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Fired! (SHOWTIME)
"Funny and revealing."
Kevin McDonough, United Features Syndicate
Fired! (SHOWTIME)
"There are only so many funny or interesting stories people can tell about getting fired before it all starts to sound monotonous."
Kevin Thompson, Palm Beach Post
Fired! (SHOWTIME)
"Like a newly minted college graduate entering the job market, 'Fired!' is missing the one thing it could have used most: a career objective."
Lael Loewenstein, Los Angeles Times
1,000 Places to See Before You Die (TRAVEL)
"Trapped in the delightful but limiting role of globe-trotting gogglers, they make you wonder if this show shouldn't have been called '1,000 Places to See Before You Become Interesting'."
Susan Stewart, New York Times
This American Life (SHOWTIME)
"'Life' makes the ordinary extraordinary and along the way makes the world seem wider, bigger and an eternally more interesting place to be."
Randee Dawn. Hollywood Reporter
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The Boomer Century (PBS)
"It's disorienting and insidious, this second-rate suasion."
Virginia Heffernan,New York Times
The Boomer Century (PBS)
"Alternately informative and irritating."
Mike Duffy, Detroit Free Press
The Boomer Century (PBS)
"Unpredictable, multi-layered, inspiring and often overwhelming."
Linell Smith, Baltimore Sun
The Great American Dream Vote (ABC)
"One of the dorkiest competition concepts to come along in ages."
Brian Lowry,>Variety
Halfway Home (COMEDY CENTRAL)
"It's all a little obvious and too on-the-nose."
Rob Owen,>
Hal Boedeker, Orlando Sentinel
Dirt (FX)
"Like Ms. Cox, Ms. Aniston seems to be sleepwalking through her part, not so much enjoying it as enduring it."
Alessandra Stanley, New York Times
The Great American Dream Vote (ABC)
"Sounds like a festival of cheerfully innocuous, sentimental nonsense."
Mike Duffy, Detroit Free Press
The Great American Dream Vote (ABC)
"My dream vote would be for the broadcast networks to stop making these second-season tossaway reality shows."
David Bianculli, New York Daily News
The Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll (CW)
"The most vapid show in existence."
Marlowesbeef, Blog Critics
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The Party Never Stops (LIFETIME)
"Does the cheesy genre proud."
Jessica Shaw, Entertainment Weekly
The Party Never Stops (LIFETIME)
"You'd think Lifetime movies would have moved beyond the alarmist 'Reefer Madness' clichés by now. But they haven't."
Karen Hunter, Hartford Courant
The Party Never Stops (LIFETIME)
"A must-see for parents and their teenage and young adult children."
Jane Clifford, San Diego Union-Tribune
The UCLA Dynasty (HBO)
"An impressive account of an impressive team."
Barry Garron, Hollywood Reporter
The Riches (FX)
"Has the makings of a bracing, provocative series."
Hal Boedeker, Orlando Sentinel
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Planet Earth (DISCOVERY HD)
"As compelling as it gets."
Andrew Lyons, Media Life
Planet Earth (DISCOVERY HD)
"A mystical viewing experience."
Verne Gay, Newsday
Planet Earth (DISCOVERY HD)
"Awesome."
Aaron Barnhart, Kansas City Star
Acceptable.TV (VH1)
"Pleasantly twisted."
Mike Duffy, Detroit Free Press
Acceptable.TV (VH1)
"The framework is cleverer than the execution, with the debut yielding an assemblage of shorts reminding us how long three minutes can feel."
Brian Lowry,
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Variety
Six Degrees (ABC)
"A good show that has finally been freed from an unsuitable time slot."
Karla Peterson,
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/peterson/20070323-9999-1c23karla.html
San Diego Union-Tribune
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This American Life (SHOWTIME)
"'This American Life' has convinced me: Showtime is the new HBO."
Linda Stasi, New York Post
This American Life (SHOWTIME)
"Public radio's weekend audio fave comes to TV…with its affectionate wit and eccentricity not only intact but amplified."
Diane Werts,Newsday
This American Life (SHOWTIME)
"A welcome addition to nonfiction television and a loyal friend to the radio show."
Matthew Gilbert, Boston Globe
Andy Barker, P.I. (NBC)
"A joyous, ridiculous, warm, affecting and silly comedy."
