Contributor: Paul Asay

Is grief ever funny? Matthew Perry and NBC sure hope so.

If Beau’s ranch was showered with as much rain as it is profanity, well, the place would be a fish farm instead of a dust bowl.

If there’s one thing TV teaches us, it’s to never trust your neighbors. But The Americans tells us that trusting our TVs can be just as dangerous.

Stephen Colbert isn’t a conservative blowhard. He just plays one on TV.

Originality was one of the hallmarks of Lost, 24 and The X-Files. So in its quest for originality, this surreal NBC serial strives mightily to copy them all.

UPDATED REVIEW: It’s tough to be a parent—and sometimes parents themselves make the work even tougher. This NBC dramedy, based on the 1989 movie, unearths a whole lot of those sometimes.

Ironically, this smart show can feel pretty dumb.

Seven twentysomethings return to high school, pretend to be students and report their findings in this A&E reality series.

It doesn’t take much time for the lovely Dulcinea to realize that Puss in Boots has his share of flaws. But she insists that our titular tabby has a good heart. And the same could be said for his new Netflix show.

Every cop-and-crime-based buddy show seems to have two mismatched detectives working together. But how many of them actually have to go to couples’ counseling?

Scott Bakula takes a quantum leap over to CBS to head up the cast for the second NCIS spinoff that moves from L.A. to La.

While Olivia’s team likes to think they’re the ones wearing the white hats, it’s a very black business they’ve gotten into.

As if ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘The Hills’ weren’t enough, Bravo comes up with a reality show that’s little more than a sickening parade of wealth, privilege and exploitation.

UPDATED REVIEW: Dexter seems nice enough. He’s got a nice job, a nice pad, a nice life. But it’s all a convenient cover for his not-so-nice hobby—killing people.

Who wants to be a millionaire instead of falling off the roof of a 10-story building? Somehow that just doesn’t have the same sizzle. But ABC game show Downfall makes up for it by smashing a whole heap o’ stuff.