Drama
The Last Czars

Netflix’s new hybrid drama-documentary fails in multiple ways: historically, narratively and morally.

Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
American Gods

Simply put, American Gods is the worst show on television. And it’s not even close.

Reality/Game
Fear Factor

There is nothing to fear but fear itself. Unless, of course, it’s gulping down flies, hornworms and stink bugs.

Reality/Game
Extreme Makeover

No horror stories get told here, just Cinderella-style tales of transformation. Tears of joy, shrieks of approval and whistles of …

Drama
Designated Survivor

Designated Survivor is back … on Netflix. And it’s bringing more problems into the Oval Office than it had on …

Comedy, Crime, Drama
Castle

Technically, Richard Castle’s a mystery writer. So why doesn’t he publish a book about why he does so little writing …

Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The 4400

For decades, people have been spinning tales of alien abductions. Such interstellar kidnappings serve as the starting point for this …

Comedy
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

If the Coen brothers, the members of Monty Python, the cast of Jacka–, the screenwriters for Seinfeld and The Three …

Comedy
Jane the Virgin

If this CW show seems like a bad telenovela, well, that’s the point.

Comedy
Parks and Recreation

Amy Poehler is pretty much done paving the streets of Pawnee, Ind., with her good intentions and political positivity. Too …

Comedy
Growing Up Fisher

You could say this sitcom is about the blind leading the clueless. But it always ends with a family hug …

Drama
Saving Grace

Don’t mistake Holly Hunter’s new supernatural drama (on TNT) for ‘Touched by an Angel’ or even ‘Joan of Arcadia.’

Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Invasion

This ABC series featured a killer hurricane in its premiere just three weeks after Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast and …

Reality/Game
Pawn Stars

In Las Vegas’ World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, we’re told that “everything here has a story—and a price.” …

Crime, Drama
In Plain Sight

Some people really are in the wrong place at the wrong time. The worst off among them wind up in …