Drama
Too Close to Home

TLC’s initials once stood for The Learning Channel. But if anything, its first scripted show teaches us to stay far, …

Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks, the new version, has reclaimed its long-dormant crown as the strangest show on television.

Drama
American Dreams

The fall of 1963 reluctantly yields to the deep winter of 1964.

Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Teen Wolf

MTV knows a thing or two about transmogrifications. Handy information, that, when nurturing a coming-of-age show about a werewolf.

Comedy, Crime, Drama
Big Little Lies

Big Little Lies offers some little lessons along with some big problems.

Crime, Drama, Medical, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Orphan Black

This Canadian show’s gray-obsessed content just keeps getting darker.

Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Alphas

Will the Alphas fight each other … or us regular humans? Or maybe they’ll just change their name to X-Men …

Animation, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Dragon Ball Z

It takes only a few minutes to deduce that Dragon Ball Z features a lot of fantasy violence.

Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Grimm

Grimm is yanking fables out of their magical garden by the roots and slapping them down in the middle of …

Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Cape

Vince Faraday is no superhero. He’s just a guy with a cape, trying to catch bad guys, rescue his reputation …

Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Defiance

It’ll be a brave new world around here in the year 2046. Should we be fighting for it or against …

Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Whispers

The Whispers is a creepy supernatural serial that’s not particularly innovative or creative, but it’s not unwatchable, either.

Drama
The Fosters

UPDATED REVIEW: The Foster family is a throwback to shows from the 1950s and ’60s, where families were largely aspirational. …

Drama
The Last Ship

These seaworthy heroes are usually, well, heroic. Indeed, The Last Ship swings wide of the prickly antihero trend so in …

Drama, Medical
The Hot Zone

The Hot Zone is often horrifying and occasionally nauseating. But it could’ve been far worse.