Tim Goodman, San Francisco Chronicle
October Road (ABC)
"An appalling combination of precious and pretentious."
Robert Bianco, USA Today
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War Zone Diary (MSNBC)
"…frightening, enlightening and powerful."
Robert Bianco, USA Today
War Zone Diary (MSNBC)
"A powerful and personal documentary."
Hal Boedeker, Orlando Sentinel
War Zone Diary (MSNBC)
"…a bit like a blog but not enough to be truly intimate or deeply revealing."
Paul Brownfield, LA Times
Halfway Home (COMEDY CENTRAL)
"A mildly amusing way to spend a half an hour."
Maureen Ryan, Chicago Tribune
Criminal Minds (CBS)
"Persistently preposterous."
Mike Duffy, Detroit Free Press
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The Whitest Kids U'Know (FUSE)
"'Whitest Kids' hits the Monty Python-Kids in the Hall bull's-eye."
Rob Owen, Pittsburg Post-Gazette
The Whitest Kids U'Know (FUSE)
"Hugely inconsistent -- but it's likewise easy to see the potential of this outrageously original bunch."
Ray Richmond, Hollywood Reporter
Tori & Dean: Inn Love (OXYGEN)
"A slice of pleasant, dull piffle."
Karla Peterson, San Diego Union-Tribune
Tori & Dean: Inn Love (OXYGEN)
"The problem with Tori's newest reality show…is that, by now, we're all suffering from been-there-done-that disease."
Linda Stasi, New York Post
Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll (CW)
"The ratio of guilt to pleasure this reality cheese fest causes is way out of whack."
Mike Duffy, Detroit Free Press
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'Til Death Do Us Part (COURT TV)
"Good sickly fun."
Ginia Bellafante, New York Times
'Til Death Do Us Part (COURT TV)
"…doesn't trigger laughter so much as yawns."
Matthew Gilbert, Boston Globe
'Til Death Do Us Part (COURT TV)
"Merely the latest toboggan ride down the slippery slope of murder cases as entertainment."
David Bianculli, New York Daily News
The Riches (FX)
"You will think you are too smart to get suckered in by it, but give it a few minutes and you will be proved wrong."
James Poniewozik, Time
The Riches (FX)
"Vacillates between riveting and middling."
Melanie McFarland, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Rules of Engagement (CBS)
"A show that's mediocre at its rare best."
Robert Bianco, USA Today
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Galapagos (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC)
"This is the kind of visually stunning program your 3,000-inch high-definition television was made for."
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times
Galapagos (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC)
"Every frame is startling and beautiful."
Linda Stasi, New York Post
Galapagos (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC)
"Fascinating."
Brian Lowry, Variety
Intervention (A&E)
"To say 'Intervention' is addictive would be in poor taste, so we'll go with riveting."
Shirley Halperin, Entertainment Weekly
Addiction (HBO)
"The insight of 'Addiction' is astounding."
Devin Gordon, Newsweek
The Wedding Bells (FOX)
"An anemic, unfunny romantic comedy."
Doug Elfman, Chicago Sun-Times
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Andy Barker, P.I. (NBC)
"Nerdy sweetness and deep silliness flow effortlessly from Andy Richter."
Matt Roush, TV Guide
Andy Barker, P.I. (NBC)
"The show could be almost too funny to be appreciated on normal television, in the same way 'Arrested [Development]' was."
Melanie McFarland, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
October Road (ABC)
"This wretched show not only features a lead character who is an unredeemable nitwit but dialogue that manages to be leaden, preposterous and pretentious all at once."
Maureen Ryan, Chicago Tribune
October Road (ABC)
"Unwatchable."
Tim Goodman, San Francisco Chronicle
Raines (NBC)
"An average, unoriginal series."
Hal Boedeker, Orlando Sentinel
Raines (NBC)
"Working together, Goldblum and Craven create some of the most honest scenes in the genre."
Barry Garron, Hollywood Reporter
Addiction (HBO)
"A relentlessly grim and deeply depressing viewing experience."
Verne Gay, Newsday
Addiction (HBO)
"An example of the pay cable channel at its finest."
