The Fourth Estate

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Season 1
  • Network: SHOWTIME
  • Series Premiere Date: May 27, 2018
User Score
4.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 6 out of 12
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#64 Best TV Season of 2018

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Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Troy Patterson
    Jul 27, 2018
    70
    Because The Fourth Estate is less a documentary about the Times than a document of the struggle to report on Trump, it is--though smart and gripping--a frustrating heap of unfinished business.
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  2. Vanity Fair
    Reviewed by: Sonia Saraiya
    May 31, 2018
    65
    A lopsided new docuseries offers a limited but thrilling window into the paper of record.
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  3. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Ben Travers
    May 29, 2018
    75
    It all can be quite thrilling: a peek behind the scenes of how things actually go down when news breaks. Garbus also gets across how hard these reporters are working and how often. .... By the time the series wraps up, it does not feel complete. Articles from the first hour start to connect with new stories surfacing in the fourth, as reporters speculate that something big is around the corner. They don’t think the story is over yet, and indeed, it isn’t.
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