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For 886 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 45% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 51% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 4.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average TV Show review score: 59
Highest review score:
Thurgood: Season 1
Critic Score 100
Lowest review score:
Notes from the Underbelly: Season 1
Critic Score 0
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 392 out of 392
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 392
  3. Negative: 0 out of 392
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  1. Wishful Drinking: Season 1
    HBO does an expert job of turning Ms. Fisher's 2 hour and 20 minute monologue into a documentary, with only a few, artfully chosen embellishments.
  2. Lights Out: Season 1
    In other words, even the soapier subplots of Lights Out are sparingly written and tautly filmed, and the story never strays too far from the violence that is at its core.
  3. Zen: Season 1
    There is little resistance to cliche in all this, but the cliche is so visually appealing that you'll feel like a spoiled child if you complain. And you're given such a treat that you'll also feel like one, begging for more.
  4. The Ricky Gervais Show: Season 1
    Gervais serves as a bullying sidekick to Mr. Pilkington and steps out of the way, letting his strange and funny collaborator take the lead. The series is not a full-blown comedy show; it's a collection of Web-styled sketches and proof that big laughs can come in small doses.
    Posted Jan 14, 2011
  5. Onion News Network: Season 1
    If the longstanding "SNL" segment is a sort of introductory course in wringing humor from headlines, and Mr. Stewart's "Daily Show" is the advance-level class, Onion News Network is graduate school, requiring much quicker thinking and a greater tolerance for comfort-zone invasion.
  6. Taking on Tyson: Season 1
    It would make an interesting documentary even without Mr. Tyson. With him, it becomes a personal test for the viewer.
  7. Twenty Twelve: Season 1
    The Olympian spirit is all about relentless rigor, steely self-discipline and doing the impossible. Twenty Twelve celebrates sloth, inattention and surrender. There should be a gold medal for that too.
  8. Upstairs, Downstairs: Season 1
    Upstairs Downstairs sticks to the rules established by the original and defies the odds by being as good, and in some ways, even better.
  9. New Girl: Season 1
    New Girl is charming and quite funny, but especially when compared with the other two shows, it seems quite old-school.
  10. Awkward: Season 1
    Awkward is a wry show about longing--for love, certainly, but also for consistency, that great intangible in the ever-morphing world of high school life.
  11. The Hour (UK): Season 1
    The plot twists of The Hour can at times be puzzling, but the series is never dull.
  12. Sherlock: Season 2
    Sometimes this focus on technology feels a bit heavy-handed, but in general this is a series that seems to be growing more assured as it goes along.
  13. Enlightened: Season 1
    The series embraces the absurdities of its subject with enough compassion to avoid outright parody.
  14. Prohibition: Season 1
    Mr. Burns and Ms. Novick, commendably, don't beat you over the head with the obvious lessons for those today who would legislate personal behavior; they largely let the story of Prohibition speak for itself.
  15. George Harrison: Living in the Material World: Season 1
    An absorbing and beautifully made film in its own right, whose 208 minutes mostly fly by.
  16. Absolutely Fabulous (UK): Season 6
    Now they are the last blinkered women in the bunker, hoarding designer shoes and awaiting an Evite back to the glamorous life. They don't belong there, and that's what makes them so welcome.
  17. Awake: Season 1
    The hero of Awake has a psychiatric problem; there are no aliens or ghosts to explain away the more improbable turns, and this adventure is far more compelling.
  18. Call The Midwife: Season 1
    The advice here is to forget the politics and enjoy the performances and the trip back in time.
  19. The Loving Story: Season 1
    It's the Lovings, not Loving v. Virginia, that hold our attention. Their reticence, even under such close camera scrutiny, is intriguing and even charming.
  20. Game Change: Season 1
    Ms. Palin dominates as a disarming egotist whose presumption is balanced by charisma and animal cunning--and in this film, as in life, she has the last smirk.
  21. On Death Row: Season 1
    A surprising element of the series--making it both compelling and perversely enjoyable--is that Mr. Herzog loosens up, getting more argumentative in the interviews and presenting moments of mordant humor.
  22. Fashion Star: Season 1
    The real stars are the designers, and it's an eclectic bunch, some already working in the industry, others who dream to.
  23. Duck Dynasty: Season 1
    Because everyone in the Duck dynasty has a well-defined role and sticks to it, the bit works. So does the show.
    • Metascore: 72
    • Critic Score 80
    Veep: Season 1
    The supporting cast is very strong--Tony Hale (perhaps best known for "Arrested Development"), in particular, excels as Selina's goofy and limpetlike personal aide--the various internecine plotlines are building well; and no one is allowed to riff uncontrolled.
  25. Fringe: Season 5
    On the evidence of Friday's season opener, Fringe will continue to be the best show of its kind since "The X-Files" at the grace notes, intimate or humorous instances like Olivia's Crate & Barrel moment (which won't be further spoiled here). When you get the small things right, it's less crucial that your universes and time shifts exactly line up.
  26. Sports Night: Season 1
    The series is acted with razorlike timing. [21 Sept 1998, p.E5]
    Posted May 5, 2013
  27. John Doe: Season 1
    As forced as its concept seems, John Doe is alluring because it flows so easily from humor to drama then back again and because Dominic Purcell's smooth performance as John is perfectly in tune with that fluid style. [20 Sept 2002, p.E26]
    Posted Feb 24, 2013
  28. Vito: Season 1
    The smooth telling of Russo's story juxtaposed against the present day, when gay marriage is sanctioned in some states and gay characters are all over prime-time television, drives home how different the cultural landscape is from the one Russo knew.
  29. OH SIT!: Season 1
    CW's Oh Sit!, a raucous competition show is a hilarious return to the childhood you never had--the fun, danger-filled, almost-anything-goes one.
  30. Get To Work: Season 1
    Though these people may not resemble any job seekers you know, the portraits feel about as honest as reality TV gets.
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