TV Guide's Scores

For 734 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 49% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 48% lower than the average critic
Average TV Show review score: 61
Highest review score: 100 Downton Abbey: Season 2
Lowest review score: 0 Zero Hour: Season 1
Score distribution:
  1. Mixed: 0 out of 411
  2. Negative: 0 out of 411
411 tv reviews
  1. The show may be titled Hannibal, which for commercial branding purposes makes complete sense, but this is Will's story. And an absorbing, psychologically rich one it is, too--immeasurably smarter than The Following, more haunting than Bates Motel.
  2. Rectify is touching in so many ways, and the only drawback is that six hours is not nearly enough to tell this story, with an open-ended conclusion that's more disturbing than satisfying.
  3. Suspenseful, tragic yet also uplifting in its audacious collision of fantasy and emotional realism, this haunting gem reminds us that we shouldn't speak ill of the dead.
  5. Netflix finally achieves its eureka moment with a terrifically entertaining piece of original programming that's truly and bracingly original.
  6. ABC's Toy Story of Terror! is a delightful half-hour vignette of gags, action and self-empowerment, couching its never-give-up message in terrific non-stop entertainment.
  7. [A] quietly creepy and profoundly unsettling supernatural mystery.
  9. Lapine uses a half-dozen of Sondheim's most notable songs as a springboard for a biographical study that's contemplative, analytical and transcendentally emotional.
  10. The crime they're investigating often takes such a back seat to the show's tricky structure and the all-pervasive angst you may once again wonder what exactly HBO has against the notion of narrative urgency. But be patient with this slow-burner of a disturbing, demanding drama. These detectives are truly fascinating.
  11. The Americans redefines domestic espionage with its multiple layers of emotionally charged suspense.
  12. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey is science non-fiction at its most accessible and enjoyable.
  13. You might think you can't possibly fit one more crime-solving procedural onto an overcrowded calendar, but consider giving Bones a break.
  14. Earl is unashamedly crude, at times downright stupid in its lowlife caricatures, yet it's all so cheerfully endearing that you can't help but be won over by its lowbrow high jinks.
  15. Extras captures the stifling boredom and raging egotism of life behind the camera.
  16. This engrossing and unnerving nail-biter is a rare treat: a thriller with a brain and a soul.
  17. It's refreshing to watch an interview in which the guest needn't worry about sharing the spotlight.
  18. Darkly comedic and richly entertaining.
  19. This is the sort of classy entertainment we used to find on A&E before that channel got bit by the reality bug.
  20. An endlessly curious and unexpectedly intelligent social experiment.
  21. So far, so good.
  22. Mirren... hits a dazzling career high.
  23. The circuitous plot is challenging, but the true glory of Deadwood is in its vivid creation of a volatile world where scoundrels, wretches and tormented heroes coexist in an unvarnished time capsule of Wild West history.
  24. This is one fabulous ride.
  25. Richly plotted and totally absorbing, one of summer TV's best surprises.
  26. It is intensely serious, and seriously well done.
  27. [A] macabre gem.
  28. Intensely stirring.
  29. 24's first four hours, airing over two nights, aren't quite as electrifying as last season's opening act.... But none of these problems diminish the pulse-pounding pleasures of watching 24.
  30. It's Broadbent as Longford, made an outcast for his empathy, whom you'll not forget.