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For 951 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 67% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 30% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average TV Show review score: 67
Highest review score: 100 Back to Life: Season 1
Lowest review score: 0 Perfect Couples: Season 1
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 583 out of 583
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 583
  3. Negative: 0 out of 583
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    The Expanse: Season 1
    The problem isn’t with the overall look of Syfy’s The Expanse. Production values are first-rate through and through. But having little or no earthly idea of what’s going on can be a problem, even with the lengthy printed preamble greeting viewers of the Monday, Dec. 14th premiere episode
    • 65 Metascore
    • 58 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Animal Kingdom: Season 1
    Animal Kingdom is nowhere near in the same league as The Americans or Fargo or the recently ended Justified. And if it’s trying to be Sons of Anarchy ... well, I think most viewers finally had enough of that, too.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Mom: Season 1
    Mom isn’t a comedic high point, even if one or more of its principal characters falls off the wagon during a ratings “sweeps” month. But it gets this particular job done with flair, vigor, a punchy script and two leads who make it all fairly addictive.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 67 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    The Unicorn: Season 1
    There’s no laugh track involved in any of this, which is heartening. And Goggins fares fairly well in this very tamped-down mode, even if a number of his previous characters clearly would want to choke Wade Felton to death.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Enlisted: Season 1
    It works surprisingly well as sort of a Community in camouflage fronted by a teacher figure and his hapless platoon.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 58 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    The River: Season 1
    The River in comparison seems like stale tap water, unworthy of any prolonged big drink of time or effort.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 58 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Blindspot: Season 1
    Blindspot has an initially intriguing premise and a compelling co-lead in Alexander. But there’s also some Silly Putty in play here, with Weller’s hard-charging man of action at times laughably intense amid all this oh-so deadly serious business.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 83 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    The Last O.G.: Season 1
    What stands out is the letter-perfect ensemble casting, Morgan’s ability to perform as more than a caricature and the comfy fit of Tray’s adventures and misadventures.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 83 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Ballers (2015): Season 1
    In Ballers [Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson] brings it in full and then makes the sale.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    You're the Worst: Season 1
    The two principals in You’re The Worst at least are vigorously and often amusingly cynical. And over the course of the first two episodes sent for review, it even becomes possible to empathize with them--if only just a little.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 83 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Prime Suspect: Season 1
    The best new crime drama of the fall season doesn't necessarily have to be an original idea. It just has to have the right people in place.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Berlin Station: Season 1
    Berlin Station so far looks like a series worth riding out, with Jenkins, Armitage, Ifans and Forbes all making strong contributions to the cause.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 91 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Dancing on the Edge: Season 1
    The story has ample pulling power. But the music is its driving force--all day and all of the night.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Surviving Jack: Season 1
    Warm--or more accurately, lukewarm--moments intercede before the final bells in both half-hours. And Meloni delivers them like a champ while also dominating during an American Gladiators face-off that jump-starts next week’s episode.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    City on a Hill: Season 1
    After an energetic start and a nice twist at the end of Episode 1, City on a Hill slows its pace a bit.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Good Behavior: Season 1
    Good Behavior so far is a work in progress with two leads who show considerable promise in terms of making it all work.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 33 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Breaking Pointe: Season 1
    It shows only scant signs of life while also failing to be all that revealing about the unique profession it depicts.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    The Leftovers: Season 1
    None of the performances so far are enough to override or ameliorate all the concoctions and detours of the TV version.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 67 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Timeless (2016): Season 1
    From the network that brought you Quantum Leap, it’s NBC’s Timeless, which can be far-fetched even for a show of this genre. But it’s also agreeably fast-paced and a good deal of fun before jumping through another hoop at the end that might make the present an almost equally wild mini-ride.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 58 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Happy!: Season 1
    At one extreme, you want Santa dead. At the other, it can get to be ho ho hum in a hurry.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 83 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Major Crimes: Season 1
    Major Crimes has the makings of a very sturdy reboot outfitted with a built-in philosophical debate over how justice is served. Supporting characters are newly invigorated, particularly Bailey's Provenza.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Season 1
    Buoyed by two blow-away performances by U2, Fallon got past a rather obsequious start in which he walked viewers through the basic mechanics of a monologue and said he’d be doing 10 minutes worth every night in case the Jay Leno faithful might have thought otherwise.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 58 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Political Animals: Season 1
    Sunday's 90-minute premiere makes for an unintended hoot, both ridiculous and often ridiculously watchable.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 25 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    American Horror Story: Season 2
    Some of its imagery is arresting. But this is mostly a sorry, unfortunate and even contemptuous enterprise.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 58 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    The Soul Man: Season 1
    Cedric the Entertainer, Nash and Beasley go with this flow--and flow pretty well.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 67 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Cougar Town: Season 4
    Cougar Town remains amusing in fits and spurts.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 83 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    American Bible Challenge: Season 1
    Whatever your religious beliefs--or lack thereof--The American Bible Challenge is good for the soul. It's also the best new game show in years.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 58 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Terra Nova: Season 1
    Terra Nova certainly doesn't lack ambition and scope, which is a plus. But its first two hours fall short in the storytelling department.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 58 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Claws: Season 1
    Claws never lacks for energy, and its premise and cast composition are somewhat novel. But what it too often lacks is dexterity and texture.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 42 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Champions: Season 1
    Some of the scenes play out OK, and Favreau has a marginally winning way with the doofus brother he plays. As the self-described scene-stealer, newcomer Totah also gets in a few good jabs. None of this seems nearly good enough, though, to make Champions more than a likely short-termer on the TV sitcom conveyor belt.
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