Contributor: Paul Asay

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.

Will Arnett’s aging parents get divorced. Funny, right? (CBS wants to know if it helps at all that Beau Bridges plays the dad.)

Daredevil, for all his flaws, seeks to follow a higher calling. The only calling the Punisher hears is the screams of his victims.

This Gray’s Anatomy meets Star Trek CBS medical drama falls somewhat short of its name.

Some of this show’s problems have, perhaps not too surprisingly, gotten worse with its move to Netflix.

The Jim Gaffigan Show manages to be both relatively clean and relatively clever—as insightful as Louie can be, but without that show’s raunch.

Ironic, isn’t it, that a show named ‘Without a Trace’ never seems to disappear?

NatGeo tries to keep Mars within a pretty family-friendly solar system, if not exactly in Plugged In’s orbit.

UPDATED REVIEW: Cory met world, married Topanga, had two kids and became a teacher. Now it’s time to repeat the comedic routine—this time with a girl.

Think of Jim Caviezel’s supercomputer sidekick as Santa Claus. It sees all, hears all and calculates all. But is that a good thing or a bad thing?