This year, the ethical standards remain low and the ick factor high. [20 June 2004, p.8]

Nip/Tuck is what the doctor ordered to put a little wicked dramedy in a silly sitcom-ed out TV season. [20 July 2003, p.3]

The unheralded Olyphant is the star, and he's excellent. [21 Mar 2004, p.8]

No doubt Lopez is a very funny fellow, but this script isn't. And the writers are the ones to blame, too, for all these tacky jokes about little girls entering puberty and George's digestive problems and wind-passing. The mother-of-mean-mothers gimmick is beyond mere tacky. It's gross...George Lopez is a goner - the sooner, the better. [27 Mar 2002, p.1]

The Guardian is manipulative, sad and a little strange. But it does put a new face on the old lawyer series, and as its new star, Baker could live up to his advance billing as a breakout. [25 Sept 2001, p.6]

Band of Brothers may be the best film ever made to show the everlasting bond forged in war between ordinary men...It may also be the best film ever made to show the relentlessness and horror of war. Aurally and visually, it's as graphically real as the battle scenes of Saving Private Ryan, only Band is five times longer...Still, there's something stopping me from saying this is the best war movie ever made, and that is because Band of Brothers succeeds as a whole, but fails to be as interesting in its individual installments. [9 Sept 2001, p.2]

Too bad this show doesn't run outtakes. Wouldn't you love to hear what the victims of Ali's ambushes had to say about him? [20 Feb 2003, p.4]

Smallville's charismatic star, Tom Welling, has the right stuff to be an overnight teen idol, even without flying around in a Superman suit. [16 Oct 2001, p.1]

Easily one of the funniest shows of the year. [21 Oct 2004]

The freshest new show of this or any recent TV season. [8 Sep 1997]

It's just about as huge a bomb as might have been expected. [25 Sep 1992]

Forget the sags and disappointments of last year. For season three, creator and producer David Chase gets it right again. [3 Mar 2001]

As unpredictably thrilling as ever. [15 Jan 2000]

A winner. [20 Sep 1991]

The cast here is a standout, down to the smallest parts. ... And this production is super-slick, from camera work to moody musical score. The script is sharply cutting edge. The step is relentlessly slow, with violence as the pace-breaker. [27 Oct 1996]

Filled with a terrific ensemble cast breathing life into characters that stay just this side of being caricatures, stinging Hollywood putdowns that cut to the funny bone and some of the sauciest true-to-life dialogue imaginable, 'Sanders' is the definition of sophisticated adult humor in the '90s. [16 Jul 1995]

The humor is meaner and the laughs less free and easy. [22 Jun 1994]

Subtle, sophisticated, witty, cutting and right on target. [14 Aug 1992]

JAG's a long, long way from just another courtroom scene. [23 Sep 1995]

Visually, the show is too dark and blue - a distraction. But the story and the acting trump all. [22 Sep 2004]

With a little TLC, the clone could turn out to be better than the original. [23 Sep 2002]

The best comedy ensemble to come along in a while. [21 Mar 1995]

The funniest comedy since The Simpsons. [9 Jan 2000]

Fast and funny. [25 Mar 1999]

Just cool the frantic efforts to be funny. Go for real family fun instead. [13 Sep 1996]

A surprisingly sweet, frequently funny show. [28 Jan 1997]

A deliciously witty comedy with stark dramatic touches. [6 Aug 2005]

It cribs from Family Guy, which has a similar family makeup, and, as with that series, its laughs are hither and yon. [30 Apr 2005]