Newsday by Verne Gay

A sober, intelligent, placidly paced drama as only the Canadians can make.

Uncle Barky by Ed Bark

Its characters are comparatively compelling even when they're falling a little short.

Chicago Sun-Times by Lori Rackl

This "Ghost"-meets-"A Gifted Man"-meets-"Grey's Anatomy" has some fun, clever and emotion-stirring moments, but they're handicapped by cheesy montages and one too many scenarios designed to remind us of the importance of having hope.

Entertainment Weekly by Rob Brunner

Grey's Anatomy meets Ghost in this soppy supernatural hospital drama.

Variety by Geoff Berkshire

Aside from what's happening with Charlie, the rest of Hope plays like a stock hospital-set soap.

Hitfix by Alan Sepinwall

It's not bad so much as tired: sexual tension between doctors, mysterious ailments that are diagnosed at the last possible second, even the hoary old cliché about the patient who needs life-saving surgery that their religious beliefs forbid.

The New York Times by Mike Hale

The medical scenes are competent but forgettable, while the scenes of Charlie's peregrinations are sometimes interesting and funny but surprisingly infrequent.

Philadelphia Inquirer by David Hiltbrand

The emotional elements are a little overbaked, the spiritual aspects decidedly undercooked. But as short-term entertainment, this could fit the bill quite nicely.

Philadelphia Daily News by Ellen Gray

NBC's Saving Hope, another of those Canadian imports with which frugal networks pad out their summer schedules, plays like a very special episode of Grey's.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Gail Pennington

Saving Hope is pretty easy to watch, despite its abundant potential for eye-rolling.