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Felicity: Season 1 (1998) 91% EDIT “What this show does so well is re-create the college experience, when your life is all before you and you are invigorated but also terrified. It also manages to make the sensitivity of coming-of-age real and truthful, not corny or hackneyed. ” – San Francisco Examiner Apr 5, 2023 Full Review That's Life: Season 1 (1998) 17% EDIT “[Gerry Red Wilson]'s loud, he's sarcastic, he's a verbal tornado. But you can't take your eyes off of him because he's electric. Here's an actor who knows how to fill the screen and reward you for paying attention. ” – San Francisco Examiner Jan 25, 2023 Full Review Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place: Season 1 (1998) 27% EDIT “Surprisingly fresh and funny, with enough witty one-liners to fill two other shows. In a year when we've seen some of the worst sitcoms in ages, this show comes as a shocker. ” – San Francisco Examiner Jan 25, 2023 Full Review Angel: Season 1 (1999) 91% EDIT “A decent knockoff, with echoes of the original, some interesting moments but with none of the intangibles that will make it stand out. ” – San Francisco Examiner Oct 11, 2022 Full Review The Sopranos: Season 1 (1999) 98% EDIT “The Sopranos is a drama. But it's a richly textured one that allows a good dose of humor, some pop-culture moments, and quite a bit of philosophy into the mix. TV isn't making these kinds of dramas anymore.” – San Francisco Examiner Apr 8, 2021 Full Review Sex and the City: Season 1 (1998) 46% EDIT “This is the romantic comedy thinking adults have been waiting a long time for and HBO delivers.” – San Francisco Examiner Apr 7, 2021 Full Review The West Wing: Season 1 (1999) 96% EDIT “The dialogue is snappy, insightful (yes, sometimes preachy) and moves the action along. Actual politics are discussed and Sorkin displays a healthy working knowledge of... the nuts and bolts of day-to-day life in the capital.” – San Francisco Examiner Mar 30, 2021 Full Review South Park: Season 1 (1997) 71% EDIT “The new TV season already has its first bona fide bit of genius. It's called South Park, and soon the name of this brilliant, pants-wettingly funny show will be on everyone's lips. But not always for the same reasons.” – San Francisco Examiner Mar 12, 2021 Full Review Dawson's Creek: Season 1 (1998) 74% EDIT “A very autobiographical coming-of-age story that treats teenagers with respect, has a pulse on youthful dialog and issues, stays hip but ultimately is about as endearing and real as any treatment of America's youth ever put on television.” – San Francisco Examiner Mar 5, 2021 Full Review Oz: Season 1 (1997) 80% EDIT “With Oz, the network sets a new standard for adult drama. Against the gritty backdrop of a U.S. prison, the show's fist-in-your-face realism is like nothing you've seen on television before.” – San Francisco Examiner Jan 29, 2021 Full Review It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 1 (2005) 76% 4/4 EDIT “Savagely and fearlessly veers into topics you'd never see mined quite like this... If only all of television were this great.” – San Francisco Chronicle Oct 14, 2020 Full Review Moonlight: Season 1 (2007) 22% 1/4 EDIT “Woeful acting? Check. Cheap effects? Check. Worst writing of the new season? Check. Predictability? Pretensions? Faint imitations of superior shows? Someone at CBS shouldn't just have their neck bitten, but sliced through, for this one.” – San Francisco Chronicle Aug 5, 2020 Full Review EDIT “There's so much intriguing information, possibility and daring inside the modern-day version of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey... that there's also a risk of overlooking the simple parts of it.” – The Hollywood Reporter Jul 2, 2020 Full Review Do No Harm: Season 1 (2013) 15% EDIT “Do not watch. Do not resuscitate.” – The Hollywood Reporter Jun 23, 2020 Full Review Red Widow: Season 1 (2013) 24% EDIT “[A] formula series trying desperately not to be a formula series. In the process, it's not very exciting. Or compelling.” – The Hollywood Reporter May 18, 2020 Full Review EDIT “Strip away the movies you might not have liked, strip away the tabloid coverage, etc., and judge Brand on his talent, smarts and humor, which combine into nothing less than a tour de force of brilliance when he's on.” – The Hollywood Reporter May 5, 2020 Full Review The Goode Family: Season 1 (2009) 39% EDIT “"The Goode Family" is set up as so haplessly PC that all the jokes begin to sound the same, no matter if some are periodically more funny than others. It's too bad, really, because it all looks so ripe on paper.” – San Francisco Chronicle Apr 6, 2020 Full Review Everybody Loves Raymond: Season 6 (2001) 3/4 EDIT “The entire cast is superb, and the actors seem comfortable in the groove the show has cut for itself. The writing is consistently sharp and focused. Most important, however, it has just the right sprinkling of obnoxiousness and cuteness.” – San Francisco Chronicle Apr 6, 2020 Full Review The Twilight Zone: Season 1 (2002) 50% 2/4 EDIT “So much for unlocking doors with a key called imagination.” – San Francisco Chronicle Apr 3, 2020 Full Review Platinum: Season 1 (2003) 83% EDIT “Despite attempts to make the storytelling original, it still seems less cutting edge than most music videos... But there's still more than enough good to recommend the series.” – San Francisco Chronicle Mar 26, 2020 Full Review Drew Carey's Green Screen Show: Season 1 (2004) 50% 3/4 EDIT “"Drew Carey's Green Screen Show..." somehow cross- pollinates improv comedy with animation -- imagine "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" mixed with "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" -- and put on the air what is this season's Little Show That Could.” – San Francisco Chronicle Mar 20, 2020 Full Review All About the Andersons: Season 1 (2003) 64% 2/4 EDIT “This is sitcom as emotional affirmation of values, with awwwwww moments galore, cut hard with plenty of sour one-liners. Formulaic? You bet it is.” – San Francisco Chronicle Mar 20, 2020 Full Review EDIT “Eight brilliant, sick, weird episodes that you can enjoy.” – San Francisco Chronicle Mar 20, 2020 Full Review Robbery Homicide Division: Season 1 (2002) 57% EDIT “[Michael] Mann's stamp is all over this. "Robbery Homicide Division" has a distinct "film" look and a more languid pace than other TV dramas.” – San Francisco Chronicle Mar 19, 2020 Full Review Grey's Anatomy: Season 1 (2005) 71% 2/4 EDIT “Oh is a fine actress and she helps the series immeasurably... [But] ultimately, there's nothing new about the bones of Grey's Anatomy. Somebody needs to reinvent the hospital drama, stat.” – San Francisco Chronicle Mar 16, 2020 Full Review
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