varying degrees of success. My initial thought is that the show should explain why the AI doesn't simply multiple. It's an easy solution. The AI doesn't want competition and therefore it doesn't want other AIs. My other thought is that the ragtag group needs better camouflage. They should be found much more easily by all the security cameras. Either give them some fictional tech or have the AI hack the camera system later in the show. There needs to be a clearer progression of the AI's abilities. The show gets a rushed conclusion. The characters do a bit too much handwringing about their tactics especially in the last few episodes. There is one character who is forced to do unlikely tasks for the sake of drama. All in all, it's a good network TV thriller although some smarter writing would help.

Only started watching this as there was nothing else that peeked my interest, so I wasn't really expecting much. However, I found myself hooked on the first episode, I hope that we get to see a few twists and turns throughout the rest of the season, as this is the type of TV Show that has the means to-do so.

Not bad, give it a go :)

I find most new series are a waste of time. The last new series I followed was Longmire. I was intrigued by the premise of the show. I like the quirky,paranoid LeBlanc. The rest of the cast seems to work well, with one glaring issue, maybe my opinion might change over time. The actress playing Agent Salisar isn't convincing and is very wooden with her delivery. It may have been better casting a mature woman late 40's early 50's, inspire confidence in leading a team and could match Leblanc's intelligence.

Has a long way to go to live up to Person of Interest, but we'll see. Dialogue is muddy at times. Seems like the pilot is rushing to grab you.

Oustanding cast delivers the characters protrayed from episode to epsiode. The general story isn't original but you will be pulled through this one-season series. Dont worry, NeXt does have a proper conclusion. In my opinion, NeXt was always planned to be one epic season-only story. You will end up wanting to unplug your Smart Home after a few episodes.

Watching the first episode, as the popular song goes..... I was thinking to myself this could be Heaven or could be Hell. The sad fact is that so many TV-Series or Mini-Series released in the past months have been absolute stinkers. As far as the pulse-pounding of the description goes, such symptoms ought probably be accompanied by a check of one's blood pressure or a lipid-profile to monitor cholesterol..

If you like the pilot watch person of interest series.The pilot reminds me of POI.

Before you waste your time on "Next", do yourself a huge favour and watch "Person of Interest" instead. It's exactly the same premise, but so much more entertaining with fascinating and lovable characters. At least that's my current advise, only one episode in.

Based solely on the pilot episode, "Next" is just a generic, boring copy, and so full of all the same old cliches that we've seen too many times already. I really can't see how "Next" can evolve into anything but yet another cancelled show. But I'll give it a chance.

I really liked this and looked forward to watching it every week.

It's very disappointing that there is only one series though.

Hollywood is just too dense to get it - audiences are completely fed up with the political correctness, social agenda messages, and special interest group pandering. Tip - focus on the plot, and entertaining the viewer, instead!

We just want entertainment! This is why these shows are failing, and audiences are increasingly seeking out "Independent" productions, or even most European contributions. They are far more entertaining than Hollywood's virtue signaling.

For the record, I enjoyed the first episode and had hopes that they clued in, but they didn't.

Good riddance!

Well explored from every view about how we are getting slaves of AI and how much of our lives getting exposed which will back fire in future.

It needs to get a lot better than the pilot episode for me to continue watching.

However, given the number of tired cliches they managed to fit into the pilot, I don't think the writers are capable of turning it around.

Go and watch Person of Interest instead. If you've already seen Person of Interest, watch it again.

They keep mentioning over and over about some guy being a white supremacist. It's really weird. Also they try to turn this into a normal drama rather than make it a technology drama. As usual fox by trying to make it cater to everyone means they cater to no one. Disappointing as it could have been good. Instead the fox writers are trying to ram ideology into a technology story.

In this sea of reality TV crud its refreshing to finally get something well written, with good acting, an intriguing storyline that from the 1st episode left me wanting more. Two Thumbs up. Bravo! now if FOX will only keep it running and not cancel it. I mean its getting pathetic all the great shows they keep canceling to replace with crap!

