Product Details

• Actors: Jeffrey Donovan, Vera Farmiga
• Directors: Michael Robison, David Von Ancken
• Format: NTSC
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005JN8U
• For more information about "Touching Evil (TV Series)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What the eff? Touching Evil got cancelled?, October 16, 2004

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Tracy Gray (indianapolis, in United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Touching Evil (TV Series) (DVD)

I can't believe this show got cancelled! Is USA nuts? I didn't get into it until late in the game and there was such an underground buzz about this show during its run. There are so many detective shows on (CSI has THREE versions!) but this show really stood out. The X-files created a not-so-niche market for an off the center, intelligent, quirky, creepy, and even funny show that has yet to have its shoes filled in, and desperately needs to! Touching Evil had all those elements and then some. I've been waiting to buy the DVD so I could watch the episodes I missed in the beginning. What a gip. I'm SO disappointed. This show NEEDS to come back on the air! It was TOO GOOD to get cancelled! UGH! Sign up for the DVD title so we Touching Evilites at least get that! I miss Detective Creegan!

43 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ARGH!, December 29, 2004

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U2pop "u2pop" (Atlanta) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Touching Evil (TV Series) (DVD)

How could USA be so STUPID?! Shows like this take time to GROW and develop. Touching Evil is an awesome show and it's probably the best serious crime drama I've seen since the beginnings of the X-Files.

If you liked the shows Millennium or the first half of the X-Files you'll love Touching Evil.

This show combines all the stuff lovers of true crime and serial killers want: action, drama, REALISM, an awesome soundtrack, good acting, and some really evil plots. CSI and the other crime shows are just too clean and too perfect. There's no really evil people or plots.

Where's Hannibal Lector when you need him?

Most of the episodes are available on the file sharing networks but I really hope USA will get SOME sense and release it on DVD.

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars When television writers take the risk to actually be good, October 7, 2004

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J. Hyman "citizen_of_balance" (St. Louis, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Touching Evil (TV Series) (DVD)

With reality television, churn-out teenage soap-operas, and lazy sitcoms taking over the primetime programming schedule, people forget what a great show is. Because of this, great shows don't get watched and then producers and writers don't want to take the risk of doing something original since television demographics aren't quite intellegent enough to get it. Touching Evil had guts to put such an original and daring show on the airwaves run by ratings. Unfortunately, great shows don't always get rewarded.

Now cancelled after only a one season (a short mid-season show at that), the twelve episodes it had was filled to the fullest of quality, probably being the most original detective drama of its time. You know how someone says "detective drama" and you get that certain image in your head? Touching Evil is not that image. I shouldn't even be putting it in the genre. The show is also very visually intriguing, from hallucinations to schizo-fantasies, every episode is an eye-catcher. Not to mention being supported by beautiful, melodic yet trippy musical score by 12 Rounds' Atticus & Leo Ross.

The main character, Creegan, is lovable as the semi-sane detective adapting to every person he ever interrogates. Jeffrey Donovan plays it over-the-top, but in a good way. His energy reflects on the kinetics of the show and the unique storylines within each episodes. There is a few emotional arcs, and I was sad to see it go since I'm sure the second season would bring full story-arcs to plague our characters.

I can't find a good show that is currently starting this season, so I was heartbroken when I heard of Touching Evil's cancellation. Although, I'm sure it would have been picked up by another channel if producer Bruce Willis tried a little harder.

So our only hope to see this show again is the DVD. This show, now cancelled, needs to gain the cult status it respectfully deserves so it isn't forgotten. Even if you've never heard of this show, please sign up for the DVD so it gets released. You won't be sorry, trust me.