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.

CHAOS

Four CIA agents take on turbaned terrorists, international spies and their own agency’s red tape in this mash-up of The A-Team and The Office.

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Houdini & Doyle

What do you get when you combine Downton Abbey with The X-Files? Agent Scully in a petticoat? Not even close.

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Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23

UPDATED REVIEW: ABC suggests we not trust the young woman who lives in Apartment 23. We’d say the same thing about this show.

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Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders

This crime procedural may traipse around the globe looking for all manner of unsavory crimes to solve, but it sure looks a whole lot like its TV home.

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Breaking In

Christian Slater heads up a security agency staffed by thieves, hackers and would-be crooks. What could possibly go (comically) wrong?

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Living Biblically

This CBS sitcom isn’t perfect when it comes to depicting people of faith. But it is trying.

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Kings

The newspaper headlines blare, ‘David Slays Goliath!’ But this David isn’t a shepherd boy from Bethlehem. He’s a Gilboan soldier in a new NBC series.

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A Series of Unfortunate Events

Yes, the series is unfortunate. But in its own gloomy, tongue-in-cheek way, it’s also rather fun.

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The Odd Couple

This new odd couple isn’t as odd or as funny or as clean as the old odd couple. Which may not be all that odd given the sad state of television sitcoms today.

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Hot in Cleveland

Hot in Cleveland airs on TV Land, a channel best known for recycling classic sitcoms. It’s a perfect home, really—not because the show feels like a classic, but because it feels recycled.

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Red Band Society

This Fox dramedy is a bit like the food at a hospital cafeteria. There’s some good stuff to pick up now and then, but it’s mostly the television equivalent of mystery meat.

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Murphy Brown

Murphy Brown might have some viewers seeing red, but the show’s non-political content isn’t too problematic.

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CSI: NY

UPDATED REVIEW: Just what makes this CBS crime procedural different from all the other crime procedurals on CBS? Well, it has a different time slot, for one thing. And different actors. Oh, and it takes place in New York.

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Camp

Do you have fond memories of going to camp as a kid? Well, you won’t feel anything like that after seeing this summer show on NBC.

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Shades of Blue

Jennifer Lopez stars in NBC’s series about police officers whose approach to law enforcement is shady indeed.

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