Eric Mink

Sam, Diane, a mostly lovable and funny bunch of regulars and occasional outsiders create an atmosphere in which nothing is more valued than quick wit, sincerity and eccentricity. Watching the show, you start to wish you were a regular there. [10 Nov 1982, p.80]

Dawson's Creek also shines with some terrific performances that illuminate honest attempts to get at the true nature of decent contemporary kids. It's worth a look. [20 Jan 1998, p.67]

Murder, She Wrote looks like the most intriguing, if lighthearted, adult show of the new CBS entries. [17 Sep 1984, p.3E]

The show has definite possibilities. Young people, who tend to feel like misfits most of the time anyway, could well identify with the characters' feelings, if not their specific difficulties. [08 Sep 1985, p.F]

A lot more imperfect than interesting. Smith and Mosier teamed with "Seinfeld" veteran David Mandel, but the sneaky charm and subtlety of the movie and the deft shadings of the main characters - not to mention the joyous profanity, sexual anxieties and many drug references - have all been pretty much washed out. And the snappy dialogue that gave the film much of its energy plays sluggishly here, as if it had been padded in the editing process. [31 May 2000]

Judging from the lone episode sent out for review, Son of the Beach does a reasonably good job of achieving that goal - at the same time that it meets all expectations of sniggering humor. The show clearly never met an innuendo, double-entendre or sex-oriented pun it didn't like. [14 March 2000]

I admit that by the end of the third episode, I had begun to warm to the series' central characters - in spite of the show's style, certainly not because if it. But The Beat has no right to expect weekly viewers to be so persistent or so forgiving. [21 March 2000]

It hasn't jelled yet as drama, judging from the two episodes made available for advance screening. Its basic elements feel out of synch. [4 Feb 2000]

This show has a long way to go. [14 Jan 2000]

"From the Earth to the Moon" looks like an exceptional creative achievement, with individual films ranging from very good to flat-out great.