TV Reviews6.9/10
The Vampire Diaries: 6.9/10 — Two Brothers, a Doppelgänger and Eight Seasons of Escalation
The Vampire Diaries ran 8 seasons and 171 episodes on The CW, launched a franchise, and earned a 6.9 of 10 — here's how the score adds up.
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Television we have watched and scored.
TV Reviews6.1/10
A 6.1 Out of 10
The Umbrella Academy review: Netflix's superhero family drama ran four seasons and 36 episodes, with a great cast and a premise it kept undoing. Score: 6.1/10.
TV Reviews6.6/10
Wednesday Review: Jenna Ortega Carries Netflix’s Uneven Addams Family Mystery
Netflix's Wednesday, starring Jenna Ortega as the piranha-prank Addams daughter at Nevermore Academy, reviewed: three seasons, four Emmys, one great lead.
TV Reviews8/10
The Simpsons” at 809 Episodes: Six Voices, One Springfield, and the Longest Run in American TV”
The Simpsons closed season 38 with 809 episodes, the longest-running American scripted primetime series, powered by six voice actors and one unnamed town.
TV Reviews7/10
Disney+ Opened With a Space Western That Kept Its Mask On
The Mandalorian review: Disney+'s first live-action Star Wars series, Pedro Pascal under the helmet, Grogu the puppet, and three seasons scored 7.0/10.
TV Reviews9/10
Rick and Morty” Review: Nine Seasons, 91 Episodes, and a 9.0″
Rick and Morty ran nine seasons and 91 episodes, from its 2013 Adult Swim debut to its 2026 finale. A look back at the show's cast, spin-offs and 9/10 score.
TV Reviews7.3/10
The Flash’s later seasons squandered what made its early ones work
The Flash ran nine seasons on The CW, from 2014 to 2023. A look back at Grant Gustin's Barry Allen, the Arrowverse, and what held up.
TV Reviews7.4/10
Loki: The God of Mischief Finally Gets a Story Worth His Wit
Loki on Disney+ review: Tom Hiddleston's time-variant meets the TVA, Mobius and Sylvie across two seasons. The strongest early Marvel show, at 7.4/10.
TV Reviews5.3/10
Freddie Highmore’s surgeon drama ran nine years on a premise too thin to sustain it
ABC's The Good Doctor ran seven seasons and 126 episodes, from 2017 to 2024. A look at Freddie Highmore, the cast turnover, and why the premise ran thin.
TV Reviews6.8/10
Riverdale: Seven Seasons of Small-Town Darkness, Scored 6.8
Riverdale ran seven seasons on The CW, from its 2017 premiere to its 2023 finale, built on the Archie Comics cast and a town full of secrets.
TV Reviews8.2/10
The Walking Dead Gets 8.2/10: A Post-Apocalyptic Epic That Earned Its Place
The Walking Dead ran 11 seasons and 177 episodes on AMC, from Rick's coma to a rotating cast that kept rebuilding itself. We score it 8.2 of 10.
TV Reviews10/10
Money Heist is a heist drama that keeps outsmarting its own plot, nine years on
Money Heist: the Professor recruits eight robbers to print €984 million in the Royal Mint. How Álex Pina's Spanish drama became a Netflix phenomenon.