Contributor: Paul Asay

UPDATED REVIEW: Chuck Lorre, the mind behind CBS’ massive comedy hits Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory, apparently just wants to add more heft to his résumé.

Showtime’s cat-and-mouse CIA story is an award show favorite for Best TV Drama. And aesthetically, it should be. But it could also be nominated in a few other, less savory, categories.

This animated series on Nickelodeon seeks to help preschoolers grow in kindness and empathy.

The Goldbergs isn’t a bad show. Its ’80s nostalgia can even be a bit sweet. Then again, it also reflects the problems of that decade, too.

This Amazon drama starring Julia Roberts revolves around the dark happenings at a mysterious PTSD clinic.

It’s a show in which every bad decision comes with a grand musical number, where the pitch may be perfect but the content leaves us feeling flat

UPDATED REVIEW: ABC’s bizarre, beloved show cruises in for a landing after six brain-frying seasons—and we still don’t really know if its sense of spirituality offers viewers a taste of televised redemption … or just another smoke monster.

Believe it or not, this NBC series isn’t actually a spin-off of the 1990s hit that also used Friends as a title. Neither is it a continuation of the 2011 film sharing the same name. What is it, then? We were afraid you’d ask that.

Glee’s Ryan Murphy drops a comedic IED right into the middle of the current cultural fight over “family.”

In terms of its worldview, Rick and Morty is The Simpsons as written by Nietzshe, shortly after he went insane.

This science series is a reboot of Carl Sagan’s famous PBS show Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. Narrated by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, it is an interesting but for many Christians deeply problematic look at our universe.

The television is awash in crime procedurals. Fake crime procedurals. So it’s a bit unique to see a series dedicated to real ones. But is that a good thing or a bad thing? Maybe both.

ABC’s new vehicle for country music icon Reba McEntire is itself a little like a country music song: It aims for the heart but sometimes hits below the belt.

UPDATED REVIEW: The underworld hasn’t been blown off the Avatar map as if by an airbender. It’s just been transplanted into a more steampunk scenario.

CBS is desperate to attract younger viewers, and it’s not above launching programming based on a profane Twitter feed to do so. The result? A formulaic sitcom starring a nearly 80-year-old actor.