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For 436 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 56% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 40% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.6 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average TV Show review score: 70
Highest review score: 100 Battlestar Galactica (2003): Season 1
Lowest review score: 30 Salem's Lot (2004)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 323 out of 323
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 323
  3. Negative: 0 out of 323
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  1. The Last of Us: Season 2
    The show excels as both an intimate character study — this year’s most affecting theme: how each generation of parents screws up but tries to incrementally improve on how they were parented — and an action-packed adventure.
  2. Better Call Saul: Season 6
    Through the first two episodes made available for review, “Better Call Saul” remains a well-plotted masterpiece, similar to “Breaking Bad” for which “Saul” is a prequel, complete with unexpected twists and action sequences that a viewer might expect to go right but end up going left.
  3. The Diplomat (2023): Season 3
    Aside from an unearned character turn in the season finale that seems to come out of nowhere, “The Diplomat” delivers another great season of political intrigue mixed with character drama.
  4. The Flight Attendant: Season 2
    What’s great about “The Flight Attendant” is that it’s airy fun but it’s also well-plotted with an eye toward satisfying viewers. Many characters from season one pop in, often in the most unexpected moments, and it’s a delight.
  5. The Muppet Show (2026)
    This “Muppet Show” is the sincerest effort yet to re-create the manic lunacy and charm of the original and feels of a piece with the series that started it all.
  6. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
    This Marvel-ous treat from writer/director James Gunn proves an entertaining enough diversion regardless of the degree of your devotion to the MCU.
  7. Succession: Season 3
    Focus on the characters brings to the fore the show’s dark humor. There are more laughs to be had watching “Succession” than most TV comedies, a testament to the show’s writers who imbue the Roy children with specific foibles and a general lack of self-awareness.
  8. Star Trek: Picard: Season 3
    This season of “Picard” doesn’t feel like fan fiction; it feels legit.
  9. The Last of Us: Season 1
    “The Last of Us” turns out to be a terrific series despite its thematic similarities to “The Walking Dead.”
  10. For All Mankind: Season 4
    It takes a few episodes for a lot of the new season’s setup – more politics than space exploration, really — to pay off but when it finally does, it proves worth the wait.
  11. The Lowdown: Season 1
    Just as a viewer might suspect the plot will go one direction, Harjo gives the story an unexpected, shocking turn. It’s a potent mix that makes “The Lowdown” a welcome addition to a short list of TV’s best current series.
  12. The Pitt: Season 2
    A textbook example of how to write a second season that sticks to what made the show great: Complex characters, a real-time format and medical cases depicted with an unwavering dedication to authenticity.
  13. Yellowjackets: Season 2
    A best drama nomination for “Yellowjackets,” which was nominated for its first season in last year’s Emmy race, seems pretty likely if the first six episodes made available for review are indicative of the season as a whole.
  14. The Comeback: Season 3
    She’s still funny, sometimes foolish and still prone to malapropisms. .... In a season as upbeat as Valerie herself, “The Comeback” allows itself some moments of earned emotion.
  15. Hacks: Season 2
    “Hacks” remains in top form. ... “Hacks” finds a way to restore the frenemies dynamic between the two lead characters without ignoring the progress made in their relationship in season one.
  16. Reservation Dogs: Season 1
    The show is not a downer but a welcome look at an under-represented culture through Waititi’s and Harjo’s cracked lens. It’s a series full of oddball characters with a likeable quartet at its center.
  17. English Teacher: Season 1
    “English Teacher” delivers consistent laughs, evincing a sunny disposition even in the face of complex and complicated societal issues that constantly — and usually hilariously — encroach on its high school classrooms.
  18. Maid: Season 1
    Overall “Maid” is a quality series with a pro-social message that brings to mind Netflix’s 2019 limited series “Unbelievable,” another worthwhile story of a woman’s empowerment and recovery from difficult circumstances.
  19. Citizen Nation: Season 1
    It’s a feel-good program that highlights not only the efforts of students from all walks of life (wealthy, impoverished, liberal, conservative) but also the dedicated teachers doing their best to lead them.
  20. The Studio: Season 1
    “The Studio” becomes an often screamingly funny series through the course of its first season, making it the best new comedy series of 2025 so far.
  21. A Small Light: Season 1
    It’s not a somber re-telling of a familiar story but a sensitive, humanistic approach that allows room for humor and happiness even as viewers know the story will inevitably take a tragic turn.
  22. Poker Face (2023): Season 1
    Even though this is a procedural, it’s more elevated, more cinematic and more entertaining than most. ... Lyonne is perfectly suited to this milieu.
  23. The Morning Show: Season 2
    This is one fun – and sometimes bonkers — show.
  24. Shogun (2024): Season 1
    The love story is perhaps the least convincing aspect of this iteration of “Shōgun,” but the rest of it feels impressive in its scope, attention to detail and storytelling that sucks viewers in by the end of episode two and holds their attention from then on.
  25. Justified: City Primeval: Season 1
    The best ones [reboots and sequel series] take what’s great about the original and layer in something new. That’s just what FX’s “Justified: City Primeval” delivers.
  26. Mrs. Davis: Season 1
    A true original that’s completely strange, “Mrs. Davis” is a breath of fresh air in a reboot-happy medium.
  27. Severance: Season 2
    By the end of the second season, a few aspects of the mystery plot come into better focus but it’s one step forward, two steps back. Still, “Severance” remains a rare, unique and completely distinctive series.
  28. Percy Jackson and The Olympians: Season 1
    The casting is on point, particularly Simhadri, who brings a lovely gentleness to Grover. .... “Percy Jackson” works for kids and adults thanks in part to the attention to detail in casting those guest stars.
  29. The Pitt: Season 1
    What makes “The Pitt” worth watching are its characters. .... Creatively, “The Pitt” succeeds by any measure.
  30. American Rust: Season 2
    If there’s any downside to this new season it’s that the first half feels stronger than the second half. Returning characters’ personality changes in the first half of the new season are necessary tweaks that help lift the show’s overall mood, which makes “American Rust” more entertaining and less depressing.
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