People Weekly's Scores

  • TV
For 550 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 65% higher than the average critic
  • 7% same as the average critic
  • 28% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.6 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average TV Show review score: 67
Highest review score:
Critic Score 100
Lowest review score:
Score distribution:
  1. Mixed: 0 out of 391
  2. Negative: 0 out of 391
391 tv reviews
  1. Set on the eve of the 1936 abdication crisis, it has melodramatic bustle and tender affection for its characters--of all classes. [18 Apr 2011, p.46]
  2. Denis Leary's superb comedy-drama about New York City firefighters, will end its seven-year run a few days before the 10th anniversary of 9/11. [15 Aug 2011, p.34]
  3. Their white collar cases aren't always riveting but as summer fares goes, hot guys and Manhattan backdrops are a reliably escapist combo. [25 Jun 2012, p.47]
  4. The overall mythology is sprouting nicely thorny tendrils. [10 Sep 2012, p.42]
  5. A lovely piece of work. [6 May 2013, p.49]
  6. This show has a light, charming sense of the ridiculous. [19 Mar 2007, p.39]
  7. Entourage remains supremely good-natured. [19 Jun 2006, p.37]
  8. [A] highly satisfying update. [8 Oct 2012, p.57]
  9. The high school stories are tighter-focused, and the Manhattan ones breathe with Broadway romanticism. [5 Nov 2012, p.42]
  10. Very few reality shows generate real suspense and sadness at the moment of elimination, but this one does. [20 Jun 2011, p.53]
  11. The quickened pulse is a plus: The violence registers as sharp, stinging slaps. [11 Dec 2006, p.41]
  12. The CW's best show since Gossip Girl.... it has a forthright narrative seriousness, a respect for the gobbledy-gook that makes up any superhero's backstory--and a game cast performing with the correct degree of seriousness. [19 Nov 2012, p.35]
  13. Got to kick it up a notch, Chuck. [18 Jan 2010, p.41]
  14. This is Dallas with out all the barbecue sauce, a soap about dynastic Texans that feels closer to Friday Night Lights in its understated leanness. [27 Sep 2010, p.54]
  15. An entertainingly sinister dip in the cesspool of 19th century criminality. [21 Jan 2013]
  16. Collar's odd-couple tension tugs the show in entertaining directions. [13 Jun 2011, p.46]
  17. About Face addresses some deeper implications--Gia Carangi's early death is a cautionary tale--but knows better than to over do it. [6 Aug 2012, p.39]
  18. The comedy here, as with Elaine, comes from watching Louis-Dreyfus's sophisticated, furiously sharp timing applied to a character who has the intelligence of a finch. [30 Apr 2012, p.35]
  19. This is all well done, and it's a great-looking production, but the weight of the drama keeps tugging toward a side plot about Braugher's 14-year-old stepdaughter. [10 Apr 2006, p.35]
  20. The interplay of the sexes has been used to better effect on other action vehicles--including FX's animated Archer--but the actresses lighten the tone, adding zip to a show that thrives on speed. [29 Nov 2010. p.42]
  21. This new, fourth season isn't bad but it's a very different beast from the original, and it's not nearly as funny.
  22. Predictably awesome. [27 May 2013, p.42]
  23. The show doesn't have the sinister intelligence of ABC's short-lived Invasion, but it's good family entertainment. [27 Jun 2011, p.45]
  24. The jokes hop all over the place but the show, like Chloe, is refreshingly wild. [16 Apr 2012, p.49]
  25. [It] remains a nervily ambiguous concept. [18 Jun 2007, p.37]
  26. In its second season, Patricia Heaton's family sitcom seems to have found its natural resting point.
  27. History's first scripted series is a headlong tumble into an irresistible and surprisingly neglected genre. [18 Mar 2013, p.41]
  28. This is a carefully assembled, emotionally attuned drama about obese teens stuck in a summer weight-loss camp.
  29. Bloods isn't groundbreaking, but there are hints of a deeper scandal woven into the solid plot. Worth checking out. [25 Oct 2010, p.39]
  30. The talent is good, and on the long road to announcing a top 16, the show expertly milking every drop of pathos. [24 Oct 2011, p.39]