United States |
IndieWire
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"[12th Season Review]: The series finale of 'The Big Bang Theory' was everything the show did well, and a bit of what it did poorly, wrapped into one hourlong package." |
POS
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United States |
Newsday
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"[12th Season Review]: All in all, a sweet, gentle, kind, sentimental and congenial wrap. Exactly what fans would expect." |
POS
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United States |
Entertainment Weekly
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"[12th Season Review]: I appreciated the low-key ending of a show that started with a big bang." |
POS
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United States |
CNN
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"[11th Season Review]: funny, sweet and touching all at once." |
POS
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United States |
Entertainment Weekly
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"[11th Season Review]: Please, please, please let their ceremony be in Klingon." |
POS
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United Kingdom |
Digital Spy
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"[10th Season Review]: 'Big Bang' is back -- and it's on track for a great season." |
POS
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United States |
Den of Geek
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"[10th Season Review]: Overall, this season has been one of the show's weakest" |
NEG
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United States |
AV Club
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"[8th Season Review]: With the show safe for at least two more seasons, there's no motivation for the writing staff to try harder." |
NEU
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Canada |
The Globe and Mail
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"[9th Season Review]: The show isn't funny any more. The same tired jokes go around in circles. It's dated and stale. |
NEG
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United States |
Slate
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"[6th Season Review]: I hope things settle down soon, because so far this season, it's all been a bit of a bummer." |
NEG
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United Kingdom |
Empire
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"[4th Season Review]: The smartest sitcom on TV faced a choice going into its fourth season: evolve or stagnate. Surprisingly for such a huge sitcom, 'Big Bang Theory' did the former. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" |
POS
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United States |
Chicago Tribune
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"[3rd Season Review]: The early laughter is just proof that Big Bang Theory, which is in its third season, is doing many things very right." |
POS
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United States |
Entertainment Weekly
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"[3rd Season Review]: Let's face it, what lifts 'The Big Bang Theory' into frequent excellence is its one constant from the start: the brilliantly nuanced performance of Jim Parsons." |
POS
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United States |
The Wall Street Journal
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"[2nd Season Review]: Sheldon is the main engine for the show's geek dynamic." |
POS
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United States |
Entertainment Weekly
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"[2nd Season Review]: Prickly Sheldon has become a character to love, and Parsons is doing something rare on network TV: making intellectualism admirable, even heroic." |
POS
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United States |
Variety
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"[2nd Season Review]: Frankly, any show that weaves in multiple jokes about Comic-Con and employs its own science consultant can't be all bad." |
POS
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United States |
The Washington Post
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"'Big Bang' is the funniest new sitcom of the season" |
POS
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United States |
USA Today
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"This may not be the sitcom breakthrough for which we've all been hoping, but Lorre has produced a first episode that leaves you eager to try the second. Rating: ★★★ (out of four)" |
POS
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United States |
Los Angeles Times
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"It's just the same joke endlessly repeated--the everyday translated into geek-speak, and the obscure and difficult treated as if it were common knowledge..." |
NEG
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United States |
Variety
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"There are some qualms surrounding how long the producers can mine the Leonard-Penny aspect of the show (...). More promising is the interaction among the key duo and their Mensa-worthy friends" |
NEU
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United States |
Chicago Tribune
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"Even if the jokes on this show weren’t tired and mean-spirited, it would be hard to care about any comedy that hates its own lead characters so much" |
NEG
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United States |
The Hollywood Reporter
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"A nice combination of brains and belly laughs and a solid addition to the CBS comedy block" |
POS
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