Contributor: Paul Asay

A prison sentence isn’t actually such a bad idea for this Netflix dramedy.

UPDATED REVIEW: What kind of violent choas might the world sink into if we suddenly lost power? This J.J. Abrams series will happily make use of your steadily flowing electricity so you can find out.

UPDATED REVIEW: Showtime’s dark, pot-fueled satire garners a lot of buzz and relatively high ratings. Does it have medicinal value? Or should TV viewers just say no?

Comedians Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein spearhead this witty, cogent sketch comedy show. But when it goes bad, not even putting a bird on it can help.

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry isn’t the only place a magically inclined kid can get a solid education.

While this show is obviously written about middle school, it’s intended for adults—and it gets very adult indeed.

Like the title says, there are little ponies, there is friendship and there is magic. And that charmed combination has helped make this Hub Network series one of pop culture’s most unexpected success stories.

Kevin Can Wait may be the kind of show some of us have been waiting for.

Be wary of Fido. Step lightly around Snowball. You can’t even trust your goldfish these days. For the animals, it’s payback time.

Fox has turned a pretty unique movie into a pretty predictable TV show.

The moms don’t dance here. No, they’re too busy fighting with dance instructor Abby Lee and squabbling with one another over whose kid is the best.

This ABC Family dramedy is part Hannah Montana, part 90210. And that turns it into, as you might guess, a decidedly mixed-bag series.

Yes indeed, the mist enveloping Bridgton is plenty dangerous. The Mist enveloping your television may be less so. But it’s still not a place I’d like to go.

Katherine Heigl plays a plucky, flawed CIA’er tasked with briefing the POTUS on the state of world affairs. And speaking of affairs, you might say she also carries on a few of her own.

While it’s certainly not the worst thing on television, it is a show that shamelessly shoots low.