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For 285 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 67% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 30% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.1 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average TV Show review score: 66
Highest review score: 100 Austin Stories: Season 1
Lowest review score: 0 Killer Instinct: Season 1
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 175 out of 175
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 175
  3. Negative: 0 out of 175
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  1. Tremors: Season 1
    It's greasy, it's cheesy, it's a big heapin' platter of B-movie hokum. Now if only Tremors: The Series were as much clever fun as "Tremors," the witty, wild 'n' woolly 1990 monster flick it was inspired by. But it's not. Not even close. [28 Mar 2003, p.6D]
    • Detroit Free Press
      • Posted May 25, 2014
  2. Private Practice: Season 1
    Even with Walsh's star sizzle and an attractive, talented supporting cast that includes Tim Daly, Amy Brenneman, Taye Diggs and Audra McDonald, Rhimes still hasn't found her spinoff's storytelling groove
  3. Carpoolers: Season 1
    A decent, potentially appealing cast -- one that includes Fred Goss ("Sons and Daughters"), Faith Ford and Jerry O'Connell--has to make do with ho-hum storylines and writing that lacks anything resembling real snap and imagination.
  4. Luis: Season 1
    Luis retains the creaky, cliched feel of a laugh track relic from another time. Even in the '70s, this ethnic comedy cartoon wouldn't have seemed all that funny. With manic Luis, more is less. [19 Sept 2003, p.6H]
    • Detroit Free Press
      • Posted Aug 19, 2015
  5. Fashion House (2006): Season 1
    A glossy hunk of over-the-top, sleaze 'n' tease melodrama.
  6. Clerks: Season 1
    In the transformation to animation, Clerks has seen its cutting edge go pretty dull. [31 May 2000]
    • Detroit Free Press
      • Posted Dec 18, 2019
  7. John Doe: Season 1
    Mr. Know-It-All can be rather irritating. [20 Sept 2002]
    • Detroit Free Press
      • Posted Feb 24, 2013
  8. Numb3rs: Season 1
    A sometimes clever twist on the overly familiar crime drama format ... is ultimately bogged down in the same old gory homicidal cliches and whodunit solutions. [23 Jan 2005]
    • Detroit Free Press
      • Posted Jul 8, 2013
  9. Related: Season 1
    With its attractive cast and the Emmy Award-winning talent behind-the-scenes... "Related" should be a lot more fizzy, witty fun than it is.
  10. The Knights of Prosperity: Season 1
    Despite the presence of a capable cast of bumbling Robin Hood wanna-bes... "The Knights of Prosperity" quickly devolves into tepid, overwrought whimsy and struggles to sustain its premise.
  11. Modern Men: Season 1
    "Modern Men" feels anything but, well, modern. But in its own goofy, good-natured retro way, this old-school comedy... generates some lighthearted, if predictable grins.
  12. Notes from the Underbelly: Season 1
    The only thing missing is fresh, smart, unpredictable humor.
  13. Harsh Realm: Season 1
    Word of caution: The glum, occasionally promising Harsh Realm won't be for everyone. It's violent and often relentlessly bleak. [8 Oct 1999, p.1D]
    • Detroit Free Press
      • Posted Jun 9, 2015
  14. Til Death: Season 1
    There are occasional funny moments amid the raging comic mediocrity.
  15. Happy Hour: Season 1
    The few good laughs in an otherwise so-so show are supplied by the slyly wigged-out Beth Lacke.
  16. Clone High, USA: Season 1
    Screwloose, occasionally amusing...Yeah, Beavis and Butt-head would make fun of this show. Heh-heh-heh. [20 Jan 2003]
    • Detroit Free Press
      • Posted Mar 15, 2013
  17. George Lopez: Season 1
    Lopez loses because he's caught in the middle of a ho-hum sitcom with few real laughs -- much like ABC's very similar "My Wife and Kids" and "According to Jim." Oops. [27 Mar 2002]
    • Detroit Free Press
      • Posted Sep 20, 2013
  18. Moonlighting: Season 1
    Moonlighting is in desperate need of a chemistry lesson. [03 Mar 1985, p.3C]
    • Detroit Free Press
      • Posted Sep 27, 2023
  19. Courting Alex: Season 1
    A tepid traditional sitcom.
  20. Teachers: Season 1
    A lame, uninspired faculty farce.
  21. Six Degrees: Season 1
    A pretty bland romantic confection.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    M*A*S*H: Season 1
    While I am at once outraged at this profiteering by bad taste, I am sympathetic to those who are cast in the roles of the medical staff. [24 Sep 1972, p.90]
    • Detroit Free Press
      • Posted Feb 13, 2023
  23. Timecop: Season 1
    A mediocre and predictable adventure series based on a mediocre and predictable Jean-Claude Van Damme movie. [22 Sept 1997, p.5E]
    • Detroit Free Press
      • Posted May 7, 2014
  24. Love, Inc.: Season 1
    [A] trite little laugh-track factory.
  25. The Evidence: Season 1
    Just another tediously cliched crime procedural. Whodunit? Who cares.
  26. Tucker: Season 1
    A dopey comedy deserves a dopey assessment: Tucker sucks. Please make it go away. [2 Oct 2000, p.4E]
    • Detroit Free Press
      • Posted Aug 23, 2015
  27. The Trouble with Normal: Season 1
    This laugh-track loser pretty much wastes the not inconsiderable comic talents of Jon Cryer ("The Famous Teddy Z") and David Krumholtz ("Slums of Beverly Hills"). [6 Oct 2000, p.12D]
    • Detroit Free Press
      • Posted Jun 13, 2013
  28. The Bedford Diaries: Season 1
    Disheartening proof that even the most talented producers sometimes concoct a prime-time crock.
  29. Gossip Girl: Season 1
    Slick, cynical teen soap nonsense.
  30. Rules of Engagement: Season 1
    A ho-hum traditional sitcom filled with formula banter and cliched cuteness.
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