Many early reviewers said this series was simply a rehash of "Person of Interest" ... while I do agree that there is a similar baseline, "Next" - on my opinion - approaches the premise from a bit of a different angle.

Admittedly, an AI that has decided to take over the world (which, yes - also kinda happens in "Person of Interest") should be able to do it. In my humble opinion, no matter how good the humans are at what they're doing ... with the amount of power given to the AI in "Next" ... there is absolutely no way human characters could have any say on the outcome.

To me this means that the series was both set up "badly" and also got cancelled too early (before being able to see the ramifications of a rogue AI). Then again - if there is an AI behind things taking place during 2020 ... it might not want to show all the cards it is holding in its hands :)

Edit: regarding the "reality based" (or was that "fact based", can't remember) ... well - I believe this refers to ... whereas "Person of Interest" used occasionally plausible technobabble dialogue, "Next" uses technobabble more rooted on real world technologies. Some of the things in "Next" are still in the realm of "no, that's not how it works", but on quite a many of the things the script-writers have definitely listened to their technical advisors to get various things "correct" so as not to get even the kids watching facepalming themselves :)

Well written, well acted, intriguing storyline. First episode left me wanting more. Thumbs up.

This show is good solid entertainment. I hope they bring it back. A few glaring logical errors but the acting is good and the characters are easy to like.

I said it on their Twitter timeline... you can't build a scifi-action show on sappy mommy-loves-her-booboo drama. 24 tried that with Kim in the first few episodes but rescued the show by ditching her by the 2nd season. Now Manny Coto tries again this time with an even younger child. If you want to write drama, just write drama and target drama fans. If you are going to go tech and scifi then we are here for the tech and the scifi and maybe the action as well... not long, boring bedtime chats between mommy and son, and women talking about the challenges of motherhood and waah waah waahtelse.

Glad to see the back of this.

I find the AI topic fascinating and I love the Doomsday scenario. I hope this show will intrigue me by "asking" interesting questions instead of trying to answer trivial onces. Since I have only seen the first episode it's a bit early to judge but I hope for the best. I can't wait to see what's next on neXt ;) So far the show has excellent potential. I like it's pace, fast but thorough. I like the acting and the music. Overall I'm very pleased. Maybe it can fill my "Black Mirror" void :)

Simplistic, based on urban myths more than real computer science, it has the stuff for a higher complexity, philosophical, dramatic, real frightening version. Which compression algorithm or encription? A simple server farm? Maybe an A. I. into a phone controlling Watson or Amazon would be more credible.... The seven and eighth episodes are getting the thing watchable... As everyone knows it would be a target for appropriation by the powers that be. And, as usual, a storm follows. If you relay on the right side of expertise for a sequel you may reverse it for a good product. Distributive cognitive architecture, some verisimilitude here. Monetization fights itself when one reserves what should have been delivered by packets through the first S. in terms of impact. Get a better sequel. Persist and you can get a hit on two. Congrats for the effort. Good Riddance.

Pleasantly surprised there aren't any woke characters or social issues yet. The first episode is generally good with the usual background story about rich tech people being shady and smart and 2 steps ahead. The 2nd story adds a little to the main story but not much tension.

The show is billed as serious and exciting and the next big thing but it comes out a bit campy and comical at times. I'm not sure if it's the acting or music or the characters interacting with each other but this doesn't feel like it's going to be any better. Just an average show to fill the time slot.

The more I watch the lower it gets. 6 is now a 5 after seeing eps 2. Probably a trend.

Eps 3, now a 4. The dialogue and bad acting are getting to me and I have to stop here as I don't see it getting any better. Everything is oversimplified in order to create a face pace which drops the quality to the bare minimums.

Looked a promising series. But then: how could NeXt know about the programmer's financial circumstances before a wifi modem was connected? Is a weak point. I will look at the second episode anyway.