For 916 reviews, this publication has graded:
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On average, this publication grades 7.9 points higher than other critics.
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Average TV Show review score: 71
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Ken Tucker 100
Outspoken yet charismatic, politically radical yet traditionalist in his love of family, the man is captured in all his complexity.- Posted Jul 24, 2012
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Ken Tucker 83
There's all the slamming violence you might want in your gas-fumed escapism, mingled with real-world difficulties.- Posted Sep 2, 2011
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Ken Tucker 91
Kill pays both you and its subjects two solid compliments: It doesn't scream ''Take heed: This is a work of art!'' And it lets you form your own opinions about what its social commentary is. -
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Critic Score 91
Sure, watching a trapeze act slowly take form is fun (really fun, actually), but what's fascinating here is the deeply empathetic storytelling. It turns out what happens outside the ring is the most interesting part of Circus. [5 Nov 2010, p.65]Posted Dec 9, 2010 -
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Ken Tucker 83
The show is a scrubbed-clean soap. [28 Sep 2012, p.66]Posted Sep 21, 2012 -
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Clark Collis 83
The result is satisfyingly twist-filled and chilling in every sense.- Posted Sep 4, 2012
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Alynda Wheat 91
Tim Gunn still motherhens the designers, the dramatic arcs feel familiar (one designer is a recovering addict, another gave up a career as a surgeon), and--wonders to behold--there's even a branch of the fabric store Mood in Runway's new Los Angeles home. -
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Jessica Shaw 91
Lisa Kudrow is hilarious as online shrink Fiona Wallice, but her true talent is making those around her even funnier.- Posted Aug 27, 2012
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Ken Tucker 83
Brooks remains quick-minded and vivid. [14 Dec 2012, p.66]Posted Dec 7, 2012 -
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Ken Tucker 83
Outrageous lewdness and delightful non sequiturs speed by, which makes each episode rewardingly rewatchable.- Posted Jan 14, 2013
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Jessica Shaw 75
Rectify's many stories are strung together with a wonderful, airy pacing--all hail the slow-TV movement!--that lends a haunting backdrop to the story of a man who may not be able to find a life, even after avoiding death.- Posted Apr 10, 2013
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Clark Collis 91
This excellent, Robert Redford-narrated look at both the Watergate scandal and the film it inspired backs up the comic's [Louis C.K.'s] assertion about politics never being more insane.- Posted Apr 17, 2013
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Ken Tucker 75
As with P.G. Wodehouse novels and Robbie Williams songs, you have to be either British or adolescent to commit to this stuff; for the rest of us, it's a head-scratching lark. -
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Ken Tucker 91
One of the addictive things about Damages is its ability to work what initially seems to be a peripheral character like Olyphant's into the series' core plot in a startling way. All credit is due to the show's creators--brothers Glenn and Todd A. Kessler and Daniel Zelman--who wrote the first two episodes with smoothly intricate plotting and bursts of melodrama that rarely spill over the top. -
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Jennifer Armstrong 91
It's Quantum Leap meets The Streets of San Francisco--with narry a C, S, or I in sight. [28 Jul 2006, p.56] -
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Ken Tucker 91
Stick with it. Free your eyes to take in the spectacle, and your brain will magically start following the intricate storytelling. And there's a magical realism to Game of Thrones.- Posted Apr 13, 2011
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Ken Tucker 91
True Blood is, if anything, faster, sleeker, more vicious, more fun that it already was. Yum-yum. -
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Gillian Flynn 91
The sheer number of plotlines can be overwhelming, but the images--flowers dropped on the side of the road, a dusty van sliding away--are relentlessly riveting. And the series only gets better from here. [5 Oct 2007, p.66] -
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Critic Score 83
The reliably hilarious supporting cast of family members and friends--quirky without being cartoonish--makes a creaky zit subplot forgivable. -
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Critic Score 100
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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Gillian Flynn 75
24's best seasons have always hinged on a central, tantalizing character... This year could finally be Jack's turn to fascinate.... Otherwise, this round of mayhem has little to differentiate itself. [19 Jan 2007, p.67] -
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This handsomely produced experimental series ought to please flexible fans. [30 Mar 2007, p.62] -
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Ken Tucker 91
It's grim but exhilarating: a portrait of an artist chronicling despair.- Posted Nov 5, 2012
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Ken Tucker 83
At its strongest, it freshens those themes without melodrama, opting instead for slow-boil tension. The challenge for this artful series is whether that boiling point is too slow for viewers raised on WWE Raw and mixed martial arts.- Posted Jan 12, 2011
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Ken Tucker 91
It's a midlife triumph, a series that takes a well-worn theme and makes it unpredictable, freshly funny, and sometimes moving. -
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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 75
This isn't much different from Season 1--confusion, frustration, bell-bottoms--but it's still a good, uneasy time. [14 Dec 2007, p.62] -
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Critic Score 91
The show immediately bursts at the seems with personality. [16 Nov 2007, p.68] -
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Ken Tucker 91
Any fears you had that marriage and a baby would dull the sharp edge of Dexter--I admit it, I was worried--have been thoroughly allayed by season 4's wonderfully swift, witty, and violent start. -
