Contributor: Paul Asay

The only reason this show exists is to pay homage to one of 2001’s least-watched and most poorly reviewed sex comedies.

The Whispers is a creepy supernatural serial that’s not particularly innovative or creative, but it’s not unwatchable, either.

These heroes in a half shell are back, this time on Nickelodeon via a new computer-animated show. And they’ve still never met a baddie they didn’t want to beat up.

When it comes to family viewing, Trial & Error feels like one long trial and a whole lot of error.

UPDATED REVIEW: The Foster family is a throwback to shows from the 1950s and ’60s, where families were largely aspirational. This, its makers suggest, is how a healthy family looks—sort of like The Waltons with a rainbow-friendly vibe instead of black-and-white traditionalism.

MTV knows a thing or two about transmogrifications. Handy information, that, when nurturing a coming-of-age show about a werewolf.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

These seaworthy heroes are usually, well, heroic. Indeed, The Last Ship swings wide of the prickly antihero trend so in vogue today.

Not many cucumbers or tomatoes would be all that appetizing after 24 years. But Larry and Bob are still ripe for the watching.

The Hot Zone is often horrifying and occasionally nauseating. But it could’ve been far worse.