People Weekly's Scores

  • TV
For 983 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 56% higher than the average critic
  • 15% same as the average critic
  • 29% lower than the average critic
Average TV Show review score: 68
Highest review score: 100 True Blood: Season 3
Lowest review score: 16 Fear Factor: Season 1
Score distribution:
  1. Mixed: 0 out of 710
  2. Negative: 0 out of 710
710 tv reviews
  1. Challenging but engrossing.
  4. In its second season, the high school musical comedy occasionally flies off the rails...But maybe that's to be expected from this aggressively inventive pop fantasy, where mundane details like homework never matter. [1 Nov 2010, p.41]
  5. Therapist Paul Weston a human-shaped cloud who grumbles with the low thunder of the maladjusted, has drifted back for a gripping new season of HBO's In Treatment. Gabriel Byrne plays the part flawlessly, and he's up against two especially rewarding talents. [1 Nov 2010, p.42]
  6. It's very entertaining in its low-key, waist-widening ways. [20 Dec 2010, p.44]
  7. The first few nights showed O'Brien settling in with his charmingly original humor, which is sophisticated yet twerpily silly. [29 Nov 2010, p.41]
  10. Mad Love [is] a relationship sitcom with real chemistry. [21 Feb 2011, p.41]
  12. Reubens is getting a bit old for this, but Pee-wee's innocence, infantilism and camp haven't dated--there's a rebel in the ridiculousness. [21 Mar 2011, p.46]
  13. [A] fascinating reality hit. [28 Mar 2011, p.57]
  14. It takes awhile to adjust to the dissonance, but the muted naturalism of the superb cast draws us in. [9 May 2011, p.40]
  16. What's surprising and even touching is that Fergie may not be a hot mess, but she's an appealingly human one. [20 Jun 2011, p.47]
  18. The show is a trampoline that sags clear down to the ground, the better to catapult you off into the air. [18 Jul 2011, p.35]
  19. The girls' chemistry should keep the show breakdown free. [19 Sep 2011, p.59]
  21. It might be unwatchable if Dern, who's excellent, didn't allow Amy's laughable obtuseness to be pierced by glimmers of empathy and acceptance. [ 17 Oct 2011, p.40]
  23. The animated duo have returned, as dumb--and hilarious--as ever. [31 Oct 2011, p.36]
  25. This drive for revenge is what makes the pilot spark, smoke and go chug-a-chug-chug. [14 Nov 2011, p.45]
  26. The show has the makings of great--what else can I say?--escapist entertainment. [23 Jan 2012, p.39]
  27. Luck is a true original, a show with a tone like no other. [30 Jan 2012, p.43]
  28. Comparisons to The Iron Lady, a sloppy movie that has Meryl Streep in roaring good form, are inevitable. Is Game Change better? You betcha. [5 Mar 2012, p.41]
  29. The comedy here, as with Elaine, comes from watching Louis-Dreyfus's sophisticated, furiously sharp timing applied to a character who has the intelligence of a finch. [30 Apr 2012, p.35]
  30. Given the amounts of sumptuous scenery to chew on, the acting is restrained, even if the gore and sex are not. [28 May 2012, p.40]