Contributor: Paul Asay

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.

Josh treats his neighbors like family. Why? Because that’s what they are in a sitcom that’s both sweet and rough around the edges.

Well, at least ABC Family got the name right.

We’re sure there are folks who live in the 90210 area code who have solid families, strong values and wear their purity rings without irony. They don’t make it onto this tawdry retread of a show, though.

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

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

Taboo tries to clear a space in the crowded world of prestige television by being darker, bloodier and more taboo than anything else around.

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life feels like that sweet, funny friend whom you enjoy having coffee with but wouldn’t leave your kids with for the weekend.

The end is near. But, if the programming execs at the CW have their way, not so near that their salaciously supernatural series gets cut short.

The lessons these Teachers impart aren’t the sort that any child should learn.

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.

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

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.