Aaron Barnhart, Kansas City Star
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Halfway Home (COMEDY CENTRAL)
"Juvenile, amateurish, vulgar -- and pretty funny."
Matthew Gilbert, Boston Globe>
Halfway Home (COMEDY CENTRAL)
"Someone should remind the players in 'Halfway House' that the key to improvisational comedy is to come up with something actually funny, not just do the first stoopid thing that pops into your head."
Ted Cox, Chicago Daily Herald
Halfway Home (COMEDY CENTRAL)
"Tries too hard to be provocative and just ends up looking ugly and stereotypical."
Mark Schultz, Michigan Daily
Saints & Sinners (MY NEWTORK TV)
"Sumptuously silly."
Mike Duffy, Detroit Free Press
Bones (FOX)
"Reliably entertaining."
Rob Brunner, Entertainment Weekly
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Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll (CW)
"A painful bore."
John Maynard, Washington Post
Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll (CW)
"This show, obviously done on the cheap, cribs the template of so many better series (even the mediocre ones are better)."
David Kronke, LA Daily News
Bullrun (SPIKE TV)
"Sometimes watching 'Bullrun' is as tedious as being on a road trip with your own family."
Susan Stewart, New York Times
American Heiress (MY NETWORK TV)
"A cavalcade of cursing drivers, roaring engines and high-octane reality-TV hissy fits."
Kevin McDonough, United Features Syndicate
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The Riches (FX)
"Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver put on a tour de force of acting."
Tim Goodman, San Fransisco Chronicle
The Riches (FX)
"An invigorating blend of dark drama and lighthearted irony, of puckish amusement and intense jeopardy."
Verne Gay, Newsday
The Riches (FX)
"Intriguing but not exactly compelling."
Matt Roush, TV Guide
Kings of South Beach (A&E)
"Riveting."
Linda Stasi, New York Post
Kings of South Beach (A&E)
"It's just a flat collection of cop-show cliches."
Glenn Garvin, Miami Herald
Kings of South Beach (A&E)
"'Kings' is no day at the beach, but it does provide a good demonstration of how easily a TV movie can go south."
Brian Lowry, Variety
The Black Donnellys (NBC)
"It's a dark, risky yet mostly successful experiment in HBO-style drama."
Andrew Lyons. Media Life
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The Winner (FOX) “It’s a hoot.”
Aaron Barnhart, Kansas City Star
The Winner (FOX)
“It never rises even to the level of worthlessness, occupying a territory beneath rock bottom, a sub-sub-subterranean realm where puerile bad taste is passed off as, of course, edginess.”
Tom Shales, Washington Post
Clatterford (BBC AMERICA)
“Sweetly amusing, with just a touch of tartness.”
Ellen Gray, Philadelphia Daily News
Halfway Home (COMEDY CENTRAL)
“Crude, loud and painfully unfunny.”
Brian Lowry, Variety
Dice Undisputed (VH1)
“There's more pathos than humor in ‘Dice Undisputed,’ and very little ‘reality’ that seems real rather than self-consciously staged.”
David Bianculli, New York Daily News
Robin Hood (BBC AMERICA)
“A zippy, fun update.”
Rob Owen, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (FOX)
“Something that's endearing for awhile but, ultimately, isn't destined to age well.”
Brian Lowry, Variety
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (FOX)
“Lighthearted educational fun.”
Mike Duffy, Detroit Free Press
The Morning Show With Mike And Juliet (FOX)
“Who knew WASPs could be so funny?”
Linda Stasi, New York Post
30 Rock (NBC)
“There's no sharper comedy writing or comedy directing on TV right now.”
Doug Elfman, Chicago Sun-Times
Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein (PBS)
“Wonderful.”
David Hinckley, New York Daily News
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The Wedding Bells (FOX)
"Dangerously flawed and seriously underwhelming."
Tim Goodman, San Francisco Chronicle
The Wedding Bells (FOX)
"It is awful in ways that make the word 'awful' seem inadequate."
Verne Gay, Newsday
The Wedding Bells (FOX)
"A painfully lightweight collection of stock comic wedding situations."
Matthew Gilbert, Boston Globe
The Wedding Bells (FOX)
"Even with an attractive cast and tart moments, the whole remains less than the sum of its parts."
