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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. Orphan Black: Season 2
    Through the first four episodes of the new season, Orphan Black maintains the terrific mix introduced in season one.
  2. Desperate Housewives: Season 1
    What makes "Desperate Housewives" so much fun is that as ridiculous as some of the scenarios are ... these scenes are also rooted in truth. Sure, the show offers a heightened reality, but it's not too far-fetched. [30 Sep 2004]
    • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
      • Posted Jun 20, 2013
  3. Speechless (2016): Season 1
    Speechless has its funny moments, but they are interspersed with So. Much. Yelling.
  4. Nip/Tuck: Season 5
    Having watched the first two episodes, I'm pleasantly surprised to say: It worked.
  5. Toy Story of Terror
    It’s a small adventure befitting the 30-minute running time but it’s also clever in the way it ultimately puts the “Toy Story” characters in a recognizable situation, which is similar to the big-screen movies.
  6. Scrubs: Season 1
    But most importantly, Scrubs has heart. Not the forced, icky sentimentality so often found in sitcoms, but earned moments that feel genuinely poignant. [2 Oct 2001, p.D-1]
    • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
      • Posted Mar 20, 2013
  7. United States of Tara: Season 2
    The show, although plenty entertaining, also feels like it's grasping to keep the drama of Tara's situation at a suitably heightened level while other character story arcs, most notably Marshall's, feel more believable.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Sense and Sensibility: Season 1
    The movie--as Jane Austen might have described it--is an amiable entertainment.
  9. True Blood: Season 3
    Many viewers probably come to True Blood for the thrills and the romance but it's the humor that allows the show to rise a step above similar TV fare even as it falls short of HBO's loftier efforts.
  10. Lovecraft Country: Season 1
    While there is an ongoing serialized story, the individual episode stories involving the lead characters represent “Lovecraft Country” at its best: a haunted house in episode three, a “National Treasure”-style quest in episode four, a metamorphosis in episode five. The episodes often upend expectations.
  11. Gavin and Stacey: Season 1
    It's amusing and knowing and will make some viewers smile, but it probably won't provoke gales of laughter. And that's fine. It's still more clever than most single-camera comedies ABC has put on the air in recent years.
  12. 24: Season 6
    "24" still maintains some of its trademark intensity, but too often in these first four hours, the show is smack-your-forehead laughable.
  13. 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.
  14. Lights Out: Season 1
    Chalk up Lights Out as another creative success for FX, the basic cable network that specializes in series with male-skewing milieus.
  15. The Wire: Season 1
    The Wire gives so little, it almost begs to be abandoned; then a scene or a smidgen of character development offers a hook that might keep viewers interested. But TV shows, no matter how complex or thought-provoking, shouldn't require that much work. [1 June 2002, p.B-6]
    • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
      • Posted Apr 29, 2013
  16. Smash: Season 1
    An entertaining drama that sucks you in and gets your toes tapping during several musical numbers.
  17. Everything's Gonna Be Okay: Season 1
    While “Everything’s Gonna Be Okay” addresses myriad issues, it does so with good humor, warmth and fresh approaches to an orphaned family, Nicholas’ sexuality and a child on the spectrum. Yes, this newly formed-by-circumstance family faces crises but they’re realistic with an equal mix of drama and comedy, just like real life.
  18. This American Life: Season 1
    The radio show is so much about voice and language and storytelling, I worried that the TV folks would mess it up. Luckily, the radio show's host, Ira Glass, hasn't allowed that to happen.
  19. 24: Season 4
    The first three hours have all the edge-of-your-seat thrills that marked the show's first season. [9 Jan 2005]
    • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
      • Posted Jun 18, 2013
  20. Being Human (UK): Season 1
    Funny and thoughtful with surprising plot twists, Being Human offers an inviting mix for fans of supernatural stories.
  21. Spotless: Season 1
    There’s a lot of dark humor in Spotless--another “Breaking Bad” hallmark--and while the twists may not be quite as twisty, many are still surprising enough to make Spotless one of TV’s better thrillers.
  22. Big Love: Season 3
    Big Love succeeds in entertaining through the nuance of its characters, especially perpetually seething Nicki (Chloe Sevigny, queen of the slow burn), one of the three wives of Salt Lake City businessman Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton).
  23. White Collar: Season 1
    Light with no pretensions of loftiness, White Collar offers pleasant enough entertainment.
  24. Mr. Robot: Season 1
    The Mr. Robot pilot is too long--one montage drags on interminably--but it begins and ends on intriguing notes. It’s completely unclear what the show will be on a weekly basis, which makes jumping in a risky proposition.
  25. The West Wing: Season 1
    An intriguing behind-the-scenes drama with moments of dewy-eyed idealism. [22 Sept 1999, p.E-3]
    • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
      • Posted Apr 22, 2013
  26. Work of Art: The Next Great Artist: Season 2
    Like "Project Runway," there's creativity involved in this competition. And the fact that it's a competition, and therefore orchestrated and produced by necessity, makes it seem less fake-real.
  27. Deutschland 83: Season 1
    The premiere episode of Deutschland 83 delivers an excellent mix of coming of age character drama and espionage derring-do. For viewers not allergic to subtitles, it's well worth watching.
  28. Home Fires: Season 1
    Home Fires offers British drama that’s as satisfying as a warm cup of tea.
  29. Joan of Arcadia: Season 1
    If you like family dramas ...If you like cop shows ...If you like fantasy series ...If you like quality programs with complex characters, intelligent dialogue and a unique point of view, then you need to get acquainted with Joan of Arcadia, the best new broadcast series of the season. [26 Sept 2003, p.41]
    • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
      • Posted Jun 20, 2013
  30. Mindhunter: Season 1
    What Mindhunter lacks in energy it makes up for in better attention to character details. Mindhunter grows significantly more interesting in its second hour once Holden gets paired with veteran FBI agent Bill Tench (Holt McCallany, “Lights Out”) and starts interviewing co-ed killer Ed Kemper (Cameron Britton, who nails a so-serene-it’s-creepy vibe).
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