Uncle Barky's Scores

  • TV
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. Mixed: 0 out of 583
  2. Negative: 0 out of 583
583 tv reviews
    • 42 Metascore
    • 25 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    This latest aliens-meet-earthlings sitcom is just too dopily executed for any long-term stay on this planet.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    It has the makings of a damned fine weekly hour of good vs. evil, with Quaid against Chiklis as the crowd-pleasing main event.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 58 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    The Mindy Project is a minor disappointment in light of all the accomplished guest stars populating its opening half-hour.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 67 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Urie's mostly a hoot, with his inflections infectious and his comedy timing a thing of beauty. Krumholtz offers sturdy enough support, but his co-star does most of the heavy lifting.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 67 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Ben and Kate can be a bit grating and certainly isn't all together great. But its small ensemble--which also includes Ben's pal, Tommy (Echo Kellum)--is clicking pretty well for starters.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 83 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Although Buscemi remains firmly in charge of this lead role, he's not the most interesting principal anymore. That pendulum swings to his wife of convenience, Margaret Schoeder (Kelly Macdonald).
    • 42 Metascore
    • 42 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Mob Doctor is one of those classically bad concepts that somehow got green-lighted as a series.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Unfortunately, Bomb Girls is affixed with an oft-overwrought and at times just plain clunky script.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 83 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Revolution, which has the overall look and feel of a big budget feature, delivers some consistently terrific action scenes.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 42 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Guys with Kids is over-populated, under-funny and no match for the simple charms of Three Men and a Baby, the surprise mega-hit of 1987.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    For now, it's a disappointing polemic that mainly offends by being lazily or awkwardly executed more often than not.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 0 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Plodding and stupefying when it's not being laughable and poorly acted, this is entertainment fit for an alternative to water-boarding.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 42 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    In the end, it's all very disposable.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 83 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    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.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 58 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    The Inbetweeners seems to be experiencing the growing pains of its principal characters. A better start would have been preferable, but at least the show's weekly slings and arrows are pointing upward.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 91 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    It's both a promising and foreboding series, with class warfare an ever-present force that wants no part of any idealized forms of truth, justice and the American way.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    His [Kelsey Grammer's] center-ring performance pulls Boss along even when it gets bogged down. The supporting actors likewise are all capable, although Grammer's glower clearly is the series' tower of power.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 58 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Viewers get to see what they've all got and what some of it is worth. Which continues to be addictive viewing in itself as the hoarder, pawn shop and abandoned storage unit shows just keep piling up.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Although its title is needlessly sub-juvenile, Oh Sit! does manage to be stupidly entertaining during its small handful of best moments.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 58 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    [The show] results in a picturesque endeavor that otherwise suffers from a lot of padded redundancy.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Hotel Hell is every bit as watchable--in a morbidly fascinating way--as his other Fox crock pots.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 83 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    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.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 42 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Kirk just doesn't click in the lead role. Nor do most of the words he's given.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 67 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Go On obviously won't be off the charts ratings-wise, as Friends was for most of its run. It might settle in, though, with Perry still a solidly capable comedic actor looking to nest a while.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 83 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Filmmaker Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (The Black List, The Latino List) might have done well to just keep the camera on [Carmen Dell'Orefice] and let everyone else hit the cutting room floor. But other former supermodels are quite interesting as well, among them Isabella Rossellini, Jerry Hall, Paulina Porizkova, Carol Alt, China Machado, Marisa Berenson and Lisa Taylor.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 58 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    3 rises above the genre's usually tawdry trappings, even if the opening episode is more than a bit static.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 16 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Sullivan & Son is utterly artless in its efforts to be an equal opportunity offender.
    • 99 Metascore
    • 100 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Gilligan and company keep on pushing Breaking Bad to new highs.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 58 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    Sunday's 90-minute premiere makes for an unintended hoot, both ridiculous and often ridiculously watchable.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ed Bark
    McCormack, in designer stubble, is no better than ordinary in the lead role. Nor are the cases at hand all that compelling.

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