Brian Lowry, Variety
The Sarah Silverman Program (COMEDY CENTRAL)
"Haphazard, amoral, ridiculous, wildly offensive...and, you know, totally hilarious."
Daniel Fierman, Entertainment Weekly
The Knights of Prosperity (ABC)
"It bursts with humor thanks to a solid cast, smart writing and a quick pace."
Barry Garron, Hollywood Reporter
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Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll (CW)
"The search for TV's low point has ended."
Kevin McDonough, United Features Syndicate
Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll (CW)
"May have you throwing up hair balls."
Karen Hunter, Hartford Courant
Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll (CW)
"Don't cha wish your networks made better television shows?"
David Bianculli, New York Daily News
Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll (CW)
"The women on this show are about as interesting as life-size Bratz dolls."
Maureen Ryan, Chicago Tribune
Watch Over Me (MY NETWORK TV)
"Another slab of slick schlock."
Mike Duffy, Detroit Free Press
House (FOX)
"As intriguing as ever."
Mike Hughes, Gannett News Service
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The Black Donnellys (NBC)
"What we have here is accomplished and absorbing television."
John Leonard, New York Magazine
The Black Donnellys (NBC)
"Gives off little echoes of everything from GoodFellas to The Departed.
Mike Duffy, Detroit Free Press
The Black Donnellys (NBC)
"Ultimately 'The Black Donnellys' pales in the light of its lofty influences."
Matthew Gilbert, Boston Globe
Rules of Engagement (ABC)
"Depressingly familiar and unfunny."
David Bianculli, New York Daily News
Rules of Engagement (ABC) "At no point will you feel like scratching your own eyes out rather than sitting through an episode. So there's that."
Maureen Ryan, Chicago Tribune
Dance Life (MTV)
"Addictive."
Kelly Woo, America Online
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The Winner (FOX)
"Deeply silly, endearingly sweet, a little creepy and undeniably weird."
Matt Roush, TV Guide
The Winner (FOX)
"If this is 'The Winner,' it's easy to guess the loser -- the viewer at home."
Mark A. Perigard, Boston Herald
The Winner (FOX)
"Insipid, poorly written and saddled with an onerous laugh track, 'The Winner' is lame even by Fox's standards."
Tim Goodman, San Fransisco Chronicle
The Robber Bride (OXYGEN)
"Lest there be any remaining question that Mary-Louise Parker can act, that's settled with her mesmerizing performance in 'The Robber Bride'."
Ray Richmond, Hollywood Reporter
The Robber Bride (OXYGEN)
"A solid mystery that delivers its thrills at a swift pace…"
Laura Fries, Variety
Paradise City (E!)
"Truly horrible."
Linda Stasi, New York Post
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30 Rock (NBC)
"Comedy gold."
Kelly Woo, America Online
30 Rock (NBC)
"Every season churns out a few pleasant surprises, and none has been more pleasant or surprising this year than '30 Rock'."
Robert Bianco, USA Today
American Idol (FOX)
"When does this thing go from three times to twice a week again?"
Alynda Wheat, Entertainment Weekly
Nashville Star (USA)
"Like 'Idol,' only with talent."
Aaron Barnhart, Kansas City Star
The Sarah Silverman Program (COMEDY CENTRAL)
"Cringe-Worthy TV."
Courtney Potter, Zap 2 It
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America's Next Top Model (CW)
"Tyra Banks and company have once again rounded up a bunch of women deluded enough to believe they're there to interview for a job that actually exists."
Ellen Gray, Philadelphia Daily News
America's Next Top Model (CW)
"'America's Next Top Model' should take a page from reality rival 'American Idol' and realize that absence truly makes the heart grow fonder."
Hanh Nguyen, Zap 2 It
Friday Night Lights (NBC)
"The most underappreciated show of the season."
Terry Morrow, Scripps News
Friday Night Lights (NBC)
"An honest, heartfelt family drama."
Charlie McCollum, San Jose Mercury News
Knights of Prosperity (ABC)
"Coasts on chuckles and charm without ever being truly sharp or funny."
Andrew Lyons, Media Life
Lost (ABC)
"'Lost' is still one of TV's most ambitious and spectacular productions."
Matt Roush, TV Guide
