Critics

Love It! Hate It! 07.31.07


Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story (PBS)
"... superb as merely a nostalgic look at one of the most soulful chapters in American pop history, but it is even more valuable as a sobering snapshot of race relations in the 1960s"
Robert Hilburn, LA Times

Shark Week (Discovery)
"It's about bites and frights, kids."
Robert Bianco, USA Today

Love It! Hate It! 07.28.07


Derren Brown: Mind Control (Sci Fi)
"It’s almost as if he is playing peekaboo with his adult audience, turning jaded viewers into temporary innocents."
Susan Stewart, New York Times

Saving Grace (TNT)
"Grace is played by Holly Hunter, and that alone may just be enough to save 'Grace.'"
Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times

Love It! Hate It! 07.27.07


The Two Coreys (A&E)
" ... fails to strike a single convincing note."
Brian Lowry, Variety

I Hate My 30s (VH1)
" ...is about emerging adults, but it can feel as if it were written by people not yet old enough to be bar mitzvahed."
Ginia Bellafonte, New York Times

Love It! Hate It! 07.26.07


S.O.B. (Seriously Offensive Behavior) (BET)
" ... gets gold stars for elevating the hidden-camera format."
Barry Garron, Hollywood Reporter

Who Wants To Be A Superhero? (Sci FI)
" ... cheesy, but endearing."
Staff of aol.com

Love It! Hate It! 07.25.07


The Kill Point (Spike)
" ... a riveting game of chess, with hostages as real-life pawns."
Barry Garron, Hollywood Reporter

Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World (LOGO)
"It speaks raunchily, but it behaves judiciously."
Ginia Bellafonte, New York Times

Love It! Hate It! 07.24.07


Damages (FX)
" ... there's a certain joy in the relish with which Close sinks her teeth into the part."
Brian Lowry, Variety

The Last Day of Summer (Nickelodeon)
" ... it’s an awfully long day."
Susan Stuart, New York Times

Love It! Hate It! 07.20.07


The Kill Point(Spike)
"... a savvy injection of testosterone for Spike, and clearly the most ambitious programming venture from the male-pitched cabler."
Brian Lowry, Variety

The Last Day of Summer (Nickelodeon)
"Everything about “Last Day” will remind you, and not in a good way, of “Groundhog Day.”
Susan Stewart, The New York Times

Love It! Hate It! 07.19.07


Mad Men (AMC)
"There's much to admire about "Mad Men," and much worth tuning in for. But so far, it's all soft sell."
Randee Dawn, Hollywood Reporter

Soundstage: Jewel (PBS)
"She sings so nice, they scheduled her twice."
Staff of zap2it.com

Love It! Hate It! 07.18.07


America's Next Producer (TV Guide)
" ... amiably fills the time before the fall season begins."
Stuart Levine, Variety

Really Big Things (Discovery)
"If you don't have a big-screen television set already, this show may have you craving one."
Staff of zap2it.com

Love It! Hate It! 07.17.07


Victoria Beckham: Coming to America (NBC)
"'Footballers Wives' meets 'The Real Housewives of Orange County.'"
Alessandra Stanley, New York Times

The Bill Engvall Show (TBS)
" ... the kind of blue-collar domestic humor that passes for edge here feels dated on arrival."
Ray Richmond, Hollywood Reporter

Love It! Hate It! 07.14.07


A Model Life (TLC)
" ... this show underscores the good old American Dream."
Virginia Heffernan, New York Times

Don't Forget the Lyrics! (FOX)
" ... easy to digest and fun for those singing along at home."
Phil Gallo, Variety

Love It! Hate It! 07.13.07


State of Mind (Lifetime)
" ... a smart and edgy series featuring a fresh and talented cast, solid writing, good music and a great premise."
Laura Fries, Variety

Hard Shine (TLC)
"Imagine "Hell's Kitchen" as a show about hot-rod builders, instead of apprentice chefs."
Staff of New York Daily News

Love It! Hate It! 07.12.07


Code Monkeys (G4)
" ... a fast free-for-all quality."
Virginia Heffernan, New York Times

Side Order of Life (Lifetime)
" ... by turns funny, sassy, passionate, wrenching, offbeat and -- at all times -- bracingly real."
Ray Richmond, Hollywood Reporter

Love It! Hate It! 07.11.07


The Singing Bee (NBC)
" ... fairly amateurish and charmingly addictive."
Stuart Levine, Variety

Eureka (Sci Fi)
" ... an easy-to-like show if not exactly an essential one."
Robert Bianco, USA Today

Love It! Hate It! 07.10.07


The Bronx Is Burning (ESPN)
" ... plays remarkably flat despite a sharp portrayal by John Turturro as the eye at the center of the storm, Billy Martin."
Phil Gallo, Variety

Greek (ABC Family)
"The talented young ensemble cast works hard to sell the stories and mostly succeeds."
Barry Garron, The Hollywood Reporter

Love It! Hate It! 07.07.07


Spielberg on Spielberg (TCM)
" ... a brisk, fascinating flight through nearly 40 years of Steven Spielberg's filmography."
Brian Lowry, Variety

Live Earth: The Concerts for a Climate in Crisis (NBC)
"Can music save the planet? No, but it can get people's attention and persuade them to think about saving the planet."
Staff of zap2it.com

Love It! Hate It! 07.06.07


American Body Shop (Comedy Central)
" ... a potentially ripe venue for comedy... that squanders its best gag in the first minute, then goes for over-the-top jokes thereafter."
Brian Lowry, Variety

Big Brother (CBS)
" ... obnoxious and, sadly, highly addictive."
Staff of zap2it.com

Love It! Hate It! 07.04.07


Wide Angle: The People's Court (PBS)
" ... the global documentary series, is shot with grace, poignancy and humor, and never sacrifices elegance for sanctimony."
Virginia Heffernan, New York Times

Planet Earth (Animal Planet)
"... spectacular."
Robert Bianco, USA Today

Love It! Hate It! 07.03.07


Camouflage (GSN)
" ... could just as easily be premiering in 1977 as 2007, which, all things considered, isn't necessarily a bad thing."
Brian Lowry, Variety.com

Extreme Makeover (ABC)
"Grab a Kleenex or 20."
Staff of AOL.com

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