TV Reviews8.8/10
Burn Notice Review: The Spy Who Got Burned and Built a Family Out of It
Burn Notice ran seven seasons on USA Network, turning a burned spy into a weekly problem-solver. A look at the voice-over, the cast, and why it holds up.
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Television we have watched and scored.
TV Reviews8.2/10
Pucca Review: A Flash-Born Kids’ Show That Stays Fast Without Becoming Noise
Pucca ran 117 episodes on Toon Disney from 2006 to 2008, then returned on Netflix. A look at the Flash-born ninja rom-com and why it still works.
TV Reviews9/10
Virgin River Review: Seven Seasons of Small-Town Comfort, and the Case for Its 9.0/10
Virgin River has run seven seasons and 74 episodes on Netflix, with an eighth on the way. A look at Mel, Jack, the redwoods, and why the show endures.
TV Reviews8/10
The Thundermans Made Superhero Siblings Feel Like a Normal Family
The Thundermans ran 98 episodes on Nickelodeon from 2013 to 2018. A look at the superhero family sitcom, its 8.0 audience score and 2024 revival film.
TV Reviews6.9/10
Kevin Sorbo’s Hercules Ran for Six Seasons on Pure Syndication Muscle
A look back at Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, the six-season syndicated hit with Kevin Sorbo and Michael Hurst, from Hera to Ares to its messy end.
TV Reviews7.9/10
Hellsing’s 2001 Anime Went Its Own Way, and That’s Why It Endures 25 Years On
A review of the 2001 Hellsing anime: Alucard, Integra, Seras, and a thirteen-episode run that rushed a three-sided war but set the terms.
TV Reviews7.7/10
The 1979 Doraemon Anime Outlasted Every Version That Came Before It
Doraemon's 1979 anime ran 26 years and 1,787 episodes on TV Asahi, powered by Nobuyo Ōyama's Doraemon and a loop that never breaks.
TV Reviews8.3/10
Chinese Drama Remake Sticks Close to Its Source and Earns Its Rating
A Love So Beautiful: 24 episodes, 37.3M views, 8.3/10 on TMDB. A review of the KakaoTV Korean remake streaming on Netflix.
TV Reviews8/10
Babylon 5″ arrived in January 1994 with a five-mile-long space station, a council of squabbling ambassadors, and a promise no American network had ever made: that the whole thing had already been planned out, beginning to end”
Babylon 5, the 1994 sci-fi series with a pre-planned five-year arc, still rewards patience. A look at its station, cast, Shadow War, and flaws.
TV Reviews5.9/10
The Langoliers” Review: A Fascinating 1995 Miniseries That Isn’t Good”
A review of ABC's 1995 Stephen King miniseries The Langoliers: an empty plane, a dead airport, Dean Stockwell, and monsters that don't work.
TV Reviews10/10
Gurren Lagann Review: 27 Episodes of Drills, Grief and Escalation That Never Stops Turning
Gurren Lagann ran 27 episodes in 2007, directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi at Gainax. Rotten Tomatoes scores it 10.0/10 — a perfect 100%.
TV Reviews8.2/10
Are You Afraid of the Dark?: The Campfire That Built a Kids’ Horror Institution
How Nickelodeon's Are You Afraid of the Dark? turned a campfire into a kids' TV institution, from the Midnight Society to two revivals and 91 episodes.