Newsday's Scores

  • TV
For 2,207 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 61% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 35% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.7 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average TV Show review score: 69
Highest review score: 100 The Crown: Season 4
Lowest review score: 0 Commander in Chief: Season 1
Score distribution:
  1. Mixed: 0 out of 1506
  2. Negative: 0 out of 1506
1506 tv reviews
  1. Gadd remains a first-rate talent; anything he does is worth watching. But it's hard to sit through this one.
  2. It's the best new series we've seen in a while.
  3. Strictly fan service, but fans will love it.
  4. Funny, melancholy, flawless.
  5. Settled, thoughtful and at times engaging coming-of-age sequel.
  6. Will this be your next "Downton Abbey?" Probably not, but it could be your next "Poldark." Nothing wrong with that.
  7. If all this sounds hopelessly hokey — and there are stretches in "The Madison" where it irredeemably is — then you'll want to do something else with your Saturday night. Otherwise, there's beauty here, some nice performances and a welcome pivot away from the mayhem of "Yellowstone."
  8. Steady start to the final season of a TV treasure.
  9. With some of the zip of the original, and some of the heart too.
  10. Nicely crafted, but still Hillerman-lite.
  11. The main reason to give this version of "The 'Burbs'" a chance, of course, is the interplay between Palmer, Pell, Proksch and Julia Duffy ("Newhart") as the neighbors with a lot of time on their hands. They keep the energy high and the laughs coming.
  12. The test for the picture, then, comes in whether it's possible to emerge from it with any new insight into the man himself and into why his work resonates as much as it does. And the filmmakers find plenty of material on both fronts.
  13. In England, critics have called Cohen the new Peter Sellers. If that's the case, it's not Sellers at his "Dr. Strangelove"-"Being There" shrewdest but, rather, at his do-it-for-the-money "Pink Panther"-sequel broadest. [21 Feb 2003]
    • Newsday
  14. Slow at first, with gratuitous violence, but Dunk and Egg should win hearts.
  15. Often a great-looking newcomer with an often tedious YA throughline.
  16. The best show of 2025 also happens to be the best show of 2026.
  17. It's extraordinarily familiar territory, as well-trod as any moment of pop cultural history. And yet "The Beatles Anthology" still feels as fresh and as relevant as ever today in the way it presents the dizzying whirlwind of this sort of fame from the front lines.
  18. This is a thinking viewers' show, filled with plump, meaty ideas — just not too plump or meaty.
  19. Miller's series offers a chance to understand Martin Scorsese's movies in a new way. What a gift.
  20. "House of Guinness" is always entertaining, but there's a hollowness to it that's hard to shake.
  21. Another fine Hawke performance — and entertaining series — but the character he's created never quite gets a backstory, at least over the first five episodes.
  22. Well-crafted thriller, and a reminder of just how good an actor — and director — Bateman is.
  23. It's a wonderful show. Don't miss it.
  24. Does "The Office" proud.
  25. Mostly entertaining late-summer thrill ride, decent horror too.
  26. Just let the romance flow because true love conquers all, or at least it conquers plot holes, continuity errors, pacing issues and funky time travel stones that buzz like angry bumblebees. That's all part of the charm of "Outlander," and potentially "Blood of My Blood," too.
  27. It's completely out-there and a lot of fun.
  28. It's a smart and compelling drama, with some great acting and a real sense of place.
  29. Lacy isn’t overselling her project. "And So It Goes," named for one of Joel's more ruminative songs, may not contain any true bombshells but it delves into Joel’s life in unprecedented detail. Anchored by Lacy’s lengthy interviews with Joel. .... Virtually everyone from Joel’s life — even those carrying painful baggage — shows up to speak.
  30. Stalter's fun — no surprise there — but we've seen this show before (a few times).

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