NBC
A proclamation! We have reviewed Kings! Heralds—sound the royal fanfare!
Is it better for a TV show to be consistent or surprising? Is it worse for it to be ridiculous or boring? NBC’s unorthodox new drama Kings (Sunday, 8 p.m. E.T.) comes down solidly on the latter side of those questions. Some viewers will say it’s fascinating. Others will say it’s pretentious hoo-ha. Allow me to split the difference: Kings is fascinating pretentious hoo-ha. …
You can see this aesthetic / philosophical divide showing up in some of the reviews already: see, for instance, Mo Ryan praising it and Tom Shales razing it.
Which side will you be on? Read the rest for yourself here.