For 1,022 reviews, this publication has graded:
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On average, this publication grades 8.4 points lower than other critics.
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Average TV Show review score: 55
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Positive: 378 out of 378
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Critic Score 100
Through the radiant Russell, the show astutely transmits the conflicting blend of giddy anticipation and neurotic dread that defines the early college experience...If this is a "My So-Called Life" knockoff, then Brian Grazer and Ron Howard have obviously done their homework. All glorified clones should be so fresh and enchanting. [28 Sept 1998, p.2]Posted Mar 15, 2013 -
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Phil Gallo 100
Scrubs is sharp on every level, from script, direction and editing to the well-chosen, handsome cast and the employment of nonreal sequences. [1 Oct 2001, p.4]Posted Mar 20, 2013 -
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Everything goes (nudity, language, violence), but that's just the beginning; one-upping any overhyped "NYPD Blue"-like controversy over whether or not it's kosher to show someone's backside on TV, it's also a tour de force of assorted emotions, layered relationships and raw dialogue. [12 Mar 2002, p.4]Posted Mar 19, 2013 -
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Brian Lowry 100
When television history is written, little else will rival "The Wire," a series of such extraordinary depth and ambition that it is, perhaps inevitably, savored only by an appreciative few. -
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Brian Lowry 100
The show keeps delivering the kind of mind-expanding dramatic highs that ought to require a prescription. -
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Brian Lowry 100
Expectations were certainly sky-high for Boardwalk, but the producers have risen to meet them--in a series that grows richer, deeper and more absorbing with each of the six episodes previewed. -
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Brian Lowry 100
From virtually any angle, though, Downton Abbey is an almost peerless piece of real estate.- Posted Jan 6, 2011
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Brian Lowry 100
Either appropriately or ironically for a show about meth cookers, Bad is simply one of TV's great addictions.- Posted Jul 12, 2011
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Brian Lowry 100
Julian Fellowes has created such a vivid group of characters and assembled such an impeccable cast--effortlessly oscillating from comedy to drama--that the hours fly by, addictively pulling viewers from one into the next.- Posted Jan 3, 2012
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Laura Fries 100
With a dream team of producers, directors, writers and stars, this is more than a message movie; it's artful storytelling at its finest, focusing on the human considerations of a disease that afflicts one in eight women.- Posted Oct 10, 2011
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Brian Lowry 100
Simply put, there's no more unpredictable series, and its delicate handling of combustible ingredients will be admired and studied by writers for years to come.- Posted Jul 10, 2012
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Brian Lowry 100
At its best, it’s big, bloody and downright glorious.- Posted Mar 26, 2013
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Brian Lowry 100
To anyone who has followed the ups and downs of Downton Abbey, the good news begins with those first strains of John Lunn's lustrous score, and doesn't abate until Fellowes and company have wrung every last ounce of emotion from these finely embroidered characters.- Posted Jan 4, 2013
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Critic Score 90
Situations are on target, characters are strong, the dialogue bright. Nothing's extraneous as director James Burrows keeps a tight rein on the brisk, smart exercise.- Posted Feb 27, 2013
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There's lots of good stuff to recommend Homicide. Performances are uniformly strong, above normal level of series work. It's a class act; all techs are superior, including excellent photography by Wayne Ewing and editing by Jay Rabinowitz. [29 Jan 1993]Posted May 12, 2013 -
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Critic Score 90
An original from the outset, blending artful dialogue and sharp performances with Schlamme's sure directorial hand to construct an hour of sublime soapiness. [21 Sept 1999, p.10]Posted Apr 22, 2013 -
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Phil Gallo 90
From these visits spin every Soprano tale --- some morose, some wickedly funny, all uncommonly personal --- and its distinctive tone will capture a patient audience looking for an intelligent episodic that isn't sex and shoot-'em-ups. [4 Jan 1999, p.67]Posted Apr 1, 2013 -
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Brian Lowry 90
Not all "The Sopranos'" flights of fancy pan out... but it never fails to fascinate, creating a completely organic world in which it's easy to forget the art and artifice that go into realizing Chase's vision. -
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If "The Sopranos" is an explosive show, brimming with layers of deception and betrayal, Six Feet Under is an implosive one, built upon a foundation of repression. [3 June 2001, p.29]Posted Apr 15, 2013 -
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Brian Lowry 90
Based on the seven episodes previewed, it's every bit as cynical, riveting and brilliant as the four flights that preceded it--a searing look at the decay of a major American city that puts most of what's on television to shame. -
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Brian Lowry 90
Crisp and tense, this Sci Fi Channel staple looks destined to make a headlong plunge toward the finish line in pursuit of that elusive place called Earth. -
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Phil Gallo 90
The smartest teen-oriented drama since "Freaks and Geeks." A unique and inspired looked at teen angst shrouded in a P.I. show.- Posted Feb 16, 2013
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Brian Lowry 90
Crisp, smart and spooky, this cerebral sci-fi drama is the best of the new "Something's out there" series. -
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Brian Lowry 90
Despite mining what appears to be a played-out lode (yet another showbiz-insider comedy, complete with self-effacing celebrity cameos), the pair find hearty laughs in discomfort, elicit riotous turns from their guest stars and even manage a touch of pathos in the travails of the show's hapless hero. -
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Phil Gallo 90
One of the sharpest-looking comedy pilots in recent years. -
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Phil Gallo 90
It could be a "Wonder Years" for a new generation. -
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Brian Lowry 90
Dexter will be hard-pressed to match the big twists that punctuated last season, but the latest campaign is off to an impressive--and impressively unpredictable--start. -
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Brian Lowry 90
Standing head and shoulders above this fall's other seedlings. -
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Brian Lowry 90
As with any great series, Mad Men is becoming richer as these plot strands grow, establishing an engrossing serialized life beyond the hip, reverberating cultural references that demonstrate the smoking-drinking-closeted '60s aren't necessarily "good ol' days" to be mourned, despite the cheery Norman Rockwell image that cultural conservatives proffer. -
