TV Reviews7.6/10
Why The Future Diary Still Works as a Death Game Where the Players Matter More Than the Rules
A review of The Future Diary: 12 players, 12 prophetic phones, and a death match that turns personality into a weapon. Scored 7.6/10.
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Television we have watched and scored.
TV Reviews7.9/10
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi” Review: Two Jedi, Six Episodes, and a Score That Fits”
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi gives Ahsoka Tano and Count Dooku six animated episodes on Disney+, with Liam Neeson back as Qui-Gon Jinn.
TV Reviews7.8/10
Mexican teen soap Like, la Leyenda finds its villain in the classroom
Like, la Leyenda ran 97 episodes on Las Estrellas, a teen soap about a school that preaches modern values and runs on old rules. Scored 7.8/10.
TV Reviews5/10
Dexter: Original Sin Review: A Competent, Well-Cast Prequel That Never Earns Its Own Existence
Dexter: Original Sin review — Patrick Gibson and Christian Slater lead a well-cast but unnecessary prequel. Scored 5/10, canceled after one season.
TV Reviews7.7/10
‘Roswell’ Still Holds Up as a Teen Drama That Took Its Aliens Seriously
Roswell, the 1999 WB alien teen drama from Jason Katims, ran 61 episodes across The WB and UPN. A review of what works and what drifts.
TV Reviews7.9/10
Sixteen years on, Rizzoli & Isles remains a study in how two leads can carry a procedural.
Rizzoli & Isles ran seven seasons on TNT, pairing Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander as a Boston detective and medical examiner. A 7.9-rated look back.
TV Reviews5.9/10
Kaleidoscope Review: Giancarlo Esposito Carries a Heist That Mistakes Structure for Story
Netflix's Kaleidoscope, starring Giancarlo Esposito, is a well-cast heist experiment that mistakes a shuffled episode order for real storytelling.
TV Reviews7.7/10
Spanish Remake of Norwegian Teen Drama Finds Its Own Voice
SKAM España brought Norway's real-time teen drama to Madrid for four seasons and 39 episodes. A review of the remake's best storylines and its 7.7 score.
TV Reviews7.6/10
Amazon’s Teen Survival Drama Was Cancelled Before Its Mystery Paid Off
The Wilds strands eight girls on a fake island for Gretchen Klein's experiment. A review of the Prime Video drama's two seasons and its unfinished ending.
TV Reviews6.2/10
‘Love & Death’ Review: Elizabeth Olsen Carries a Well-Made, Slightly Overlong True-Crime Drama
Love & Death review: Elizabeth Olsen and Jesse Plemons carry HBO's true-crime limited series about Candy Montgomery, but seven episodes is too long.
TV Reviews8.3/10
Date A Live Review: The Harem Comedy That Made Its Ridiculous Premise Work
Date A Live ran five seasons and 58 episodes across four studios, ending June 2024. A look at the 2013 harem anime's kiss-to-seal premise and why it lasted.
TV Reviews10/10
Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists” Review: A 10-Episode Spin-Off That Earns Its 10.0/10″
Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists ran 10 episodes on Freeform in 2019, built a murder mystery in Beacon Heights, and was canceled after one season.