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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. The Leftovers: Season 1
    Almost every moment here is staged to scream, “Look at me! I’m arty!” Lindelof, burned mightily by the backlash over “Lost’s” ridiculous finale, has all but told reporters that the mystery central to The Leftovers will never be explained. That leaves you with a show wallowing in smug self-importance, melancholy and drear week after week.
  2. Tyrant: Season 1
    Tyrant is the most engrossing new show of the summer.... Gordon’s razor-sharp timing, a skill honed on “24,” serves Tyrant well.
  3. The Last Ship: Season 1
    The Last Ship is a naval recruitment ad for the apocalypse, and these waters look shallow. Careful before sticking your toe in.
  4. The Musketeers: Season 1
    The Czech Republic location shoots convincingly suggest medieval France, but the episodes run an unwieldy 75 minutes long. Capaldi is terrific and commands the screen as if he’s on an HBO series while everyone else is in a cartoon.
  5. Watching Ellie: Season 1
    Watching "Ellie" becomes an ordeal in watching the clock. You see your life ticking away, wasting time watching "Ellie." [26 Feb 2002]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jun 20, 2014
  6. Watching Ellie: Season 2
    "Watching Ellie" is a mess of cliches and lots of straining for chuckles. Louis-Dreyfus makes it look like a huge effort, which is all the more obvious because her Elaine on "Seinfeld" was seamlessly amusing. [15 Apr 2003]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jun 20, 2014
  7. Platinum: Season 1
    It's impossible to tell by the uneven debut episode if the tone of the writing will be consistent. ... The dramatic portions of the show flow easily... But the writers seem unsure how they want to portray the violence in "Platinum," of which there is plenty in the first episode. [11 Apr 2003]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jun 20, 2014
  8. Almost Royal: Season 1
    Gamble and Hoggart are credited as “per­formers” on the show and are also writers­ for the series, and their ability to ad-lib and play with anyone and every­one they come in contact with is a joy to watch, proof you can say almost anything to anyone, no matter how outrageous, so long as you maintain an air of innocence. Or stu­pidity.
  9. Dominion: Season 1
    As the Chosen One, Egan is blond and bland. Dale and Head do well playing against type. As the Big Bad of the piece, Gabriel appears for perhaps 40 seconds of the 90-minute premiere and is still the most interesting character here.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Stargate Atlantis: Season 1
    Less silly than it sounds, Atlantis accomplishes the basic task of rejuvenating the Stargate action-adventure premise. ... Most importantly, it's Stargate without obnoxious SG-1 star Richard Dean Anderson, which instantly makes it twice as good. [16 July 2004]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jun 10, 2014
    • 69 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Soul Food: Season 1
    "Soul Food" the series differs from the film in that it replaces romance with nudity and sex. The actors were good and the premiere episode was believable, but let's leave something to the imagination. [26 Jun 2000]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jun 10, 2014
  12. Chasing Life: Season 1
    The series is an adaptation of popular Mexican tele­novela “Terminales” and doesn’t do enough to shake off its more sensational roots. A plot swerve at the end of the hour will set off more groans than gasps.
  13. Murder in the First: Season 1
    There’s nothing wrong with whipping up some comfort food, of course, but Murder might leave you hungry for something more challenging an hour later.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    The Magnificent Seven: Season 1
    Looks more like a tired old episode of "Wagon Train." [1 Jan 1998]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jun 6, 2014
  15. 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.
  16. Traffic
    The sets may at times look fake (is that Afghanistan or Vancouver?) and savvy viewers will spot the traitor in Mike's story line early on, but Traffic deftly puts tiny human faces on global problems. [23 Jan 2004]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jun 5, 2014
  17. Orange is the New Black: Season 2
    There isn’t another show that can go from laugh-out-loud funny to soul-crushing sadness in a beat.
  18. Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse: Season 1
    The cast is attractive, but nobody comes off well with material so cringe-worthy. [25 Nov 2011]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jun 4, 2014
  19. Halt and Catch Fire: Season 1
    Halt and Catch Fire’s operating system is solid, crafty and cunning. Boot it up.
  20. Crossbones: Season 1
    Crossbones rises and falls on Malkovich’s inspired delivery and is under­cut by the show’s joyless, convoluted plotting, especially in next week’s episode.
  21. My Big Fat Greek Life: Season 1
    Right now, the best advice for Nia and her new husband is to move far away from her family. Far, far away. [25 Feb 2003, p.46]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted May 30, 2014
  22. Undateable (2014): Season 1
    If there were a Match.com for sitcoms, this show would be blocked, banned and forgotten.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    DANGEROUS MINDS: Season 1
    The whole enterprise dissolves too quickly into a '90s version of "White Shadow," with teacher Johnson as the angel of mercy sent to rescue her "at-risk" minority students from the forces of evil. [30 Sept 1996, p.34]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted May 27, 2014
  24. The Night Shift: Season 1
    The Night Shift gets the X-ray right for a series. Now it just needs to find a way to pump some new blood.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Tremors: Season 1
    Tremors could go somewhere. It's an appealing setup, with some resonance in Old West-style independence and eco-tourism. [27 Mar 2003, p.61]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted May 25, 2014
  26. The Normal Heart
    Buoyed by A-list star power, The Normal Heart beats erratically for more than two hours, yet delivers a gut punch in its climax.
  27. Gang Related: Season 1
    Nothing feels authentic about this show.
  28. Labyrinth: Season 1
    CW’s Labyrinth is quite possibly the worst miniseries ever made for TV.
  29. Penny Dreadful: Season 1
    There were moments when I wanted to give up on Penny Dreadful. Then there is the ending of the second episode--a horrific jolt that changes everything you thought you knew about one character--and, well, I can’t wait to see what happens next.
  30. Rosemary's Baby: Season 1
    Thursday’s conclusion drags a bit if only because the miniseries requires Rosemary to be so deeply stupid for so long, and it’s not entertaining watching Saldana being practically sucked dry by her infernal fetus.
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