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.

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.

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Big Little Lies

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

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Instinct

Instinct may focus on a remarkable detective, but it’s an unremarkable show with some fairly significant issues.

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BoJack Horseman

This animated dramedy about a horse-man named Bojack has something to say. But the way it says it leaves a lot to be desired.

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Bless the Harts

Bless the Harts would likely make a bishop mad enough to kick in stained glass windows.

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Elementary

UPDATED REVIEW: Sherlock Holmes will never actually die, it seems—a mystery he might set his keen mind to solving one of these years.

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Stumptown

Dex is a great detective. But a sober, moral, level-headed person? Not so much.

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Arrow

There’s heroism aplenty in this soapy CW superhero show. But Batman would be aghast at the moral ethos of Oliver and his superpals.

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Perfect Harmony

NBC gives us a sweet-sounding sitcom that, while mostly carrying a good tune, sometimes goes a little flat.

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Mixed-ish

Bow’s family isn’t perfect, and neither is this show. But it’s got a quick wit and a good heart, and that goes a long way.

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Carnival Row

This show’s real monstrosity is its excessive use of language, sex and gore to tell a tale just as interesting without it.

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Grand Hotel

ABC’s soapy drama invites us into a hotel where guests, employees and owners often behave badly.

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13 Reasons Why (Season 3)

Netflix’s controversial teen drama returns with another season full of adolescents behaving very badly.

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iZombie

It’s tough to be a young adult trying to live in the 21st century. Especially if you’re dead.

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Culture Clips: The Existential Crisis of So Many Christmas Movies!

TV’s “25 Days of Christmas” has arrived! And while many a family may be excited to share familiar Christmas classics such as The Santa Clause, Home Alone and Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish on Freeform, there’s also an entirely new lineup of movies coming …

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