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.

24: Live Another Day

Jack Bauer is back, ready to give more than he gets in another day of gorrific world-saving mayhem.

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Friends With Better Lives

Friends with the best lives don’t let friends with any sort of lives watch Friends With Better Lives.

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The Crazy Ones

Legendary comedian Robin Williams returns to the small screen. Is that a good thing?

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The Last O.G.

The Last O.G. might be one of the last things you’d want to flip on with kids in the room.

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Of Kings and Prophets

It seems disingenuous to say this show will help people wrestle with their faith when it revels in so much carnal content.

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Hand of God

Vox calls this Amazon series “excruciatingly terrible television.” The L.A. Times says it features “miraculous acting and little else.” Plugged In adds …

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Beavis and Butt-Head

After 14 years away from MTV, Beavis and Butt-head are back. They’re not any older, though. And they’re certainly not any wiser.

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Beauty & the Beast

The CW’s Beauty & the Beast bears little resemblance to the animated Disney classic.

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Lethal Weapon

This television remake of Mel Gibson’s bloody 1987 movie is cleaner than the original, but it still doesn’t totally holster its language or violence.

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Born This Way

Born This Way has its problems, but at its core it’s a deeply hopeful show that humanizes a group of people that, for too long, have been marginalized.

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Jersey Shore

Drinking, swearing, hooking up … and lots and lots of Snookisms. MTV’s Jersey Shore relocates to Miami, but the song is still the same.

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The Librarians

The title might not sound very exciting. But you should know that these librarians specialize in the Danger Decimal System!

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Revenge

Revenge is a dish best … scrapped. Emily Thorne might be slowly learning that lesson, but not before she and everyone watching her suffers for a good long while.

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Knight Rider

This is a turbocharged update (or downgrade, as the case may be) of the popular 1982-86 David Hasselhoff series of the same name.

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Victorious

Girls just wanna have fame. And it doesn’t seem to matter much to some of them how stupid you have to act in order to achieve it.

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