The Calling (TV series)

The Calling is an American crime procedural drama television series created by David E. Kelley for Peacock. It is adapted from Dror Mishani's 2011 novel The Missing File. All 8 episodes of the first season premiered on November 10, 2022.

Premise
Detective Avraham Avraham, a New York police detective and religious Jew, has a special knack for solving crimes.

Characters

 * Jeff Wilbusch as Detective Avraham Avraham
 * Juliana Canfield as Detective Janine Harris
 * Karen Robinson as Captain Kathleen Davies
 * Michael Mosley as Detective Earl Malzone
 * Tony Curran as John Wentworth
 * Noel Fisher as Zack Miller

Production
In October 2021, it was announced that Peacock had given a straight to series order to The Missing from David E. Kelley based on Dror Mishani's novel The Missing File. The next month it was announced Jeff Wilbusch would play the lead character, Avraham Avraham.

Reception
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 25% approval rating with an average rating of 5.7/10, based on 12 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Hollowing out an intriguing idea with simpleminded execution, this rote spiritual procedural goes to prove that some callings aren't worth answering." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 42 out of 100 based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".