Contributor: Paul Asay

Paul Asay has been part of the Plugged In staff since 2007, watching and reviewing roughly 15 quintillion movies and television shows. He’s written for a number of other publications, too, including Time, The Washington Post and Christianity Today. The author of several books, Paul loves to find spirituality in unexpected places, including popular entertainment, and he loves all things superhero. His vices include James Bond films, Mountain Dew and terrible B-grade movies. He’s married, has two children and a neurotic dog, runs marathons on occasion and hopes to someday own his own tuxedo. Feel free to follow him on Twitter @AsayPaul.

Angel from Hell

Guardian angel Amy flaps into Allison’s life uninvited and unwanted. Sort of like this CBS TV show.

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Rabbids Invasion

After taking the video game world by crowd, Rabbids have invaded Nickelodeon. Do they have a nefarious endgame in mind? Or do they just want to holler “Bwah!”?

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JONAS

It’s good to be a Jonas Brother. Not only do you have fame, fortune and a fabulous face, but now you have your own sitcom—on Disney Channel!

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Kirstie

Long-time and memorable television personalities gather on TV Land for a crass show best quickly forgotten.

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Girls

Trapped somewhere between Gossip Girl and Sex and the City, a certain brand of irresponsible, sex-addled New York City girl tries to grow up. Her process is something you don’t want to see on TV.

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Ghosted

Sorry, Scully and Mulder. You don’t have a monopoly on investigating freaky unexplained phenomena anymore.

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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, far away.

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Bob’s Burgers

Bob’s just a regular ol’ family guy—an American dad trying to keep his burger joint afloat with the (questionable) help of his wife and three kids. You gotta beef with that?

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1600 Penn

Think being leader of the free world would be tough? Try being a father to a cadre of free-spirited kids. Or maybe a midseason replacement sitcom on NBC.

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Big Little Lies

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

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Orphan Black

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

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Alphas

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

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Grimm

Grimm is yanking fables out of their magical garden by the roots and slapping them down in the middle of a cookie-cutter cop procedural.

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The Cape

Vince Faraday is no superhero. He’s just a guy with a cape, trying to catch bad guys, rescue his reputation and get back to his wife and son. Oh, and maybe help his new pals rob a couple of banks along the way.

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Defiance

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

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