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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. Battlestar Galactica (2003): Season 1
    Two things make this series a vast improvement over the miniseries: Show runner Ron Moore and his writing staff now feel free to dig deeper into the characters, and the show's pace and tone, though still sometimes slow and somber by conventional standards, has been opened up and made more accessible. Lighter moments have been added and the show's scope has grown more epic, the way a "Battlestar Galactica" story should be. [9 Jan 2005]
    • Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
      • Posted Aug 23, 2022
  2. Hacks: Season 3
    Perhaps more than past seasons, these new episodes deftly balance comedic moments with insightful dialogue that explores generational differences in grounded scenes that don’t come off as preachy.
  3. Pluribus: Season 1
    “Pluribus” is the most original, unexpectedly thought-provoking and frequently funny series of 2025, thanks in large part to star Rhea Seehorn (“Better Call Saul”), who throws herself with gusto into almost every scene of the series.
  4. Happiness: Season 1
    This import from New Zealand charms from start to finish.
  5. The Diplomat (2023): Season 2
    Returning drama “The Diplomat” is that Netflix rarity: A great show.
  6. The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh: Season 1
    A genuinely smart, funny, entertaining and timely comedy.
  7. Overcompensating: Season 1
    Perhaps the funniest streaming comedy since “Hacks,” Amazon Prime Video’s “Overcompansating” presents as a wild, profanity-filled “Animal House”-style bacchanal. But at its heart, the eight-episode series is an endearing coming-of-age story centered on two good people trying to find themselves.
  8. American Born Chinese: Season 1
    “American Born Chinese” proves to be one of the year’s best surprises. A coming-of-age story that at times brings to mind TV greats “My So-Called Life” (though this one is from a boy’s perspective) and “Freaks and Geeks.”
  9. It's a Sin
    “It’s a Sin” offers one of the most honest, moving takes on the AIDS crisis and in its final episode delivers a searing critique of the shame that ensured the disease’s spread.
  10. Schmigadoon!: Season 1
    “Schmigadoon!” is a hoot — an inventive and thoroughly enjoyable summer delight.
  11. A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
    It plays immaculately. Some of the appreciation for this special can be chalked up to nostalgia – for the show and its idealism about public service; for a simpler, comparatively chaos-free time in American politics – but this “West Wing” special also delivers a patriotic balm with entertaining calls to vote, delivered with clever word play, that substitute for commercials.
  12. Evil: Season 4
    The best supernatural, religious-themed comedic drama you’re not watching.
  13. Boots: Season 1
    “Boots” proves to be a smart, empathetic, character-driven drama that explores coming of age in a time when Cameron can’t be his true self, while also showing the toll that repression takes on another character, conflicted and similarly closeted Sgt. Sullivan (Max Parker).
  14. The White Lotus: Season 3
    Much of the acting is masterful, but Parker Posey proves the revelation. .... White’s attention to local details, from visual close-ups of flora and fauna to the use of regional music, give “White Lotus” a vibe unlike any other series.
  15. The Serpent Queen: Season 1
    “The Serpent Queen” offers juicier period drama than either of the ballyhooed fantasy epics [“House of the Dragon” and “The Rings of Power”]. ... [Samantha] Morton mesmerizes.
  16. Andor: Season 2
    Season two of “Andor” stands proudly alongside season one as the most sophisticated, smartest “Star Wars” storytelling to date, thanks to showrunner Tony Gilroy.
  17. Fellow Travelers: Season 1
    Equal parts political thriller and steamy, doomed romance, “Fellow Travelers” proves to be an addictive yarn that, despite its period setting, feels vital and relevant in 2023 America.
  18. The Other Two: Season 2
    “The Other Two” remains frequently screamingly funny, but it’s the rare TV comedy that also allows itself to show some heart, particularly when it comes to the relationships among the core family.
  19. Succession: Season 4
    “Succession” proves particularly engrossing when the series finds new themes to explore and forces the characters to confront new situations as it does in season four. ... Allowing the series to conclude sooner rather than later insures it will likely continue to be regarded as one of the best TV dramas of all time.
  20. The Gilded Age: Season 1
    “The Gilded Age” is easily the best new series of 2022 and sets a high bar for shows that will follow.
  21. The Patient: Season 1
    A tension-filled, character-driven psychological thriller that's a worthy successor to their early 1980s Soviet spies drama [Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg's "The Americans"].
  22. The Agency (2024): Season 1
    Shockingly well made. Tense and intense, “The Agency” gives off “MI-5” and “Sleeper Cell” vibes
  23. The Good Lord Bird: Season 1
    Hawke mesmerizes as Brown — excellent casting for a wild-eyed character — and Johnson brings a mix of a child’s innocence and a young man’s recognition of the craziness of the world around him to his sometimes heartbreaking performance as Onion.
  24. Hacks: Season 4
    Max’s “Hacks” remains a comedy gem in its fourth season.
  25. Everyone Else Burns: Season 1
    Easily the fall’s best original scripted series.
  26. Swarm: Season 1
    The “Swarm” finale may not satisfy all viewers – it’s somewhat open to interpretation and not concrete – but it is a fitting finale to easily one of the year’s best, most outrageous series.
  27. Fargo: Season 5
    Sure, this latest season also stars Jon Hamm (“Mad Men”), Jennifer Jason Leigh (“Hunters”) and Joe Keery (“Stranger Things”), but this is unequivocally Temple’s season and yeah, sure, you betcha, she shines.
  28. Dark Winds: Season 3
    There are grittier, hipper, more popular crime dramas coursing through the TV/streaming ecosystem – “Tulsa King,” “Presumed Innocent,” “The Rookie” — but none of those shows can match the quality of AMC’s “Dark Winds.” .... “Dark Winds” continues to feel taut and rightsized.
  29. Hacks: Season 1
    HBO Max’s best series since “The Flight Attendant” and easily the funniest new TV/streaming comedy of the year.
  30. True Detective: Season 4
    Your next crime fiction obsession arrives with the fourth season of HBO’s True Detective,” this time subtitled “Night Country” (9 p.m. Jan. 14). It’s far superior to the show’s disappointing second season.
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