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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. Positive: 1,506 out of 1506
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1506
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1506
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  1. Long Story Short: Season 1
    It's a wonderful show. Don't miss it.
  2. The Paper (2025): Season 1
    Does "The Office" proud.
  3. Alien: Earth: Season 1
    Mostly entertaining late-summer thrill ride, decent horror too.
  4. Outlander: Blood of My Blood : Season 1
    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.
  5. The Hunting Wives: Season 1
    It's completely out-there and a lot of fun.
  6. Untamed
    It's a smart and compelling drama, with some great acting and a real sense of place.
  7. Billy Joel: And So It Goes
    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.
  8. Too Much: Season 1
    Stalter's fun — no surprise there — but we've seen this show before (a few times).
  9. Smoke: Season 1
    A viewing of the first two episodes proves to be quite the chore. We're introduced to one-dimensional characters, presented a mystery that the characters themselves barely seem to be interested in pursuing, and we're asked to just sit there and put up with it. It can be rather excruciating.
  10. The Bear: Season 4
    Get beyond the talk, inertia and emotional overload, and there's still some truth and beauty here.
  11. The Waterfront: Season 1
    It's fun, but totally insubstantial.
  12. Stick: Season 1
    If you're looking for groundbreaking high art, you won't find it at a golf comedy. If you're after a little bit of solace, a tiny measure of happiness and feel-good uplift when we could all use it, "Stick" has the goods.
  13. The Better Sister
    Sharply crafted show, but far too long at eight hours.
  14. Adults: Season 1
    Another "Friends" (or "Girls"?) knockoff with a likable cast and some sharp writing.
  15. Sirens (2025)
    A big, beautiful bore.
  16. Pee-wee as Himself
    Fascinating, incomplete, portrait of a man of mystery.
  17. Murderbot: Season 1
    A standout Skarsgård, with excellent support, in an entertaining send-up of cyborgs— but strictly for sci-fi fans only.
  18. Duster: Season 1
    This is a fun throwback and a return to form for J.J. Abrams.
  19. Government Cheese: Season 1
    It's unclassifiable and unpredictable, in the best possible ways.
  20. Andor: Season 2
    All the performances are outstanding — O'Reilly has played Mothma in various movies and series for two decades — but the ones that'll knock your socks off are by Kyle Soller and Denise Gough.
  21. Your Friends & Neighbors: Season 1
    Has boundless contempt for its characters and their empty lives of not-so-quiet desperation. This would be OK if the satire had bite and wit or the lead character had a single redeeming quality. Instead, Coop is a self-pitying schlub without the brains or moxie to pull himself out of his tailspin.
  22. The Last of Us: Season 2
    The violence and horror of this season are extreme, absent any glimmer of light down that long, Stygian tunnel. .... But that shouldn't detract from the genuine pleasures here either — the acting, the superlative craftsmanship, even the spectacular Canadian Rockies. You could do worse. You will rarely do better.
  23. The Bondsman: Season 1
    "The Bondsman" is not for everyone. But it knows what it wants to be and has the confidence to see it through.
  24. Good American Family
    It becomes a challenge to endure a show that jerks its audience around this much, and cannot decide whether it wants to be tabloid-level trashy television with horror leanings, a serious depiction of human failings, an expose of the dark side of the adoption world, the story of a marriage falling apart, or something else.
  25. Wolf Hall: Season 2
    TV's best of the year, so far.
  26. Running Point: Season 1
    It's a mildly enjoyable sports comedy that could have been more.
  27. Zero Day
    Interesting idea, otherwise deadly dull.
  28. The White Lotus: Season 3
    Not to worry, fans — the third is hugely enjoyable, but someone's missing and you know who.
  29. Apple Cider Vinegar
    Smart and compelling, with great performances, "Apple Cider Vinegar" also has a lot to say about human nature.
  30. Paradise (2025): Season 1
    "Paradise" is what TV executives used to call "high concept," except that any Fogelman show (or movie, like "Crazy, Stupid, Love") usually gets around to what he's really interested in — human relationships, romantic entanglements, tragic loss. There's a lot going on in "Paradise," but if this big swing of a series connects — a medium-size if — it'll be for that reason.
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