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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. The Evidence: Season 1
    Just another tediously cliched crime procedural. Whodunit? Who cares.
  2. 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.
  3. American Inventor: Season 1
    [A] cheesy carnival of reality TV.
  4. The Loop: Season 1
    It's a fresh, darkly comic workplace/social life farce peppered with good laughs.
  5. The New Adventures of Old Christine: Season 1
    Has some genuinely funny moments despite its laugh track and conventional sitcom framework.
  6. The Sopranos: Season 6
    Masterful.
  7. Black. White.: Season 1
    What may appear at first glance to be a cheap reality TV gimmick... soon evolves into something quite compelling.
  8. The Unit: Season 1
    It's uneven in spots, with the riveting action sequences sometimes overshadowing the more subdued domestic scenes. But unlike the often gratingly shallow "JAG," "The Unit" allows for ambiguity.
  9. Conviction: Season 1
    Maybe they all graduated from the Melrose Place College of Law.
  10. Free Ride: Season 1
    [It has] just enough funny, semi-improvised moments to make you wish it was better.
  11. Mrs. Harris
    Simultaneously appealing and rather sadly appalling, "Mrs. Harris" gets at the messy truth of it all in a distinctively mischievous manner.
  12. Courting Alex: Season 1
    A tepid traditional sitcom.
  13. Crumbs: Season 1
    It's actually rather funny, broadly entertaining and blessed with a sweet screwball spirit. It's a promising farce with heart.
  14. Emily's Reasons Why Not: Season 1
    Breezily prefabricated sitcom humor that lacks the fresh zing of anything remotely original.
  15. In Justice: Season 1
    So MacLachlan's enjoyable. The supporting cast is OK. And the unconventional premise is rather promising. Now it's up to the producers to give "In Justice" a more distinctive dramatic zing.
  16. The Book of Daniel: Season 1
    An offbeat treat worth rooting for.
  17. Sleeper Cell: Season 1
    "Sleeper Cell" works as a smart, sharply styled thriller about a very serious subject.
  18. Stacked: Season 2
    [A] dreadful little laugh-impaired comedy.
  19. Category 7: The End of the World: Season 1
    Here's an early candidate for worst miniseries of the 21st Century.
  20. The Boondocks: Season 1
    Like the frequently audacious comic strip that gave it life, "The Boondocks" doesn't mess around.
  21. Run's House: Season 1
    "Run's House" seems to be the reality sitcom flip side of "Being Bobby Brown."
  22. Freddie: Season 1
    [A] bland, formulaic family comedy.
  23. Hot Properties: Season 1
    A raunchy, mostly forgettable female bonding sitcom.
  24. 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.
  25. Close to Home: Season 1
    Crusading criminal prosecutor Annabeth Chase... [is] the most irritating lead character on any new drama series this fall.
  26. Night Stalker: Season 1
    Right from the dark start, the new "Night Stalker" is a more provocative, emotionally layered thrill ride.
  27. Commander in Chief: Season 1
    "The West Wing" was more vivid, original and compelling than "Commander in Chief" is likely to become. But impressive Geena Davis and the Oval Office gender twist are indeed refreshing.
  28. Martha Behind Bars
    Shepherd scores in a so-so docudrama.
  29. Killer Instinct: Season 1
    This is entertainment? Awful.
  30. Inconceivable: Season 1
    Even with its erratic start, "Inconceivable" still manages to deliver a fair share of escapist, bun-in-the-oven fun.
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