Comedy
Parks and Recreation

Amy Poehler is pretty much done paving the streets of Pawnee, Ind., with her good intentions and political positivity. Too …

Comedy, Reality/Game
Crank Yankers

Each episode begins with the following punch: ‘The crank calls you are about to hear are real. The names have …

Comedy
The Big Bang Theory

How long a sitcom squirms around on TV screens doesn’t necessarily change how many of its sleazy jokes bomb.

Comedy, Drama
Brothers & Sisters

They say you can pick your friends but not your family. But as luck would have it, you can pick …

Comedy
Accidentally on Purpose

Jenna Elfman’s a single mom having a baby. But her show’s so trite and terrible she probably won’t even make …

Comedy, Crime, Drama
Burn Notice

Michael Westen is James Bond in The Fugitive—a venerable, vulnerable über-spy.

Comedy
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

This Netflix comedy, from Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, can be crass and dark … and bubbly and optimistic.

Comedy
Mr. Sunshine

Matthew Perry has an interesting job, fun co-workers and a full-blown mid-life crisis. What he could really use, ironically, is …

Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia

Trollhunters isn’t a great show, not by any stretch. But it’s far from being a monstrosity.

Comedy
Oliver Beene

Producers don’t exactly impose a modern sensibility on young Oliver and his friends, but…

Comedy, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Galavant

ABC’s medieval musical comedy is silly and salacious in equal measure, as if The Princess Bride had been scribed by …

Comedy
Perfect Couples

OK. Sure. If by perfect NBC means manipulative, mean, neurotic, confused, immoral and isolated from anything at all that might …

Comedy
The Mayor

Rapper Courtney Rose ran on a platform of cleaning up the city. ABC’s The Mayor might be running a surprisingly …

Comedy, Drama
Skins

MTV’s Skins is being called “the most dangerous program ever” by the Parents’ Television Council. And nobody’s arguing. Especially not …

Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Son of Zorn

Fox’s animated/live-action, fantasy/comedy mash-up has some sweet, traditional moments. But it’s got more than a few bloody, not-so-sweet ones too.