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.

The Exorcist

This remake of the iconic 1973 movie is a rare television show that affirms that God and the devil are real. But the show’s horrific content is real, too.

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No Ordinary Family

Superpowers may help you lift cars and run real fast. But will they help you understand your kids or get along with your parents? ABC wants you to stay tuned.

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Dallas

Big D’s back—this time on TNT. And it’s safe to say that the show’s scheming, womanizing ways have not mellowed with age.

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Godless

Despite its title, this Netflix Western talks about God plenty. But the quantity of blood we witness is not at all cleansing.

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Dawn of the Croods

This prequel to The Croods is more of a roughly animated Hanna-Barbera show than a well-rounded movie.

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House of Anubis

Mysteries surround Anubis House like a fog: How can a student just disappear? Is the new American girl responsible? Is there treasure hidden in the house? What’s up with that stuffed crow? And, most importantly, Why in the world do my children want to watch this silliness?

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Boardwalk Empire

HBO’s ambitious series mixes fractious fiction with sordid fact—presenting an Atlantic City history filled with colorful and ruthless crime bosses most of us have heard of.

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The Last Tycoon

Amazon brings writer F. Scott Fitzgerald’s final, unfinished work to the small screen … with decidedly mixed results.

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The Innocents

Despite its title, Netflix’s newest supernatural romance is far from innocent.

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Arrow

There’s heroism aplenty in this soapy CW superhero show. But Batman would be aghast at the moral ethos of Oliver and his superpals.

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WWE Raw

WWE’s flagship brand, features a host of beefy brawlers who, week after week, pretend to hammer each other senseless.

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Anger Management

UPDATED REVIEW: Charlie Sheen’s FX (and Fox) show ostensibly gives him a new character with a slightly new attitude. But when it comes to content, it’s the same old, same old.

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Rookie Blue

Rookie Blue may have outlived its title, but it’s still trying to walk that thin line between good guys and bad guys (not to mention good TV and bad TV).

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Marco Polo

History geeks might appreciate the feel of this Netflix drama. But lessons about the complexity and surprising liberality of Kublai Khan’s age-old Far East civilization are learned at one’s personal peril here.

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Nashville

Nashville suggests love and forgiveness can go a long way to curing the world’s ills. It’s a shame the show requires plenty of forgiveness itself.

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