Contributor: Bob Hoose

After spending more than two decades touring, directing, writing and producing for Christian theater and radio (most recently for Adventures in Odyssey, which he still contributes to), Bob joined the Plugged In staff to help us focus more heavily on video games. He is also one of our primary movie reviewers.

Fringe

UPDATED REVIEW: Paranormal battles with an alternate reality all but consume J.J. Abrams’ effort at stitching together a Frankensteinian sci-fi police procedural. But the drama’s real showstoppers each week are its blood, gore and squirm-inducing torture scenes.

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Hannah Montana

It’s been an eventful few years since Hannah Montana launched Miley Cyrus’ career. But while Cyrus herself may have altered her image a bit—some might say more than a bit—her flagship show is still pure Disney.

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The Vampire Diaries

UPDATED REVIEW: Yet another knock-off effect of our culture’s vampire craze, this supernatural CW soap idolizes two angsty blood-sucking brothers, both now in their 160s.

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The Office

UPDATED REVIEW: Even the “world’s best boss” can’t stick around forever. And now Michael is no more. But, of course, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

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Blue Bloods

UPDATED REVIEW: Yet another New York City cop show on CBS … that somehow manages to focus on family just as much as felons.

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Rookie Blue

Rookie Blue may have outlived its title, but it’s still trying to walk that thin line between good guys and bad guys (not to mention good TV and bad TV).

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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

More T2-1/2 than T4, Fox’s weekly extension of the ‘Terminator’ tale trades Schwarzenegger in for a teen girl.

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Chuck

Chuck was toast last May as its second season limped toward home. But fans weren’t finished. And after they initiated a unique revival campaign, Chuck’s not either. We spied on a couple of episodes from version 2.0.

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The Good Guys

Odd Couple cops Colin Hanks and Bradley Whitford are stumblin’ onto the streets of Dallas to “bust some bad dudes.”

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Game of Thrones

UPDATED REVIEW: Is it good to be the king? We don’t even want to be in this kingdom.

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The Hills

Lauren Conrad moves from Laguna Beach to The Hills and she never has to leave the shores of MTV (or its amoral worldview) to do it.

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Sons of Tucson

Dad’s in jail, so what are a parentless trio of brothers supposed to do? Well, in this case, move to Tucson and hire a sluggard liar to be their stand-in father. Let the well-worn gags and the downright bad jokes commence.

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Melissa & Joey

UPDATED REVIEW: Old-school TV veterans Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence team up and go new-school in this ABC Family sitcom. That means Sabrina and Blossom are nowhere to be found here.

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Dollhouse

‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ creator Joss Whedon is back on Fox with a fresh sci-fi drama about losing your mind. Well, not exactly that. But it’s close.

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Phoenix Point

A new game from the creator of the original X-COM. Does that bode well for the turn-based strategy fan?

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