Drama
Mad Men

Thin ties and thick smoke. Strong martinis and weak hearts. It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad world where men are …

Comedy, Crime, Drama
Monk

USA’s Monk has stuck around a whole lot longer than most folks thought it would. Can part of its success …

Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Sense8

It can be hard to figure out your own brain without a lot of other folks trying to shove their …

Comedy, Crime, Drama
The Mysteries of Laura

This new Debra Messing series is part crime procedural, part zany family sitcom. (And it’s a mystery as to why …

Drama
Gossip Girl

The campy, controversial series about rich New York teens behaving badly continues to push the envelope with edgy subject matter. …

Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Agent Carter

Captain America’s girlfriend gets her own show on ABC … where she proves she’s got moxie and (world-saving) moves all …

Crime, Drama
The Sopranos

HBO brags that The Sopranos’ is the most watched cable series ever. Maybe that’s because everybody raves about it so …

Crime, Drama
Standoff

When it comes to TV, Fox knows formula. And for the fall season, that cookie-cutter approach is nowhere more evident …

Crime, Drama
Ties That Bind

This first original scripted show to arrive on UP may not be gunning for Emmy nods this year. But that’s …

Crime, Drama
CSI: Cyber

CBS’ venerable CSI franchise goes digital with help from Oscar winner Patricia Arquette. So do all its ones and zeros …

Drama
Chasing Life

Cancer is a terrible, horrible, never-good disease. Will this ABC Family show somehow make it seem romantic?

Comedy, Drama, Medical
Grey’s Anatomy

A whole lot has changed in the medical-comedy world since a gaggle of fresh-faced interns first lusted over “McDreamy” in …

Drama
Jesus: His Life

Any time the Gospel makes its way to secular television in a reasonably coherent, respectful fashion, that’s good news indeed.

Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Gates

Most gated communities are built to keep the bad guys out. But is it a problem if you’re also locking …

Drama
The Last Czars

Netflix’s new hybrid drama-documentary fails in multiple ways: historically, narratively and morally.