Tad Friend, The New Yorker
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For 3 reviews, this critic has graded:
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33% higher than the average critic
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33% same as the average critic
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34% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 2.9 points higher than other critics.
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Tad Friend's Scores
- TV
| Average review score: | 66 |
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80
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60
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Tad Friend 80
The meanest sitcom in years—and one of the funniest. -
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Tad Friend 60
The notion that the Empire ran on pillow talk and poison--the Great Woman theory of history-was also at the heart of the BBC’s 1976 "I, Claudius," but "Rome," with its spitting catfights, is closer in spirit to "Dynasty." -
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Tad Friend 60
The lapping tide of gooeyness would be more tolerable if Stark’s empathy made him lose a big case, and if that loss got messy. “Shark,” though, wants to have it both ways: he keeps winning, but now for the right reasons. -