San Diego Union-Tribune's Scores
- TV
For 214 reviews, this publication has graded:
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50% higher than the average critic
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7% same as the average critic
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43% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 4.4 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average TV Show review score: 63
| Highest review score: | EZ Streets: Season 1 | |
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| Lowest review score: | 21 Jump Street: Season 1 |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 128 out of 128
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Mixed: 0 out of 128
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Negative: 0 out of 128
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Robert P. Laurence
One of TV's most adult, provocative, outrageous and thought-provoking dramas -- and the bloodiest and most sex-drenched -- Nip/Tuck doesn't just push the envelope, it heaves it clear over the cliff. In an age when the FCC's rabbit-ears are more attuned than ever to what it considers issues of "decency," creator-producer Ryan Murphy and the FX channel are either incredibly brave or impossibly foolhardy. [22 June 2004, p.E-1]- San Diego Union-Tribune
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It's creepy, gory, and chilling. [14 Feb 1999, p.TV6]- San Diego Union-Tribune
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Robert P. Laurence
In tonight's first episode of the new season, the head lawyer and star of the show is AWOL, so his employes simply invite in a substitute to take the boss' place. The plan defies all logic, but it's blithely and blatantly executed in one of the most clumsily conceived and poorly executed attempts ever made at saving a troubled TV show. [10 Oct 1996, p.E-1]- San Diego Union-Tribune
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Robert P. Laurence
Slickly produced, compellingly written and expertly directed. [19 March 2000, p.TV-6]- San Diego Union-Tribune
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Robert P. Laurence
Whether in visions of falling steel balls or in plot twists that capture the imagination without unduly stressing credulity, it's those fanciful, Kelleyish touches that make "Ally McBeal" so watchable. [8 Sep 1997]- San Diego Union-Tribune
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Robert P. Laurence
A mature, beautifully realized piece of drama, it shows little evidence of the neutering, sanitizing process that usually compromises television storytelling. ... "China Beach" is "M*A*S*H" seen through a darker, bloodier lens. [26 Apr 1988]- San Diego Union-Tribune
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No doubt about it -- "I'll Fly Away" has much to recommend it ... But something is missing, or maybe it's a case of too much being added. "I'll Fly Away" seems to be so concerned with appealing to an audience on many levels, to mix heartwarming moments with social messages, that it bogs down far too often. [7 Oct 1991]- San Diego Union-Tribune
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It's all great fun, and the idea of putting a hard-nosed, highly competent journalist into situations where she must deal with neophytes and no-talents is rife with possibilities, especially since Bergen plays Murphy Brown as a complex, intriguing neurotic. Not everything works in the debut episode, but enough to mark this as a sitcom with possibilities. [14 Nov 1988]- San Diego Union-Tribune
Posted Jul 23, 2013 -
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Robert P. Laurence
Oddly disappointing. ... Too much of "Futurama" seems soft, flat, somehow less than expected. [26 Mar 1999]- San Diego Union-Tribune
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John Freeman
A fluffy, lighthearted little romp that brings to mind "Moonlighting" in its early days. [12 Sept 1993, p.TV Week-17]- San Diego Union-Tribune
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Robert P. Laurence
The finished product is passably entertaining, intermittently involving, tolerably well acted by an all-English cast, and offers enough kinky sex and graphic violence to satisfy all but the most depraved tastes. [22 Aug 2005, p.D-1]- San Diego Union-Tribune
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John Freeman
It's one of those premiere episodes that look and feel as if the best is yet to come. [17 Sept 1996, p.E1]- San Diego Union-Tribune
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Robert P. Laurence
O'Brien and second-half director Carl Schultz both bring some visual dazzle to the episode, but they cannot bring wooden actors to life. And although Flanery does bear some resemblance to how Harrison Ford may have looked as a youth, he is plainly well beyond 16. So far, George Lucas' great idea for a TV series built on Indiana Jones remains just that -- an idea. [3 Mar 1992, p.C-1]- San Diego Union-Tribune
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Robert P. Laurence
Son of the Beach is sophomoric, off-color, tasteless, obvious, sexist and offensive to several races. It's also fairly funny, a cheeky, sunny, goofy, low-budget "Police Squad!" version of "Baywatch" produced by that nasty-talking proponent and arbiter of everything tacky in American mass media, Howard Stern. [14 March 2000, p.E8]- San Diego Union-Tribune
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John Freeman
Maybe it'll improve as the weeks go by, but based on tonight's premiere, "NewsRadio" doesn't even deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence as "WKRP." [21 Mar 1995]- San Diego Union-Tribune
Posted Jul 16, 2013 -
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Robert P. Laurence
A very conventional, old-fashioned cop-private eye caper, the only difference being the gender of the officer in question. [1 Oct 2003, p.F-7]- San Diego Union-Tribune
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Robert P. Laurence
The drama itself will look and sound familiar to anyone who remembers "Twin Peaks," ABC's short-lived freakazoid hit of the early 1990s. Weird music, weirder lighting, menacing characters, dark forebodings. Perhaps the biggest mystery is the producers' choice of a hero, an IRS agent, not a figure most dramatists would pick for his sympathetic qualities. [17 Sept 2002, p.E-6]- San Diego Union-Tribune
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Robert P. Laurence
For the second straight time, the cable channel has rejuvenated a stale, weary TV format, taking a genre that appeared to be staggering under the debilitating effects of old age and overuse and giving it new life. [20 July 2003, p.TV-6]- San Diego Union-Tribune
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Robert P. Laurence
Comparisons will be made to ABC's "Desperate Housewives," but "Weeds" is meaner and sharper, eschewing the chirpy attitude that blunts the sting of most plot turns in "Housewives." [5 Aug 2005]- San Diego Union-Tribune
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Robert P. Laurence
Suffers from excessive ambition, but only through the best of intentions. [10 Sept 1993, p.E-1]- San Diego Union-Tribune
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Robert P. Laurence
The newest version of The Fugitive from CBS is as much fun as ever, a first-class, fast-paced, smoothly executed production packed with suspense, thrills and style. [6 Oct 2000, p.E-1]- San Diego Union-Tribune
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Robert P. Laurence
As was "Ally," "Legal" is rated "Q" for quirky. Wacky characters abound, clients look askance at the goings-on, usually with good reason. One lawyer appears in coat, tie, shirt, and nothing else. [2 Oct 2004]- San Diego Union-Tribune
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Robert P. Laurence
Cybill crackles with that kind of wry, brittle, unexpected wit and it could well rejuvenate the sagging CBS Monday night schedule. [01 Jan 1995]- San Diego Union-Tribune
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Robert P. Laurence
It looks as if "Soul Food" could, after a pallid beginning, develop into a more substantial offering. [27 Jun 2000]- San Diego Union-Tribune
Posted Jun 10, 2014 -
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Despite its good cast, "CSI: Miami" is just too familiar and cookie cutter. [22 Sep 2002]- San Diego Union-Tribune
Posted Jul 17, 2013 -
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Robert P. Laurence
When the hour is over, one is left with the distinct impression that the story could have been told just as well, if not better, on the original "Law & Order." And one is reminded yet again that network TV seems to be recycling old ideas just when it desperately needs new ones. [20 Sept 1999, p.E1]- San Diego Union-Tribune
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