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For 1,146 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 54% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 43% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average TV Show review score: 64
Highest review score: 100 My Brilliant Friend: Season 1
Lowest review score: 0 One Tree Hill: Season 1
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 628 out of 628
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 628
  3. Negative: 0 out of 628
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  1. Shades of Blue: Season 1
    The worse things get--and they get very bad--Lopez gets much better, withdrawing into herself, growing ever more still, as her character must spin lie after lie to stay ahead, to stay alive. Academy Award-winner Barry Levinson directed the first two episodes, and they are unusually taut. De Matteo makes a welcome return to series TV, but her character’s escalating marital woes seem a distraction.
  2. The Comeback: Season 1
    Kudrow seems to be aiming for ``The Larry Sanders Show'' or ``Curb Your Enthusiasm'' territory but only gets as far as ``Reba'' with the f-word. [2 June 2005, p.47]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Mar 16, 2014
  3. True Blood: Season 6
    Suspense, surprises 
and crackling dialogue: True Blood is pumping strong again.
  4. Lost in Space (2018): Season 1
    Netflix’s energetic reboot of the cult sci-fi series adheres to the best spirit of creator Irwin Allen’s vision of a family in space fighting for their futures.
  5. Red Band Society: Season 1
    A dramedy poised to be the breakout show of fall — if it can only overcome the trying symptoms of treacle.
  6. Dirty John: Season 1
    Britton plays Debra as if some Botox seeped into her brain. Bana charms while simultaneously simmering.
  7. The Huntress: Season 1
    USA should toss this series into the clinker. [23 Jul 2000]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Aug 6, 2014
  8. Black Sails: Season 1
    Filmed in South Africa, Sails is awash in lush scenery, bloody expensive sets and brutal action. You’ve probably never seen a sword fight like the one that caps tonight’s episode.
  9. Superstore: Season 1
    Superstore is a product of “The Office” co-executive producer Justin Spitzer, and like that already classic show, it digs into the mundane indignities of the work experience for its laughs, right down to the company magazine that blasts “Minimum Wage is Maximum Fun.”
  10. Happy Endings: Season 1
    When Happy Endings is funny, it's need-to-pause-the-DVR-because-I'm-laughing-so-hard funny. And viewers should easily be able to commit to that.
  11. Skins (US): Season 1
    Skins feels raw and gritty. The characters' pain is often palpable. Only the show's target audience will know how true its portrayal of adolescence is, but it should make many parents pay closer attention to what's going on in their teenagers' lives.
  12. Defiance: Season 1
    The show’s pacing, particularly in the first hour, could trigger a nap.
  13. God Friended Me: Season 1
    It’s sweet, loaded with a talented cast (Morton is particularly authentic), but it could use a bit more of the devil to it, if you know what I mean.
  14. Limitless (2015): Season 1
    Limitless may give you an immediate high, but side effects may include listlessness, dangerous plot holes and a sinking feeling you’ve wasted an hour of your life.
  15. Beggars and Choosers: Season 1
    Beggars and Choosers has moments of high laughter and inside-y insight. Ultimately, though, it's a downer that dwells more on the cliches than the truths. [17 June 1999, p.59]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jun 5, 2015
  16. Power: Season 1
    Hardwick might be the most jacked actor working on TV and has some nice moments with Loren as he tries to reconnect with a love that has only grown fonder over the years. But the dialogue, slathered with f-bombs, seems lazy, and there’s not much ur­gency to the plot.
  17. Game of Silence: Season 1
    Game’s dialogue is inconsequential, pushing the players around from scene to scene, but the plot payoffs come fast and furious.
  18. NYC 22: Season 1
    TV this dull should be outlawed.
  19. Damnation (2017): Season 1
    His [creator/writer/executive producer Tony Tost's] critique of capitalism is overt and bracing for scripted TV, and perhaps, like many science-fiction shows, from “Star Trek” to “Black Mirror,” its faraway setting will make its message more palatable. But the weight is undercut by moments that border on black comedy.
  20. Allegiance (2015): Season 1
    The first three episodes are essentially capers involving spy chasing spy as angst-ridden Russians try to defect, the CIA tries to get to them and the SVR sics the O’Connors on everyone.
  21. Stan Against Evil: Season 1
    Stan Against Evil toys with horror cliches and assures you that whatever you fear, something worse--or funnier--is right around the corner.
  22. Scream (2015): Season 1
    There are a few scares here, but while the “Scream” films kept audiences jumping, Scream the TV series risks putting viewers to sleep.
  23. Me, Myself and I: Season 1
    The stories move briskly and come together in a surprisingly emotional finish. “Me” is smart enough to realize you can’t exist on brains alone. You need a little heart.
  24. Gravity: Season 1
    Gravity’s inability to find a consistent tone may lead to its early demise.
  25. Powerless: Season 1
    Hudgens is delightful as a young woman determined to show she can make a difference in the world even without superpowers. Pierson is only listed as recurring, and she needs to be upgraded pronto for her heroic, hilarious meanness. Pudi can do great things — he proved that on “Community”--one can only hope the scripts will give him a chance to soar.
  26. Selfie: Season 1
    ABC deserves credit for its diverse casting, but Selfie looks to have the longevity of the average Snapchat pic.
  27. Memphis Beat: Season 1
    The players have all done fine work in other venues, but the story isn't here. The network that "knows drama" needs to step it up a beat.
  28. The Son: Season 1
    The Son rises and sets on Brosnan’s work. Everything else is distraction.
  29. Those Who Can't: Season 1
    Watching Those Who Can’t is like being stuck in Saturday detention. It feels like forever.
  30. FBI: Season 1
    Peregrym fits as the quintessential Wolf heroine: Broody, brunette, powering through her angst, which in typical Wolf fashion is considerable and grows exponentially. The drama’s explosions are harrowing, and the score adds an appropriate amount of dread to the grim investigation.
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