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For 1,785 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 42% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 54% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 7.3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average TV Show review score: 60
Highest review score: 100 Mrs. America: Season 1
Lowest review score: 0 Killer Instinct: Season 1
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 868 out of 868
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 868
  3. Negative: 0 out of 868
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  1. Carol's Second Act: Season 1
    The age jokes are in the CBS wheelhouse, and some of the gags are occasionally funny, but the whole endeavor seems predictably rote, from the cold, aloof chief resident to the uber-confident intern (Jean-Luc Bilodeau, “Kyle XY”).
  2. Evil: Season 1
    There’s an enjoyably spooky “X-Files” vibe and also a little too on-the-nose will-they-or-won’t-they? chemistry between the married Kristin and the presumably celibate David. “Evil” evinces a welcome cheekiness.
  3. Stumptown: Season 1
    Actress Colbie Smulders (“How I Met Your Mother”) elevates this well-made procedural private eye drama.
  4. Emergence: Season 1
    The concept isn’t overly complicated — no heavy mythology in the pilot — and the cast, including Clancy Brown and Donald Faison, has strong appeal.
  5. mixed-ish: Season 1
    Fans of “black-ish” are likely to enjoy this period comedy that gets a boost from Gary Cole (“Veep”) as Bow’s paternal grandfather.
  6. Prodigal Son: Season 1
    Malcolm cut off communication with his dad 10 years ago but turns to him for consultation on a new case. These scenes are far less entertaining than those with Malcolm’s mother, played by “Scandal” star Bellamy Young, hamming it up. These moments give “Prodigal Son” an occasional “Castle” vibe.
  7. Bob Hearts Abishola: Season 1
    Swissvale native Billy Gardell returns in this new Chuck Lorre sitcom that has a slight premise and few laughs, but newcomer Folake Olowofoyeku as Abishola gives an effortless performance that’s equal parts sweet and tart.
  8. Bluff City Law: Season 1
    “Bluff City Law” is to legal dramas as last season’s “New Amsterdam” is to medical dramas: emotionally manipulative and meh.
  9. All Rise: Season 1
    Yeah, there’s a lot of stuff that would never happen in a real courthouse here, but the characters are quite likable, especially Wilson Bethel (“Hart of Dixie”) as an assistant district attorney and Ruthie Ann Miles as Carmichael’s know-it-all judicial assistant.
  10. A Very Brady Renovation: Season 1
    Filled with clips from the original series, “A Very Brady Renovation” offers nostalgia galore — “The Brady Bunch” celebrates its 50th anniversary on Sept. 26 — but it’s also a surprisingly satisfying home makeover show.
  11. Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik: Season 1
    Entertaining. ... Jeselnik still puts on his smug, aging frat boy/jock persona but beneath that façade some of the repartee reveals the host’s serious approach to dark comedy.
  12. Carnival Row: Season 1
    While this series also begins with an unwieldy amount of place-setting involving a war that led to the current refugee crisis, “Carnival Row” proves more palatable than “The Dark Crystal.” The Amazon series is easier to follow even as it introduces initially-unconnected characters in multiple social classes. This gives “Carnival Row” plenty of areas to explore. If only it all felt more unique.
  13. The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance: Season 1
    The show’s visuals — often achieved through a combination of puppetry and computer-generated effects — can be enchanting, especially in a library location, but the backstory of Thra society requires a lot of unpacking. Telling the puppet characters apart sometimes proves a daunting challenge, and it’s difficult to mount much enthusiasm for the task given the first episode’s plodding pace.
  14. On Becoming a God in Central Florida: Season 1
    “On Becoming a God…” entertains even as it observes the unfortunate circumstances Krystal finds herself in.
  15. Mindhunter: Season 2
    Atmospheric and chilling as ever – generally without being gory beyond clinical crime scene still photos – “Mindhunter” remains one of the current era’s best series. ... Season two widens its lens to give each of the three lead characters more equal footing.
  16. Why Women Kill: Season 1
    If you’ve been missing “Desperate Housewives,” the new CBS All Access show “Why Women Kill,” debuting Aug. 15, is the series you’ve been waiting to see. But if you were over “Desperate Housewives” before it finished its eight-season run, well, “Why Women Kill” is kind of more of the same.
  17. David Makes Man: Season 1
    “David Makes Man” offers haunting themes as serialized drama, some familiar (drug dealing) and other less so, particularly the impact of abuse and trauma, which is shown through David’s dreams, waking reveries and imagination. While the latter is the most challenging aspect of the series, it’s also what makes “David Makes Man” distinct.
  18. Two Sentence Horror Stories: Season 1
    Granted, the genre is horror and horrific stuff is expected but so far “Two Sentence Horror Stories” is pretty one note and a discordant note in this #MeToo era.
  19. BH90210: Season 1
    “BH90210” offers a delicious, entertaining return fans will want to gorge themselves on at least initially.
  20. Veronica Mars: Season 4
    Has its moments, but the whole story drags, especially in the first half. There’s just not a good enough mystery at the heart of this season to justify eight episodes.
  21. Another Life: Season 1
    The United Colors of Benetton crew fights among themselves a lot, but viewers get such slight sketches of each character in early episodes, it’s hard to care about many of them. At least the space stuff is more interesting than the homefront melodrama.
  22. Pearson: Season 1
    With the Chicago setting and local politics at play, “Pearson” sometimes resembles a watered-down version of “The Good Wife”/”The Good Fight.” Fans of “Suits” and Ms. Torres may still want to give “Pearson” a try but no one can blame them if they choose not to stick with this series.
  23. Florida Girls: Season 1
    The characters are all the shades of unlikeable – lazy, thieving, selfish, etc. – but surely there’s an audience for this kind of humor, based on past bad boy successes, so it’s fair that the women get a turn. The humor is often not subtle and the dialogue tends toward the unpleasant with some regularity.
  24. Stranger Things: Season 3
    The third season, streaming Thursday on Netflix, delivers more forward momentum. ... The eight episodes of “Stranger Things 3” generally hang together well if sometimes predictably, although a few character turns offer genuine surprises.
  25. The Loudest Voice: Season 1
    Ailes’ now-infamous skulduggery may have irrevocably damaged political discourse, but recounting it all makes for a wildly entertaining, occasionally painful, deep dive into the history of Fox News Channel and an excavation of one of the ways the current polarized American political climate came to exist.
  26. Grand Hotel (2019): Season 1
    It’s all fluffy, sexy, mindless fun, the TV equivalent of a summer beach read.
  27. Los Espookys: Season 1
    It’s funny and occasionally freaky as the pilot introduces the characters who form a team that concocts horror scenes, whether at a quinceanera celebration or a will reading.
  28. Alternatino with Arturo Castro: Season 1
    A funny, fresh comedy half-hour, “Alternatino” offers some welcome laughs amid the drama-heavy diet of summer TV.
  29. Pose: Season 2
    “Pose” remains an above-average character-driven cable drama, but it all feels a little more forced this year as the writers attempt to invent new stories for this collection of generally likable, striving LGBTQ characters.
  30. Big Little Lies: Season 2
    This second season is worth it just for the opportunity to watch Streep have fun. ... “Big Little Lies” still takes time for the gauzy flashbacks as Celeste grapples with assorted emotional responses during sessions with her therapist (Robin Weigert), but the whole enterprise feels peppier, poppier and more entertaining as viewers spend more time with these pretty people with pretty significant problems.
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