The only good thing is Anita Barone. [19 Sep 2005, p.48]

CBS prounouces $#*! as "bleep," although the Twitter account that inspired the show uses an actual profanity. Either works as a short critique. [4 Oct 2010, p.38]

The production is gorgeous and the tedium unrelenting. [8 Apr 2013, p.42]

The characters are dislikable, the farce is strained, and the show's mind has just one track.

This blah drama about kids living in an LA apartment complex while hustling for big breaks is a Canadian import. [7 May 2012, p.46]

Though not much of it seems real, we're calling this a reality show for want of a better label. FOX uses the term "unscripted comedy," which would fit better if the series were funny.

The show is The Odd Couple redefined by psychosis and whimsy. I'm not wagging my tail. [27 Jun 2011, p.46]

It's Court TV's first original scripted drama, and it's bad. [16 Apr 2007, p.43]

Consider it dead on arrival. [27 May 2013, p.40]

Here, with no force of personality, the format is just a congress of faux-fabulous. [28 Feb 2011, p.39]

Contrasting the then-and-now lives of a group of high school students, class of 2000, the show is drearily familiar. [27 Sep 2010, p.56]

Love Hewitt goes for soft, cozy sentiment. [16 Apr 2012, p.53]

FX's spy parody Archer is funnier, and AMC's short-lived Rubicon was a more sharply realized fantasy of work life in a shadow bureaucracy. This is a botched mission. [4 Apr 2011, p.50]

Stunningly dull.

It's hard to imagine a flimsier enterprise than this new detective series.