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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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    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Catch-22 (2019): Season 1
    Clooney and company have tried their utmost to navigate the swervy Catch-22. It may well be the last such effort. And they fare better than the movie did without fully sticking the landing. Then again, who could? Bronze stars to all.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 91 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    What's My Name: Muhammad Ali
    Weighing in at two hours, 40 minutes and airing in one sitting, HBO’s What’s My Name: Muhammad Ali, is as thrilling today as it was in his yesteryears. ... What’s My Name doesn’t delve into its subject’s personal life, focusing only on his career in the ring and his activism outside of it. That’s more than enough to easily fill its extended running time.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 100 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Chernobyl: Season 1
    Pleasant viewing it’s not. But in terms of capturing a time and place, the five-part miniseries succeeds on every level. ... HBO’s extraordinary retelling of what went down in Pripyat and the then Soviet Union at large is its own reward for now -- and a certain multiple trophy winner during next year’s awards season.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 67 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    The Red Line: Season 1
    Wyle’s lead performance is solid, although more than a little weepy. ... Red Line is a revelation, though, in terms of introducing Aliyah Royale to a national audience. Her portrayal of Jira is terrifically compelling and natural. ... Red Line force-feeds more than it should. It has some messages of true value while also failing to resonate to the degree it could have and should have.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 58 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    The Code (2019): Season 1
    The Code, which is both nicely produced and also thoroughly predictable, looks destined to likewise get a Season Two.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 91 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Fosse/Verdon: Season 1
    From a storytelling standpoint, the back-and-forth choreography is not without stumbles. Performance-wise, though, FX’s eight-part Fosse/Verdon is never less than all that jazz.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    In The Dark: Season 1
    The show’s creative team, headed by creator Corinne Kingsbury and including Ben Stiller, so far have put together a show that’s surprisingly and bracingly watchable.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 58 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Abby's: Season 1
    Unlike Cheers, the newcomer has inclusiveness going for it. But the writing is no match at all.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 83 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    What We Do in the Shadows (2019): Season 1
    No one is really going for the jugular, though. Your funny bone is the main target, with the humor ranging from broad to subtle. .... So yes, these vampires still suck--but in a unique series that otherwise just tickles.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 42 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    The Fix: Season 1
    The Fix hits too close to the bone. Whatever Marcia Clark’s disclaimers, this is all about her and a case that remains dirty to the touch.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 91 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Shrill: Season 1
    Be assured that Shrill gains its footing en route to being something special by the end of its first season.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 67 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Manhunt (2019)
    Manhunt’s navigations of clues and dead ends at times are enough to keep this pot simmering if not boiling. Nor is there anything wrong with Clunes’ lead performance, which unfortunately is in service to a not-so-greater whole.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Whiskey Cavalier: Season 1
    Foley, Cohan and the supporting cast members need not unduly worry whether their adventures are all that plausible. What matters is whether this show is fun to watch regardless. Which it is.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 58 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    The Enemy Within: Season 1
    Carpenter and Chestnut solidly play their roles, but Enemy Within doesn’t crackle the way The Blacklist did in early episodes. There’s nothing particularly special going on here, and it’s hard to muster the enthusiasm to say much more than that.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 58 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Proven Innocent: Season 1
    Kartheiser, who’s taking what he can get these days, has grown a beard for the role of the rather zany Bodie. The role is somewhat fleshed out in Episode 4, but it’s still not much to speak of. Lefevre, who co-starred in CBS’ summertime Under the Dome series, has some crackle as the head protagonist in Presumed Innocent. ... Presumed Innocent also can be transparently heavy-handed in its political leanings.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 42 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Miracle Workers (2019): Season 1
    It all ends predictably--and flatly. A grin or two may intrude amid all the bountiful bad taste. It’s certainly not enough, though, to redeem a series that false starts and then keeps stumbling. Full of grace it’s not.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 67 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    American Soul: Season 1
    The scenes from the set of Soul Train are well-captured and choreographed. But BET’s still limited production budgets are reflected in recurrent Vietnam War sequences involving the Clark kids’ father. They’re phony-looking to say the least, and really not needed at all. Walls, formerly of Starz’s Power series, is effective as Cornelius, although not to the point of blowing anyone away.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 58 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    I Am The Night: Season 1
    Those who get through the first several hours of this meandering mystery/morality play may well be invested to see it all the way through. It’s not terrible in the end. Nor is it spellbinding or particularly memorable.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 83 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
    Although Deadline Artist profiles both of them, the late Breslin (who died in 2017 at the age of 87) is the swaggering star of this time capsule. ... By the year 2015, both men looked frail and spent while seated next to one another for the purposes of this evocative film. Breslin remained pretty grouchy while the cheerier Hamill arrived in a wheelchair. It’s still something to see.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 58 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Black Monday: Season 1
    Too much of Black Monday is sounds and furious self-absorption/deception.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Deadly Class: Season 1
    Deadly Class also misfires at times with this tale of disaffected, dysfunctional young outlaws being trained to lethally rage against the machine. But the first four episodes also vividly embed themselves with their blend of fierce action, relatable characters, striking visuals and a pounding, dynamic soundtrack that offsets some of the ham-fisted spoken words.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Roswell, New Mexico: Season 1
    As with CW’s ongoing and likewise newly Latina-centered Charmed do-over, the story already seems played out in times when re-exploiting name brands unfortunately has become an end in itself.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 83 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    The Passage: Season 1
    The Passage, which shows considerable promise in these early episodes. Thanks to Gosselaar and Sidney, the all-important human element goes hand-in-hand with all the sci-fi ins and outs.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 91 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    True Detective: Season 3
    Ali is impressive in all three life stages, but his performance as the haunted and addled 70-year-old Hays has the most resonance.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Fam: Season 1
    CBS for the most part still clings to over-active laugh tracks and broadly played scenes and situations. Still, this is a nicely clicking ensemble that gets sharper as the show goes on.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Schooled: Season 1
    There’s possibly some potential here. But the only episode of Schooled made available for review neither rings the bell--or answers it.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 0 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    The Masked Singer: Season 1
    A prohibitive favorite for worst new TV show of the year didn’t take long to assume that position.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 100 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Season 2
    You might as well pencil in stars Rachel Brosnahan and Alex Borstein for return visits to the Emmy podium next year. They’re still that good in a comedy/drama series that remains peppy, snappy, musically magnificent and bursting with living colors. ... Mrs. Maisel remains loaded with special moments and deft asides.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 83 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Escape At Dannemora: Season 1
    Del Toro and Dano are both solidly believable, but the bravura performances in Dannemora come from Arquette and Lange as prison employees who get to taste freedom daily, even if it mostly tastes pretty sour.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 83 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    The Kominsky Method: Season 1
    Arkin is a cinch Emmy nominee for his contributions and Douglas may well find himself along for that ride. The scenes with the acting class students for the most part don’t work as well. ... Viewers of a certain age may well respond with knowing head nods to the age-old predicaments that Sandy and Norman find themselves in. But the series might also have some traction with advertiser-prized 18-to-49-year-olds.
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