TV Reviews5.4/10
Daybreak Review: A Strong Cast in an Apocalypse That Never Quite Opens
Netflix canceled Daybreak in December 2019 after one season and ten episodes. A look at Colin Ford, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Matthew Broderick, and the 5.4 score.
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Television we have watched and scored.
TV Reviews7.6/10
Jane Seymour’s Dr. Quinn Ran for Six Seasons Because It Took Women’s Work Seriously
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman ran six seasons on CBS, 1993 to 1998, with Jane Seymour as a Boston doctor in Colorado Springs. 150 episodes, 7.6/10.
TV Reviews7.5/10
Telenovela About a Hitman and a Widow Has Too Much Story for Its Running Time
A review of the 2008 telenovela Don't Mess with the Angel, starring Maite Perroni and William Levy — 194 episodes of drama that mostly delivers.
TV Reviews8.4/10
Kenichi’s Hero Wins by Never Being the Best Fighter
Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple review — a bullied teen trains under six masters at Ryōzanpaku, and the 50-episode anime refuses to make him special.
TV Reviews8.5/10
Pushing Daisies” Review: A Forensic Fairy Tale That Earns Its 8.5″
Pushing Daisies ran 22 episodes on ABC from 2007 to 2009. A look at Ned's one-minute rule, the Emmy-winning cast, and why fans still miss it.
TV Reviews7.9/10
Angel Beats! Review: Thirteen Episodes, One Afterlife, and a Plan That Reframes Everything
Angel Beats! review: Jun Maeda's 2010 afterlife high school anime, from the SSS rebellion to Girls Dead Monster and that finale. Score: 7.9/10.
TV Reviews7.9/10
Star Wars: Visions” Review: An Anthology That Trusts Its Studios, and Scores a 7.9″
Star Wars: Visions handed seven Japanese anime studios creative freedom over nine shorts. A look at the anthology's range, its 7.9 score and three-volume run.
TV Reviews7.7/10
The Walking Dead: Origins Review: Four Characters, Four Hours, One Clean Clip Show
The Walking Dead: Origins retold the apocalypse through four characters in 2021. A review of the AMC clip series, ranked and rated 7.7 of 10.
TV Reviews8.4/10
Dragons: Race to the Edge” Is the Best Small-Screen Chapter of the Franchise”
Netflix's Dragons: Race to the Edge ran 6 seasons and 78 episodes from 2015 to 2018, and its 8.4 TMDB rating proves it deserved more credit.
TV Reviews7/10
Streaming’s most-watched title is a crime drama the critics never got behind
Telemundo's The Inmate, an El Marginal remake with Ignacio Serricchio, ran only 13 episodes. A review of the prison drama's cast, premise, and abrupt end.
TV Reviews6.7/10
‘Helix’ Review: Strong Opening, Scattered Finish
Helix, Syfy's Arctic CDC thriller from Ronald D. Moore, ran two seasons and 26 episodes. A look at the cast, the cult thread, and why it fizzled.
TV Reviews8.3/10
Clannad: A Slow, Patient Walk Through 44 Episodes
Clannad ran 44 episodes on TBS from 2007 to 2009, following Tomoya and Nagisa's slow walk from strangers to something like family.