Contributor: Emily Tsiao

Emily studied film and writing when she was in college. And when she isn’t being way too competitive while playing board games, she enjoys food, sleep, and geeking out with her husband indulging in their “nerdoms,” which is the collective fan cultures of everything they love, such as Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargate and Lord of the Rings.

All rise

This courtroom drama features a judge who honors the rule of law. But the show still gets plenty messy.

Read more

Deputy

Bill Hollister brings an old-school vibe to the L.A. Sheriff’s office, but the show itself has a few social axes to grind.

Read more

Endlings

Hulu’s new sci-fi series focuses on a futuristic foster family, a stranded alien, and the rare creatures they’re all trying to save.

Read more

Party of Five

This Freeform reboot offers a contemporary twist on the original … and some contemporary content concerns.

Read more

Culture Clips: Silver Tongues at the Golden Globes? Not Quite.

The Golden Globes took place on Sunday marking the beginning of the end for Hollywood’s 2019 awards season. (The season will officially culminate on Feb. 9th with the 92nd Academy Awards.) But it wasn’t the accolades that stood out so much as the impas …

Read more

Queen of the South

Just how many bleak shows fronted by flawed antiheroes does television really need?

Read more

Pen15

While this show is obviously written about middle school, it’s intended for adults—and it gets very adult indeed.

Read more

Treadstone

The super-secret spy agency from the Bourne franchise is back again, and it’s as frenetic—and as violent—as ever.

Read more

The Last Kids on Earth

Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets The Walking Dead in in this animated Netflix kids series aimed at middle schoolers.

Read more

Daybreak

Take Ferris Beuller’s Day Off, throw in some Mad Max, lots of problematic content and a heaping helping of zombies, and you’ve got this Netflix show.

Read more

Veronica Mars (2019)

After a 15-year-absence from the small screen, Neptune’s favorite quippy detective is back, and she’s all grown up. But the show comes with more adult problems, as well.

Read more

The Outpost

While CW showed some restraint in creating this Outpost, it still lies outside most families’ comfort zone.

Read more

Jane the Virgin

If this CW show seems like a bad telenovela, well, that’s the point.

Read more

The Terror

While The Terror aims to put a bit of prestige sheen on this telegenic monster yarn, the content we can see is the real beast.

Read more

Big Little Lies

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

Read more