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For 395 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 52% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 45% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1 point lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average TV Show review score: 62
Highest review score:
Southland: Season 4
Critic Score 100
Lowest review score:
Brooklyn 11223: Season 1
Critic Score 0
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 196 out of 196
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 196
  3. Negative: 0 out of 196
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  1. Running Wilde: Season 1
    Arnett isn't stretching himself here, but he's still funny as a man who can't comprehend why he can't buy the love of his life. Russell brings a fervor to the role of a woman who has yet to come across a tree she wouldn't want to hug.
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  2. The Hasselhoffs: Season 1
    There's something bizarrely addictive about The Hasselhoffs.
  3. Nurse Jackie: Season 3
    When Jackie snaps over one patient's plight, she could be speaking for impatient viewers: "People gotta stop trying to save people who don't want to be saved." Same goes for TV characters stuck in the same shtick.
  4. The Kennedys: Season 1
    If you can accept you're watching the Kennedy saga through the prism of the "Fringe" universe, what you will find is an absorbing, addictive drama, with some authentic performances.
  5. Breaking In: Season 1
    The show runs rampant with rapid-fire dialogue and sly pop-culture references. The cast is strong.
  6. Happy Endings: Season 1
    When Happy Endings is funny, it's need-to-pause-the-DVR-because-I'm-laughing-so-hard funny. And viewers should easily be able to commit to that.
  7. Falling Skies: Season 1
    Don't look now, but Falling Skies could be a summer obsession.
  8. Suits: Season 1
    No one expects "The Good Wife," but if the show is aiming for balance, it needs to step up its court game.
  9. Citizen U.S.A.: A 50 State Road Trip: Season 1
    While the documentary sometimes feel hurried, Pelosi has written a superior companion book of the same title that allows the newcomers to better share their stories.
  10. Alphas: Season 1
    The premiere drops enough intriguing hints about the players' pasts without distracting from the main plot. You can't have a team without conflict, and every character seems to carry a quirk that rubs the others the wrong way.
  11. The Lying Game: Season 1
    Watch and you'll want to play along, too.
  12. Pan Am: Season 1
    For shows that play to our longing for America's lost days of glory, the sky's the limit.
  13. Suburgatory: Season 1
    Sisto is surprisingly sweet as a befuddled dad. Everyone seems to want the next Emma Stone. Levy isn't there yet, but given time she might grow into a solid comic actress.
  14. Homeland: Season 1
    What seems like a straightforward question--Is Nick a traitor to his country?--might be the most devilishly complicated thing to answer, and definitely worth pursuing in this complex show.
  15. Good Vibes: Season 1
    The cartoon is often laugh-out-loud funny, pulling off ridiculously zany sight gags, such as when Mondo decides to impress a girl by surfing and, instead, inadvertently beheads a bird, among other things.
  16. The Fades: Season 1
    The six-episode series mixes this type of sharp -humor and dialogue with gory scenes and tense horror.
  17. Lost Girl: Season 1
    Give Lost Girl a try. You might be seduced.
  18. Drew Peterson: Untouchable: Season 1
    Lifetime's latest ripped-from-the-headlines biopic, about alleged wife-killer Drew Peterson, is salacious, sinister and downright sleazy. It's also as irresistible as a piping hot box of Dunkin' Donuts munchkins.
  19. Game Change: Season 1
    Moore's impersonation of Sarah Palin is the hook to reel you into HBO'S latest truelife political thriller.
  20. The Borgias: Season 2
    Rest assured: The Borgias are still bad to the bone.
  21. Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23: Season 1
    Contrary to the title, you can trust the B---- for a good laugh.
  22. Longmire: Season 1
    Longmire isn't a conventional show. The mystery tonight might be slight, but the pilot is a dusty little gem.
  23. Episodes (US): Season 2
    Of the two series [Web Therapy and Episodes], Episodes is the most consistent and polished. It's also the one show that finds a groove and is happy to patter around its middling course.
  24. The Neighbors: Season 1
    The Neighbors is the silliest show you will watch all year.
  25. American Horror Story: Season 2
    The first episode teases an exciting dynamic, with the possibility of forcing viewers to root for one monster over another.
  26. Ethel: Season 1
    While often touching, it's a lightweight addition to HBO's schedule.
  27. Mankind: The Story of All of Us: Season 1
    Mankind: The Story of All of Us is that college freshman survey course, a buffet of tasty data, a little bit about a lot. It might leave you hungry for more.
  28. Legit: Season 1
    Legit is the sort of comedy that lets its heart beat once an episode.
  29. Do No Harm: Season 1
    Do No Harm, a modern spin on Robert Louis Stevenson's "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde," sounds lame. Yet it is so fast-paced and slickly produced, it could just be your new guilty pleasure.
    • Metascore: 87
    • Critic Score 75
    Lost: Season 1
    Abrams and co-creator Damon Lindelof infuse the opener with horror, poignancy, mystery and pitch-perfect humor...If Abrams and company can sustain the pace and intrigue of the pilot, then Lost will be a great place for viewers to lose themselves every week. [22 Sept 2004, p.EDGE 47]
    Posted Feb 16, 2013
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