Contributor: Paul Asay

Fox’s animated/live-action, fantasy/comedy mash-up has some sweet, traditional moments. But it’s got more than a few bloody, not-so-sweet ones too.

CW’s new prime-time spy drama, which actually isn’t completely new, serves up bullets and belly buttons in equal measure. Shouldn’t we have a little bit of a problem with shows that make killing seem cool?

Capt. Marcus Chaplin goes rogue after the Pentagon tries to sink his sub. Is he right to steal the boat and threaten his own country with its nuclear warheads? More importantly, would you be right to watch him do it?

Disgraceful. Exploitative. Unforgivable. That’s what the mainstream reviewers are writing about this crazy CBS crime procedural.

This Netflix show has been called clever, poignant and addictively bingable. It’s also horrifically problematic.

While Honey Boo Boo herself is a reasonably awesome little girl (albeit in need of a little gentle discipline and better eating habits), TLC’s Here Comes Honey Boo Boo is a horrifying monstrosity.

Television sitcoms often put their giggliest gags in the mouths of their most obnoxious, morally challenged characters. Time to put the kibosh on Barney.

Fifty percent American Idol. Fifty percent The Gong Show. One hundred percent spectacle.

The subject of divorce isn’t exactly a knee-slapper. But that’s not keeping CBS from (once again) turning it into a sitcom.

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.

Arrested Development’s development was arrested by Fox in 2006. Now it’s growing again … on Netflix. Is it the same old Bluth show with the same old Bluth problems?

Is TNT’s new dramedy Claws Interesting? Maybe. Unapologetically trashy? Absolutely. Worth watching? Hardly.

This CMT show is still all about Dude Perfect’s genial members ribbing one another, performing feats of athletic magic and playing outrageous games.

Do shows such as ‘Melrose Place’ have encased within their miserable trappings a heart of gold?

For years, unlikely schoolmates have united to sing and dance their way into your living room and your heart. High School Musical? Nope. This Fox curtain call makes us feel quite a bit less happy than that.