TV Reviews8.6/10
Run BTS! Review: BTS’s 175-Episode Variety Stint Earns 8.6/10
A weekly chronicle of seven men, their games, their challenges, and their endless jesting, as they persevere through 175 episodes of secret missions and prizes.
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Television we have watched and scored.
TV Reviews6.5/10
Ally McBeal Review: Dancing Baby, Love, and the Flaws That Still Make It Watchable
A review of Ally McBeal, the Boston lawyer with a dancing baby, whose fever dream of love, drama, and comedy confounds and charms in equal measure.
TV Reviews7.3/10
How Acapulco Turns a Fading Joke About Mexico Into a Sincere Soap Opera
A sitcom about a dream job turns into a family soap, with a heart that's sincere, even when the jokes stumble.
TV Reviews6.7/10
John Sugar Review: Farrell’s Charm Carries the Case, but the Case Never Takes Over
A private eye show with a dashing lead and a missing granddaughter, told with charm and philosophy, but a mystery that never quite answers.
TV Reviews7.7/10
Task Review: Mark Ruffalo Carries HBO’s Crime Drama to a Well-Earned 7.7
A family man's quiet life turns dark as he leads a task force hunting outlaw motorcycle gangs in Task, a gripping HBO drama.
TV Reviews7.5/10
Oggy and the Cockroaches Review: Eight Seasons, 579 Episodes, and Still Poking Fun at a Cat
Oggy and the Cockroaches: three pests plague a rotund cat's house, in silent comedy of fury and folly.
TV Reviews7.8/10
James Gunn Assembles a Team of Monsters for HBO Max’s Creature Commandos
James Gunn's animated monster team Creature Commandos is a lean, confident comedy-drama with real stakes.
TV Reviews7/10
Electric Dreams Turns Dick’s Short Stories Into Standalone TV Episodes, and Mostly Makes It Work
A ten-episode anthology series of Philip K. Dick's short stories, each a closed loop of strange premises and quick turns.
TV Reviews6.5/10
The Midnight Club Turns Eight Young Hospice Residents Into a Horror Story — and Then Cancels It
Eight teens in a hospice swear a pact: the first to die must prove the afterlife exists, in Flanagan's twisty teen-horror series.
TV Reviews8.6/10
’31 Minutes’: Chile’s Worst Newscast Runs 68 Episodes and Never Stops Being Funny
A comedy of news that never quite succeeds, yet triumphs in its own failure — a chronicle of 68 episodes of the worst news show in Chile.
TV Reviews8.1/10
The Clone Review: Glória Perez’s Bold Soap Opera From 2001 Still Holds Its Weight
A bold Brazilian soap that mixes romance, drama, and cloning, mostly succeeding with a strong cast and a patient, deliberate pace.
TV Reviews6.8/10
Dune’s 2000 TV Miniseries Shrinks Frank Herbert’s Epic Into a Faithful Six Hours
A young man becomes the instrument of his own destiny in this faithful, dense adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune.