Newsday's Scores
- TV
For 1,975 reviews, this publication has graded:
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62% higher than the average critic
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4% same as the average critic
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34% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.4 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average TV Show review score: 69
| Highest review score: | Downward Dog: Season 1 | |
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| Lowest review score: | Donny!: Season 1 |
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Positive: 1,328 out of 1328
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Mixed: 0 out of 1328
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Negative: 0 out of 1328
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Verne Gay
It's maybe easy, too easy, to write off "B Positive" as just another sitcom with a few setup jokes, along with the usual, predictable beats. But there's something else here, something potentially even good. Which would be? Call it comfort food, well-served.- Newsday
- Posted Nov 3, 2020
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Robert Levin
The first few episodes of "Truth Seekers" are somewhat disappointing, but the acting is strong and there's potential for improvement.- Newsday
- Posted Nov 3, 2020
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Verne Gay
Handsome production, excellent Long Island locale, and the first two episodes are best. But after that, "The Undoing" takes its slow, sweet time.- Newsday
- Posted Oct 23, 2020
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As expected, both sitcoms [black-ish and The Conners] approach the national tragedy in their own unique ways. ... "The Conners" is about as upbeat as late Eugene O'Neill. ... In capable hands, it feels just about right. These hands are capable indeed.- Newsday
- Posted Oct 19, 2020
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Verne Gay
As expected, both sitcoms [black-ish and The Conners] approach the national tragedy in their own unique ways. "Black-ish" is the brighter of the two, the optimist that finds light at the end of the tunnel in the trustiest of sitcom conventions.- Newsday
- Posted Oct 19, 2020
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Verne Gay
"Driving" is cool, methodical and comprehensive, but does leave open that one question: How would you feel? ... Essential viewing.- Newsday
- Posted Oct 13, 2020
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Robert Levin
The first two episodes of "The Right Stuff" offer a lot of promise, but the characters other than John Glenn need to be more fully developed.- Newsday
- Posted Oct 12, 2020
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Robert Levin
It's all very exhausting. This is a terrible show. Avoid it at all costs.- Newsday
- Posted Oct 5, 2020
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- Posted Oct 2, 2020
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Verne Gay
As good as Hawke is here, Johnson just might be better. A winner.- Newsday
- Posted Sep 30, 2020
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Verne Gay
Comey's story in black and white, with not much shading in between.- Newsday
- Posted Sep 25, 2020
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Verne Gay
Props for a diverse cast and first-rate performances, but "4" does sprawl, occasionally sag.- Newsday
- Posted Sep 21, 2020
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Verne Gay
Samuel L. Jackson reveals a hidden side of himself, and that's worth watching for that reason alone.- Newsday
- Posted Sep 11, 2020
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Robert Levin
"Away" should be much better than it is, squandering a fascinating subject on pedestrian family drama.- Newsday
- Posted Sep 8, 2020
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Verne Gay
To call "Lovecraft Country" "wildly original" seems almost a quaint understatement. But it is wild. And original. Little doubt about that.- Newsday
- Posted Aug 13, 2020
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Robert Levin
The rigid adherence to the recurring segments means Animal, Fozzie Bear and many other staples barely show up, while a lot of attention is paid to the rather unsettling "Okey Dokey Kookin," in which the turkey host gobbles excitedly over dishes featuring chicken and pork and the Swedish Chef wraps a Muppet mole (yes, the mammal) in a tortilla.- Newsday
- Posted Aug 10, 2020
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Robert Levin
The series works best as a clinical dissection of how this happened both from a conceptual standpoint in terms of formulating the case and piecing the puzzle together, and from a practical one. ... The documentary feels perilously thin for such a rich subject. "Fear City" would benefit from being longer and more in depth than just three episodes.- Newsday
- Posted Jul 27, 2020
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Verne Gay
The cast is excellent, the writing superior and the direction, too. ... But this "World" does suffer from lack of scale, or at least reduction in scale. This could easily be a Syfy series as well as a Peacock one. It doesn't soar off the screen to wow you, or shock you.- Newsday
- Posted Jul 15, 2020
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Hall is still doing something extraordinary here. Better yet, something original.- Newsday
- Posted Jul 10, 2020
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A mostly superficial fast-cut of Schumer's marriage, pregnancy and life on the road that never pauses to ask, why is she subjecting herself to this?- Newsday
- Posted Jul 7, 2020
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Hardly quaint or entirely redundant, these three are at least good, and the third — written and directed by Oz Perkins — easily the best. But something's still missing and that was the bane of the first season too: Neither sharp-edged nor jagged, they don't stay with you, or haunt you, or vex you in some hard-to-define way.- Newsday
- Posted Jun 25, 2020
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- Posted Jun 17, 2020
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Robert Levin
It's rather painful to report that the series itself is just not very good, playing like an infomercial without any sort of deeper engagement with the subjects at hand.- Newsday
- Posted Jun 12, 2020
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"Grantchester" is back. "Grantchester" is still good. "Grantchester" — even without Sidney — is still "Grantchester." ... Still as gentle as a summer shower.- Newsday
- Posted Jun 10, 2020
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While a deeply moving tribute to those we have lately come to call "heroes," this proves they've been heroes all along. (It was filmed before the pandemic.) A can't-miss beauty.- Newsday
- Posted Jun 5, 2020
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Verne Gay
Coel's a great talent — no doubt about that — but this can be an aggravating, unfocused sprawl at times. The power and horror of Arabella's ordeal is the unintended casualty.- Newsday
- Posted Jun 3, 2020
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Verne Gay
The opposite of greatness. Specifically, "Space Force" is a five-hour bloat full of temporizing dialogue, a few-too-many gags relating to gastrointestinal malfunctions, and a CGI chimp and dog who deserved better. ... Yeah, bad. Long bad too.- Newsday
- Posted May 27, 2020
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As a viewing experience, "Grant" is often engaging. While the docudrama dialogue can be clunky — the common fault of these things — the battle scenes are much better. ... Salinger's ("Ripper Street") Grant is good too. His eyes capture what Grant must have felt: Unbearable sadness yoked to ironclad resolution. A winner.- Newsday
- Posted May 22, 2020
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Robert Levin
"The Great" is an engaging historical satire that resonates thanks to its vision of courtly debauchery and the tremendous acting by Fanning, Hoult and the rest of the cast.- Newsday
- Posted May 15, 2020
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Don't miss this series, with its first-rate performances and impeccable filmmaking. It is rich and rewarding, even if it runs into the occasional plotting issue.- Newsday
- Posted May 11, 2020
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