Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Awake

Detective Michael Britten lives a double life, going to sleep in one and waking in the other. Will he ever …

Drama
Everwood

This WB series introduces viewers to the Brown family.

Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The River

It’s a dark, disturbing place these reality show creators are traveling into. And the river’s kinda creepy too.

Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Society

Netflix gives us a surprisingly thoughtful, provocative dystopian teen drama. Too bad about all the swearing.

Comedy
Oliver Beene

Producers don’t exactly impose a modern sensibility on young Oliver and his friends, but…

Drama
The Red Line

This socially conscious drama is so woke that makers of caffeine tablets should talk to CBS about branding partnerships.

Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia

Trollhunters isn’t a great show, not by any stretch. But it’s far from being a monstrosity.

Drama
Boston Public

What do today’s teenagers really think about? Draw no conclusions based on this TV series, which merely reflects the misguided …

Comedy
Perfect Couples

OK. Sure. If by perfect NBC means manipulative, mean, neurotic, confused, immoral and isolated from anything at all that might …

Crime, Drama
American Gothic

American Gothic wants to be fashionable. But in order to stand out from all the other dark shows out there, …

Crime, Drama
Past Life

Merging the CSI and Ghost Whisperer playbooks, this pseudo-paranormal crime procedural revolves around a psychologist and a detective solving crimes …

Reality/Game
White Rabbit Project

This Netflix reality series is like Discovery’s Mythbusters—minus the myths but with more busting.

Comedy, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Galavant

ABC’s medieval musical comedy is silly and salacious in equal measure, as if The Princess Bride had been scribed by …

Drama, Legal
The Defenders

Vegas is a tough town—and so are its lawyers. Well, two of them, anyway: Nick and Pete, a couple of …

Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Tidelands

This explicit Australian Netflix series might be one of the worst exports ever from the land down under.