There Are 19 Near-Perfect TV Drama Seasons According To Metacritic
There Are 19 Near-Perfect TV Drama Seasons According To Metacritic
By Joe Allen/May 27, 2021 7:04 am EDT
Unlike Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic defines itself in part through exclusivity. The site only pulls reviews from writers it considers to be top critics. Those critics are usually people who write reviews for major outlets, like The New York Times or Time Magazine.
This isn t the only difference between the two sites, though. Metacritic also assigns each review a score from 0 to 100. If a critic truly loves a show, the review gets 100; if a critic finds flaws, the score drops. After evaluating how positive each review is, the site uses an algorithm to create an average score for each movie or season of TV it s aggregating reviews for on its service. Ultimately, these scores help users choose what to watch in a landscape of seemingly limitless entertainment options. Rarely, a show or movie gets a score so hi