TV Reviews
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‘How to Get Away With Murder’ Review: Split Verdict on Shonda Rhimes Legal Drama
Students are nowhere as powerful as their teacher, played by Viola Davis, on ABC’s new drama
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‘Black-ish’ Review: Funny ABC Comedy Fearlessly Tackles Race
Anthony Anderson stars as a dad who worries that his kids are too assimilated
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‘NCIS: New Orleans’ Review: Scott Bakula Steers CBS’s Competent Expansion of the Franchise
At this point, it’s hard to get these long-established formulaic shows wrong
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‘Forever’ Review: There’s Nothing Eternal About This ABC Dud
Ioan Gruffudd stars as an immortal medical examiner who uses heightened deductive reasoning and wisdom to solve crimes
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‘Gotham’ Review: Pre-Batman Saga Finds Greatness in Despair and Darkness
Fox pulls back the curtain to reveal what happened in Gotham between the time Bruce Wayne’s parents were murdered and he put on the cape and cowl
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‘The Good Wife’ Review: Legal Drama Ditches the Grief for Dynamic Storytelling
Julianna Margulies drops the angst — and oppressive sadness — on the CBS series’ Season 6 opener
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‘Madam Secretary’ Review: CBS Drama Struggles to Find Itself
Tea Leoni helms an impressive cast as the secretary of state on the freshman series
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‘Red Band Society’ Review: Prognosis Is Good, Though It Could Take More Risks
The Fox hospital series needs more surprises, but it’s worthy of an examination
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‘Crossbones’ Review: John Malkovich’s Pirate Yarn Stumbles and Never Recovers
NBC’s sword-filled drama about Blackbeard goes off course toward the end of its debut episode, airing Friday night
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’24: Live Another Day’ Review: It’s Awfully Familiar, but It’s Good
Kiefer Sutherland quickly gets back into head-butting form in Fox’s revival of its once ground-breaking espionage drama
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‘Bad Teacher’ Review: CBS Comedy Mixes Class and Crass
Ari Graynor plays a self-absorbed but ultimately kind-hearted adviser
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Oscars Review: The Awards Are Right, But Handing Them Out Is a Slog
Too many pointless pairings, and just slightly too much pizza
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‘Hannibal’ Returns: 5 Reasons Why Season 2 Is Getting Off to a Great Start
The only problem with this season’s premiere is that it ends
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‘Looking’ Review: HBO’s New Gay Series Will Make You Work (Video)
The half-hour comedic drama isn’t a match for viewers with commitment issues
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‘American Idol’ Season 13 Review: Musicality Takes Center Stage Again
It is always all about the judges on these TV talent shows and this trio makes me OK with that
