For 1,371 reviews, this publication has graded:
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31% same as the average critic
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On average, this publication grades 8.3 points higher than other critics.
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Average TV Show review score: 72
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Ken Tucker 100
There are many ways in which Ed, the best new show of the season, could have been perfectly awful.- Posted Jun 7, 2013
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Ken Tucker 100
It has the best tough-guy dialogue around and an acting ensemble that's ferociously effective. Face it: Homicide is a killer.- Posted Jun 10, 2013
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Ken Tucker 100
The series is full of surprises ... And as Tony, Gandolfini gives a magnificently shrewd, wary performance. If, like me, you thought you never wanted to watch another Mob story, be sure to check this out.- Posted Jun 12, 2013
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Ken Tucker 100
This may be the first TV show since Pee-wee's Playhouse to treasure youth even as it embodies all of its contradictions, craziness, hopes, and fears (and I'd like to point out that Freaks is the only hour-long sitcom I've ever seen that sustains funniness for its full 60 minutes).- Posted Jun 13, 2013
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Ken Tucker 100
How pleasurable it is to really care about a TV series, to the point of (national) obsession.- Posted Jun 7, 2013
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Ken Tucker 100
The whole show is complicated in a fun, brain-teasing way, and having seen the second episode, I can say it only gets funner. I know that's not a word, but I'm saying it anyway.- Posted Jun 14, 2013
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Ken Tucker 100
Watching Jerry, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander, and Michael Richards bounce off Larry David makes you realize what Curb had been missing: worthy opponents for Larry to argue and scheme with. -
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Ken Tucker 100
It's loose and rambling; its dramatic climaxes don't coincide neatly with the conclusion of any given episode. Its dialogue, overseen by creator David Simon ... is so good it often sounds improvised. One criticism of the show I've read is that it's repetitive (in showing the slow process of how the police bring down bad guys). But what those critics don't get is that those qualities are exactly what make 'The Wire' the funkiest cop show on TV.- Posted Jun 14, 2013
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Gillian Flynn 100
The fifth and final season of David Simon's peerlessly acted, stunningly scripted, revolutionary drama of 1,000 moving parts kicks off Jan. 6. -
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Bruce Fretts 100
The storytelling structure isn't just artiness for artiness' sake. Instead, it ingeniously reflects the fractured nature of investigations.- Posted Jun 14, 2013
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Carina Chocano 100
I don't know about you, but I'm not used to laughing out loud alone in front of the TV. Honestly, I was startled.- Posted Jun 17, 2013
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Gillian Flynn 100
Smart, unruly, and very fast, Arrested is the ultimate TV series for our TiVo age.- Posted Jun 18, 2013
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Gillian Flynn 100
Dark, textured, and lively--this is how Dickens is done. [20 Jan 2006, p.66] -
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Ken Tucker 100
Abrams and Lindelof have created one of only two new shows this season at the end of which I was yearning to see a second hour right away. (The other is ABC's "Desperate Housewives": It could be hoot heaven, could be labored camp.) I was tempted to hedge on my final grade, because Lost is the kind of show that could go anywhere. Then I realized that's exactly why I should commit to the ride.- Posted Feb 16, 2013
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Ken Tucker 100
What's great about the series this season is that you can dive deep into its familiar-yet-fresh bubbling stew of physics, ? numerology, and smoke monsters...or you can just skim across its blinding-sun surface, grooving on the thwarted romances, ?the time-shifting nosebleeds, and how great Kate looks in a business power suit and heels. -
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Tim Stack 100
The underrated bigamy show returns from a too-long hiatus with a plot-packed season 3 opener, and, not for the first time, the females deliver the best moments. -
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Gillian Flynn 100
The best worst series on TV. [30 Sep 2005, p.89] -
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Sin City dazzle adds spice to the cooking competition's season 6 premiere....But it's the fresh crop of cheftestants that'll really whet your appetite. -
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Ken Tucker 100
By the end of the opening hour, you're already engaged by Coach Taylor's challenge to turn the East Dillon stragglers into guys who can complete the phrase ''Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose'' without mumbling. And Friday Night Lights is headed for more touchdown episodes than you can count. -
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Jessica Shaw 100
I'll admit, I was a wee bit worried after last season's annoying Georgina story line and relentless drama about the past that haunts Serena (Blake Lively). But fear not, groupies: Summer's been good to this Girl. -
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Ken Tucker 100
For all its bleakness and darkness, there's a glowing exhilaration about this series: It's a feel-good show about feeling really bad. -
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Dalton Ross 100
Four words: Best. Eviction. Episode. Ever. The only thing that could have made it even more delicious? Zombie Chenbot.- Posted Oct 25, 2010
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Ken Tucker 100
They say analyzing comedy kills it, but in this case, it's one revelation after another. Add rare footage of their early years, some non-Python TV appearances, tense on-set footage filmed during the making of their movies, and clips of their greatest hits, and you've got Monty nirvana. -
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The four-part docuseries begins with ''The Memory Loss Tapes,'' a moving look at the disease's progression through seven patients at various stages. It's not a question of if you'll cry, it's how soon. -
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It's the sarcasm (see: Adam Scott), smart dialogue, and refreshing take on the workplace comedy that make the somewhat depressing premise a totally raucous party. -
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The yuk-filled second ep of the sophomore season rectifies this neglect with a plot that tempts Jeff to return to his soul-corrupting old firm, much to the dismay of his community-college study buddies. -
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Ken Tucker 100
The artistic achievement of Treme is that it blends bluntness with the nuances of gorgeous music. -
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Ken Tucker 100
Tremendously clever fun, Masterpiece Mystery! presents the first of three modernizations of the Sherlock Holmes tales.- Posted Oct 22, 2010
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