Newark Star-Ledger's Scores
- TV
For 273 reviews, this publication has graded:
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38% higher than the average critic
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2% same as the average critic
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60% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 6.3 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average TV Show review score: 58
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 122 out of 122
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Mixed: 0 out of 122
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Negative: 0 out of 122
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tv reviews
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Matt Zoller Seitz 100
For the most part, Oz is an awesome achievement - an alternately crude and elegant attempt to expand the boundaries of the one-hour drama. If it can avoid an over reliance on prison movie clichs, stay focused on the redemption theme and give its powerhouse cast more room to breathe, it could be one of the most important works ever aired on American television. [12 July 1997, p.29]Posted May 15, 2013 -
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Alan Sepinwall 100
If you enjoy seeing wealthy, petty people get their deserved comeuppance, this is the show for you. If you enjoy laughing, this is definitely the show for you - the funniest new comedy of the season by a wide margin...For a show about dumb, unfocused people, Arrested Development is wickedly smart and quick, willing to go anywhere for a good gag. [31 Oct 2003, p.49]Posted May 26, 2013 -
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Alan Sepinwall 100
Nothing short of a TV miracle: a family show that's sweet, but not too syrupy, bitingly funny, but not mean-spirited and fun for viewers of all ages, without appealing to the blandest common denominator. [5 Oct 2000, p.37]Posted Jun 10, 2013 -
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Alan Sepinwall 100
A relentless, ambitious perpetual motion machine that may go down as the most exciting thriller in TV history. [27 Oct 2002]Posted Jun 18, 2013 -
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Alan Sepinwall 90
Sick, twisted and darkly funny, "Dexter" is easily the best drama in Showtime history. -
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Alan Sepinwall 90
The acting, writing and directing are superb. -
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Alan Sepinwall 90
"Extras" finally achieves the greatness expected of the Gervais/Merchant team with Season Two. -
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Alan Sepinwall 90
The CW's Reaper and NBC's "Chuck," the two shows featuring the aforementioned Sam and, um, Chuck, are an unusual pairing in that they're not only both good--with ABC's "Pushing Daisies," they're the best new shows of the season. -
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Alan Sepinwall 90
It's the best-looking pilot of the season--maybe the best new show, period--even though it may not look that good in the future. -
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Alan Sepinwall 90
That balance of viewpoints--positive and negative, tragic and comic--is what makes Carrier such extraordinary viewing. -
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Alan Sepinwall 90
There’s no performance quite on par with Damian Lewis’s star turn as the quiet, decent company leader in "Band," but the three leads all take advantage of their showcase roles to craft characters that transcend both war movie cliches and the actors’ own mixed backgrounds. -
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Alan Sepinwall 90
AMC’s "Breaking Bad" [is] still the best drama you’re not watching. -
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Alan Sepinwall 90
Treme may lack the obvious narrative engine that the cops vs. drug dealers narrative gave "The Wire," but it's already a smart, engaging, moving and funny series, one that in many ways is more accessible than its predecessor. -
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Alan Sepinwall 90
Whedon tries to blend comedy, horror and action, a very combustible mixture - as evidenced by the wildly uneven "Buffy" movie - but he seems close to perfecting the formula here. [10 Mar 1997, p.31]Posted Feb 25, 2013 -
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Alan Sepinwall 90
At turns funny, terrifying and moving. [16 Nov 2004, p.73]Posted Mar 11, 2013 -
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Alan Sepinwall 90
In a season overstuffed with crime dramas, Boomtown is one of the two or three best, alongside CBS' "Without a Trace" and "Robbery Homicide Division." It has complex, compelling characters, a terrific cast of actors and a beautiful feature film look. But it would have all those things even if the stories were told in strict chronological order. [27 Sept 2002, p.53]Posted Mar 18, 2013 -
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Alan Sepinwall 90
At a time when every TV comedy seems content to look and sound like every other TV comedy, any show that tries to break the mold deserves to be applauded. And a show like Sports Night that's snappy, well written, thought-provoking, and sometimes funny and moving at the same time deserves no less than a standing ovation. [22 Sept 1998, p.59]Posted May 5, 2013 -
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Alan Sepinwall 90
This is a smart, exciting thrill ride with a tick-tock momentum that will keep you glued to the edge of your seat. [6 Nov 2001]Posted Jun 18, 2013 -
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Alan Sepinwall 80
I have no interest in fashion, little inherent fondness for soap operas, and I'm absolutely not the gender this show is targeting. And based on the two episodes I've seen, I'm going to be watching "Ugly Betty" every week. It's that much fun. -
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Alan Sepinwall 80
The drama is one of the season's best because it makes you care even when you know something big is coming -- and because it finds pleasant little surprises along the way. -
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Alan Sepinwall 80
Chuck starts a step slower, with more exposition in the first two episodes and no larger-than-life character like Satan to smooth over that, but by episode three, it's just as assured and entertaining in its own extremely similar way. -
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Alan Sepinwall 80
Krause could be hard to digest as the self-righteous Nate on "Six Feet Under," but he makes a fine, amusingly flustered straight man to the cast of eccentrics that Wright and producer Greg Berlanti have assembled. -
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Alan Sepinwall 80
Because Dexter's victims are always so evil, we're inclined to root for him, but moments like that--or one in where Dexter admits he doesn't really care about saving innocents, just scratching his itch to kill--gives the show more moral complexity than you would expect, and it's the better for that. -
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Alan Sepinwall 80
The fifth and final season may be the most overtly farcical, but only because things in this slightly fictionalized Baltimore have become, if you can imagine, worse than ever. -
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Alan Sepinwall 80
With the start of season two, it looks like the expectations might finally meet the reality--or however real a show with aliens and time travel can get. -
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Alan Sepinwall 80
You get out what you put into it--even in the episodes that are weaker, I was rarely bored--and it's a consistent scripted oasis in a sea of shows where people take lie detector tests on camera. -
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Alan Sepinwall 80
The Lost season three finale was no fluke. The show has got its mojo back, and then some. -
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Alan Sepinwall 80
Those three performances are so good that they lift up everyone around them, whether it's Combs (best whenever he has Rashad or McDonald to spar with) or John Stamos, surprisingly subtle in what could be a thankless role as the white man who doesn't want the Youngers moving into his neighborhood. -
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Alan Sepinwall 80
In Plain Sight is a definite for any summer TV To-Watch list; don't cross it off until you've seen at least one. -
