Contributor: Paul Asay

UPDATED REVIEW: The underworld hasn’t been blown off the Avatar map as if by an airbender. It’s just been transplanted into a more steampunk scenario.

CBS is desperate to attract younger viewers, and it’s not above launching programming based on a profane Twitter feed to do so. The result? A formulaic sitcom starring a nearly 80-year-old actor.

The truth is out there. But you won’t find it here.

The novel earned Phillip K. Dick a Hugo Award, But it transports readers into a grim land. The same can now be said for Amazon’s TV adaptation.

While Luke Cage is in some respects the most admirable of Netflix’s superheroes, his show is still problematic.

Will TV viewers really learn How to Get Away With Murder? Probably not. But there’s no question Viola Davis’ series on ABC gets away with nearly everything else.

What happens when Jerry Seinfeld rounds up celebrities to help married couples struggling through matrimonial crises? OK, let’s ask that question another way: Do you really want marriage advice from Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey or Madonna?

We talk a lot about how there’s nothing good on television anymore. But not today. Not when it comes to Secret Millionaire.

ABC’s spy spoof is vacuous, escapist fare … that’s still plenty violent.

Degrassi, in its various incarnations, has been around far longer than any of its tween and teen fans. And so have the very “adult” subjects it routinely explores—and exploits.

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

Like Cheers, only with more calories and fewer laughs.

If a fraternity brother is so drunk that he falls down in an empty quad, does he make a sound?

USA’s Monk has stuck around a whole lot longer than most folks thought it would. Can part of its success be credited to its relative restraint amidst unrestrained cable cohorts?

It can be hard to figure out your own brain without a lot of other folks trying to shove their way into it. It’s a recurring problem in Netflix’s Sense8.