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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 7.2 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. The Comeback: Season 1
    It's one thing to laugh at characters on TV shows who behave foolishly, who deserve to be mocked. Valerie's crimes for the sake of comedy are nothing more than aging with an undiminished Hollywood ego. It's a little funny at first, but it quickly turns sad, something you want to look away from, not laugh about. [2 June 2005, p.WE-37]
    • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
      • Posted Mar 16, 2014
    • 39 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Primeval: New World: Season 1
    The CGI dinosaur renderings vary in quality, but the plot is fairly predictable from the get-go.
  3. Lopez: Season 1
    It's not that Lopez is terrible, just terribly unoriginal as it depicts its lead character as slightly out-of-touch, overly concerned with his image, etc.
  4. Carpoolers: Season 1
    There's little that's surprising let alone interesting about Carpoolers despite the best efforts of an enthusiastic cast, most notably O'Connell.
  5. The Outpost: Season 1
    Imagine a low-rent “Game of Thrones” wannabe with bargain basement special effects and a paint-by-numbers plot and you’ve got a good conception of the fantasy drama "The Outpost."
  6. Krypton: Season 1
    Ultimately, dull, dreary Krypton does feel like a waste of time.
  7. True Detective: Season 2
    The new season’s more-is-more approach feels forced. Even the pretentiousness seems turned up a notch.
  8. Entourage: Season 7
    This new season seems more forced than usual.
  9. Ties That Bind: Season 1
    The whole show is paint-by-numbers predictable, from the wayward cousins’ unhappiness, to their slowly grudging acceptance of their aunt and uncle saving them from getting shunted to a random foster home.
  10. Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story
    One has to wonder why the true story wasn’t dramatic enough that the memory loss plot got added, because the resulting film is pretty paint-by-numbers dull. If the goal was to goose the drama, “Escaping the Madhouse” falls well short of its intent.
  11. Saving Hope: Season 1
    As far as medical stories go, there's not much in Saving Hope viewers haven't seen before (and better) elsewhere, including on "Grey's Anatomy."
  12. What About Brian: Season 1
    "What About Brian" isn't a terrible show, it just doesn't offer enough unique reasons to make a weekly appointment with this gang of friends.
  13. Mental: Season 1
    If you're bereft without new episodes of "House" this summer and willing to settle for a pale imitation, there's always Fox's Mental.
  14. Save Me: Season 1
    It almost feels like a weird, little indie film if indie films were somewhat flat and predictable.
  15. Scorpion: Season 1
    If Scorpion were better suited to today’s TV landscape instead of bringing to mind a TV series from 30 years ago, it could be an of-the-moment series worth watching. But it’s not.
  16. Star-Crossed: Season 1
    With a premise that's at least 20 years past its "fresh until" date, the issues in Star-Crossed get handled with mostly predictable, rote exploration to the point that one has to wonder, does this show matter? Probably not.
  17. Dig: Season 1
    It's one crazy mess of a TV "event series" that doesn't make much effort to clarify what it's about in the early going, plopping viewers into two concurrent plots that will presumably intersect at some point.
  18. Camelot: Season 1
    This retelling of the Arthurian legend feels overly familiar and there's just not enough that's new or different to make it worthwhile.
  19. Working the Engels: Season 1
    The show never allows itself to stand down from ill-fated, continuous attempts at heightened hilarity.
  20. NYC 22: Season 1
    NYC 22 is very much a prototypical CBS show--it lacks ambition but it's not terrible.
  21. John Doe: Season 1
    Viewers who don't mind being dragged along for a ride, who are gluttons for punishment ("X-Files" faithful, perhaps), may want to join in John Doe's search. For the rest of us, Doe will remain the personification of an unsolved mystery. [20 Sept 2002, p.40]
    • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
      • Posted Feb 24, 2013
  22. Midnight, Texas: Season 1
    Mostly the show dutifully doles out a lot of the special effects viewers expect from a supernatural series. But it’s all noise and explosions of light with scant attention to character development or relationship building (beyond the one obvious romance), something “True Blood” got right early on.
  23. Outlaw: Season 1
    If you're able to get past the ridiculous premise--and, admittedly, I was not --Outlaw still suffers from other problems, including two-dimensional supporting characters.
  24. The New Yorker Presents: Season 1
    I watched two episodes and with the exception of one riveting segment on security failures pre-9/11, I was bored out of my gourd.
  25. The Art of More: Season 1
    A lackluster entry that's unessential viewing in this age of #PeakTV.
  26. The Paul Reiser Show: Season 1
    It suffers from predictable jokes that are more likely to conjure a hint of a smile, not a belly laugh.
  27. Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior: Season 1
    As anyone who has used an old photocopy machine knows, a copy of a copy of a copy is rarely as good as the original. Suspect Behavior comes across as a show in search of a purpose beyond the obvious brand extension.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    TekWar: Season 1
    Someone more philosophical than Shatner might have ruminated on the nature of reality in the world where technology can make anything seem real. But the space cowboy opts instead for action -- often shot in sluggish slow motion -- and humor, some of which seems blissfully unintentional. [18 Jan 1994]
    • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
      • Posted Aug 11, 2014
  29. Crossing Jordan: Season 1
    Although I'm wise enough not to cross Jordan, I don't really want to watch more of this formula-driven show. [24 Sep 2001]
    • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
      • Posted Mar 29, 2022
  30. Traffic Light: Season 1
    Traffic Light seems to want to be a male "Sex and the City" or "Entourage" without the Hollywood backdrop. But the scrapes these guys get into are more recognizable and more cliched than what the "Entourage" guys encounter.
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