We ranked new and returning series and films on TV and streaming from January 1 through mid-March by Tomatometer (seasons and films must have had at least 10 reviews to be included).
The final ranking reflects an adjusted score calculated based on the number of reviews a series has; for instance, if one title has 10 reviews and a 100% score, while another has 45 reviews and a 99% score, the second title ranks higher because of the larger pool of critics’ opinions used to form the score.
See the final results of the winter TV season:
Adjusted Score: 13.069%
Synopsis: The comedy series is based on the experience of producers Mark Feuerstein and Dana Klein, who are married in real...
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#93
Adjusted Score: 18.141%
Critics Consensus: Visually polished but narratively derivative and overall muddled, Mute is a would-be sci-fi epic whose title serves as an unfortunate guide to how it might be best enjoyed.
Synopsis: Berlin, the future, but close enough to feel familiar: In this loud, often brutal city, Leo (Alexander Skarsgård) - unable...
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Adjusted Score: 19.332%
Critics Consensus: Living Biblically commits the cardinal TV sin of wasting the outline of an refreshingly unusual premise on broad, hammy acting and stock sitcom laughs.
Synopsis: A modern man decides to live according to the Bible....
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#91
Adjusted Score: 20.236%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Set in post-WWII Japan, an imprisoned American soldier (Leto) is released with the help of his Yakuza cellmate. Now free,...
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Adjusted Score: 24.211%
Critics Consensus: Valor's attempt to highlight an often overlooked segment of the armed services is undercut by a badly judged blend of military action and melodrama.
Synopsis: In this drama series, an elite unit of U.S. Army helicopter pilots is sent on a top secret mission to...
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Adjusted Score: 24.208%
Synopsis: Disjointed is a workplace comedy starring Kathy Bates as a lifelong advocate for legalization who's finally living her dream as...
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Adjusted Score: 25.468%
Critics Consensus: With only a mildly interesting premise, Mind Games leaves viewers with few reasons to continue playing.
Synopsis: A unique agency solves problems for clients by using psychological manipulation....
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Adjusted Score: 26.412%
Critics Consensus: Here and Now clearly has a point it wants to make, but a nebulous plot and unfocused character development stand in the way of its potential.
Synopsis: The Bayer-Boatwrights, a Portland-based multiracial family, gather together for the 60th birthday party of patriarch Greg Boatwright (Tim Robbins), a...
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Adjusted Score: 28.282%
Critics Consensus: Wisdom of the Crowd wastes a talented cast on a formulaic procedural crime drama that wavers between modest returns and unintentional laughs.
Synopsis: A tech innovator creates a cutting-edge, crowd-sourcing hub to solve his daughter's murder....
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Adjusted Score: 30.665%
Critics Consensus: Sugar-coated satire, Our Cartoon President wavers between scathing social criticism and softball slings in a way that's as unsatisfying as it is uncomfortable.
Synopsis: This animated series offers a satirical look at life in the White House and explores the President's relationships with his...
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Adjusted Score: 37.581%
Critics Consensus: Life Sentence avoids asking tough questions about serious issues, settling instead for a cloying sweetness.
Synopsis: A woman diagnosed with terminal cancer learns she is going to live after all and must learn to live with...
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Adjusted Score: 38.496%
Synopsis: A team of D.C.-based intelligence analysts headed by DIA Deputy Director Patricia Campbell (Anne Heche) join forces with an elite...
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Adjusted Score: 41.179%
Synopsis: Starring stand-up comedians Esther Povitsky ("Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" and named Variety's "10 comics to watch in 2017") and Benji Aflalo ("Not...
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Adjusted Score: 42.745%
Synopsis: FBI agent Emily Byrne (Stana Katic). While hunting one of Boston's most notorious serial killers, Agent Byrne disappears without a...
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Adjusted Score: 45.567%
Synopsis: A S.W.A.T. leader is torn between loyalty to the streets and duty to his fellow officers....
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Adjusted Score: 51.497%
Critics Consensus: Hard Sun's heady mix of narrative and visual flourishes buckle under a surfeit of clichés that ultimately weigh it down and leave the show a muddled mess.
Synopsis: Pre-apocalyptic crime show set in contemporary London, where two very different detectives must work together to fight crime....
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#78
Adjusted Score: 53.152%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: There was nothing predictable about David Bowie. Everything was designed to intrigue, to challenge, to defy all expectations. But perhaps...
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Adjusted Score: 54.85%
Critics Consensus: Dynasty's revival retains enough of its predecessor's over-the-top allure to offer a glamorous guilty pleasure in its first season, even if it never quite recaptures the magic of the original.
Synopsis: A reboot of the sudsy drama about two wealthy families feuding over their fortune and children....
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Adjusted Score: 56.332%
Critics Consensus: Refreshingly lewd humor and funny, relatable characters are crammed into LA to Vegas alongside pacing problems and a dearth of punchlines, leaving this sitcom's high-flying potential stuck in an amiable holding pattern.
Synopsis: A group of underdogs fly from L.A. to Las Vegas in hopes of winning big at a casino in this...
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Adjusted Score: 57.748%
Critics Consensus: Instinct is ultimately an underwhelming police procedural, despite having Alan Cumming in its arsenal.
Synopsis: A former CIA agent is drawn back into his former lifestyle when he's enlisted to catch a murderer....
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Adjusted Score: 58.26%
Synopsis: An animated space comedy charts the adventures of an astronaut and his planet-destroying pal....
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#73
Adjusted Score: 59.396%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: In The Polka King, Jack Black stars as Jan Lewan, a Polish immigrant who became the "King of Pennsylvania Polka."...
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Adjusted Score: 61.498%
Critics Consensus: With sporadic amusement and a handful of decent performances, The Resident drifts between medical melodrama and hospital horror with often unintentionally funny results.
Synopsis: Medical drama about a resident physicians learning the ropes and dealing with the good and bad in practicing medicine....
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Adjusted Score: 59.565%
Synopsis: Series 1 follows a passionate teacher who galvanises drama students and an entire town....
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Adjusted Score: 59.707%
Critics Consensus: The Good Doctor's heavy-handed bedside manner undermines a solid lead performance, but under all the emotionally manipulative gimmickry, there's still plenty of room to improve.
Synopsis: A talented young surgeon with savant syndrome ruffles feathers while saving lives at a prestigious hospital's pediatric surgical unit....
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