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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 Larry Sanders Show: Season 5
    It takes a literate, cynical look at showbiz and, in doing so, creates fine art. [12 Nov 1996]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jul 17, 2013
  2. The Larry Sanders Show: Season 4
    This twisted comedy of Tinseltown manners - so wicked insidey and sharply observed - shines through brilliantly here. "Larry Sanders" is arch TV about craven TV with no pretensions - if such a thing is possible, and it obviously is. [18 Jul 1995]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jul 17, 2013
  3. CSI: NY: Season 1
    Serves up spine-tingling chills with its moody, noirish visuals and grimly efficient leads. [22 Sep 2004]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jul 17, 2013
    • 69 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    CSI: Miami: Season 1
    It's strangely devoid of drama. [23 Sep 2002]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jul 17, 2013
  5. Here Comes Honey Boo Boo: Season 2
    TLC’s editing, as expected, goes out of its way to make the family appear like idiots.... But the Thompsons don’t care what other people think. They’ve got each other. In that, they’re light-years better adjusted than just about any family on any other reality show.
  6. Medium: Season 1
    Though the tragic-comedy tone is intriguing if a little askew in the pilot, the bigger problem looming ahead is the show's static formula. [3 Jan 2005]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jul 16, 2013
  7. Malcolm in the Middle: Season 1
    A wonderful comedy that twists the family sitcom genre to a screwball turn. [6 Jan 2000]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jul 15, 2013
  8. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 1
    The castmates aren't polished performers, but they know how to work a joke fast and move on. [4 Aug 2005]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jul 15, 2013
  9. The Newsroom: Season 2
    The Newsroom manages to be both precious and irritating at the same time, and Sorkin’s characters still have that habit of talking over each other, which might be realistic, but makes it hard for viewers to understand what the heck they’re sparring about.
  10. Weeds: Season 3
    The humor is more subversive than ever. [13 Aug 2007]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jul 11, 2013
    • 70 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Weeds: Season 1
    Wouldn't be funny even if you were stoned. [7 Aug 2005]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jul 11, 2013
  12. Dangerman: The Incredible Mr. Goodwin: Season 1
    There doesn’t seem to be any trickery here, no video sleight-of-hand. Goodwin is upfront in his methods.
  13. Orange is the New Black: Season 1
    The show appears to be an uneven hour that hesitates at going either for the full-throttle laugh or an authentic dramatic beat.
  14. American Dad!: Season 1
    Although 'Dad' also was created by [Family Guy's Seth] MacFarlane and has even more outlandish characters - a gay alien, a randy German goldfish - it feels like the more conventional (read: less funny) sitcom. [1 May 2005]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jul 10, 2013
  15. Family Guy: Season 4
    If you loved this show for its split-second pop culture spoofs and absurd, sometimes sophomoric humor, then you'll be happy with the new, unimproved 'Guy.' [1 May 2005]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jul 10, 2013
  16. Family Guy: Season 1
    Sunday's premiere episode is one of the most cleverly outrageous half-hours of TV I've seen in a while. [28 Jan 1999]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jul 10, 2013
  17. The Closer: Season 1
    'The Closer' may be the first TV series to mimic ['Desperate Housewives''] ability to present women with textured, complicated lives. [12 Jun 2005]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jul 10, 2013
  18. Camp: Season 1
    Griffiths does her best to hold the show together as a scattered woman coming into her own.
  19. The Bridge (2013): Season 1
    Cross The Bridge at your own peril. You just might get stranded in the summer’s best mystery.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 4
    The constant bickering would quickly wear thin in a (gulp!) "Curb Your Enthusiasm" marathon, but over the course of a half-hour or two, it's amusing to watch him play a human matchstick and light a fuse wherever he goes. [4 Jan 2004]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jul 9, 2013
  21. Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 3
    The title is the only thing that's obscure about this hilarious in-your-face comedy. [12 Sep 2002]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jul 9, 2013
  22. Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 1
    Imagine "Seinfeld" distilled to its cynical essence. [12 Oct 2000]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jul 9, 2013
    • 68 Metascore
    • 12 Critic Score
    Reno 911!: Season 1
    Possibly the least funny thing on TV. [23 Jul 2003]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jul 8, 2013
    • 70 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    The Real World: Season 3
    'Real World III' seems to have learned from the past. While there is the requisite amount of conflict, this group seems to be able to deal with it without the angst, the anger or the attitude of its predecessors. These roommates seem - hang on to your flannel shirts - mature. [23 Jun 1994]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jul 8, 2013
  25. Numb3rs: Season 1
    The glimmers of truthfulness in the family nucleus offset the chilly crime elements. ... The office environment is less compelling as the coterie of feds... perform their unpleasant tasks with little personality. [23 Jan 2005]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jul 8, 2013
  26. Ray Donovan: Season 1
    Biderman’s work here is inexplicably lazy: South Boston natives are haunted or broken; L.A. natives are narcissistic airheads. Voight doesn’t so much chew the scenery as gnaw it.
  27. One Tree Hill: Season 1
    Say what you want about WB's late teen soap "Dawson's Creek," but even the worst episode was infinitely better than the network's dreadful One Tree Hill. [23 Sept 2003, p.46]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jun 30, 2013
  28. Star Trek: Voyager: Season 1
    The cast around Mulgrew is excellent. ... Mulgrew, however, drags it all down. Starfleet commanders are not supposed to be this dull, stiff and joyless. As a woman, she's all cardboard and mannish. [16 Jan 1995]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jun 25, 2013
  29. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Season 1
    This collection of characters - with all their quirks, quarks and nose jobs - is a winner. The women are strong. The men are sensitive. The life forms are testy. [5 Jan 1993]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jun 25, 2013
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Monk: Season 1
    The show's concept is clever, and the pilot displays a blend of humor and drama with a bit of melancholy hanging over it. Shalhoub is excellent as the twitchy, mild-mannered Monk. But Monk can be an annoying character, and at times you may find yourself wanting to yell, "Snap out of it!" at the television screen. [12 July 2002, p.S36]
    • Boston Herald
      • Posted Jun 24, 2013
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