Drama
Degrassi: The Next Generation

Degrassi, in its various incarnations, has been around far longer than any of its tween and teen fans. And so …

Crime, Drama
Whiskey Cavalier

ABC’s spy spoof is vacuous, escapist fare … that’s still plenty violent.

Comedy, Reality/Game
The Radkes

This “unscripted” USA Network sitcom about the Radke family explores the tension between being real and being a role model.

Drama
Gossip Girl

The campy, controversial series about rich New York teens behaving badly continues to push the envelope with edgy subject matter. …

Comedy, Crime, Drama
The Mysteries of Laura

This new Debra Messing series is part crime procedural, part zany family sitcom. (And it’s a mystery as to why …

Comedy, Reality/Game
MXC

MXC, short for Most Extreme Challenge, is known abroad as “Takeshi’s Castle.” It’s a great example of what reality TV …

Comedy
Master of None

Critics have raved about Master of None, but the world we enter here is not only morally unfamiliar, but also …

Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Sense8

It can be hard to figure out your own brain without a lot of other folks trying to shove their …

Animation, Kids
Gigantosaurus

Disney Junior digs up some good science and great lessons in this cute, animated romp.

Comedy, Crime, Drama
Monk

USA’s Monk has stuck around a whole lot longer than most folks thought it would. Can part of its success …

Comedy
Glory Daze

If a fraternity brother is so drunk that he falls down in an empty quad, does he make a sound?

Comedy
Superior Donuts

Like Cheers, only with more calories and fewer laughs.

Drama
Chasing Life

Cancer is a terrible, horrible, never-good disease. Will this ABC Family show somehow make it seem romantic?

Comedy
That’s So Raven

Sorry, Hannah Montana. Too bad, Lizzie McGuire. In terms of Disney longevity, Raven’s at the top of the heap.

Crime, Drama
CSI: Cyber

CBS’ venerable CSI franchise goes digital with help from Oscar winner Patricia Arquette. So do all its ones and zeros …