Contributor: Paul Asay

Despite its spiritual-sounding name, Plugged In won’t be recommending this AMC show anytime soon.

National Geographic’s acclaimed miniseries feels blisteringly real, including in its depiction of faith on the front lines.

Hulu’s look at the events leading up to 9/11 seems devoted to getting the facts right, but sinks in a sea of salacious content.

UPDATED REVIEW: This instantly forgettable police procedural sets up shop at, where else, CBS. But you’ll be forgiven for not remembering that.

The Defenders is well-written but problematic superhero story. If you’re looking for role models, you’ll have to look elsewhere.

UPDATED REVIEW: Now that The Closer has wrapped, there’s a new captain in charge of L.A.’s major crimes unit. Time to trade honeyed Southern toughness for by-the-book roughness.

Fox’s Utopia isn’t one. Did you really think it was going to be?

Ted is the head of research and development at Veridian Dynamics, a fictional business conglomerate that makes everything from itchy office chairs to weaponized pumpkins.

At first glance, this TBS comedy might seem about as family friendly as cable gets. We give it a second look…

Timeless, NBC’s silly new swashbuckler, is all about second guesses.

Funny moments on Fox’s new sitcom compete with crass innuendo, mean-spirited behavior and oodles of profanity.

UPDATED REVIEW: The creator of the chick-hit Gilmore Girls returns to television with another show that tries very hard to be just like Gilmore Girls—only with a little less flair and a few more épaulements.

Really solid messages about families and disabilities sometimes get switched out for really lax ones about morality.

Eight celebrities find out what it’s like to be in the military. But it’s the SEALs, the Green Berets and the Delta Force members here who are the real stars of the show.

Fleabag is bright, engaging, utterly devastating and morally impaired.