Drama
Desperate Housewives

Marriage. Divorce. Affairs. Neighborhood plane crashes. All this long-running prime-time soap is missing, really, is an evil twin.

Comedy, Kids
Sonny With a Chance

A chance of what, exactly? Precipitation? Humor? A teachable moment? It seems Demi Lovato’s Disney Channel sitcom is a bit …

Drama
Jamestown

It isn’t all that historically accurate, and it wallows in mucky moments, but Jamestown has its soapy appeal.

Reality/Game
Expedition Impossible

Reality TV producer extraordinaire Mark Burnett insists his new show about teams racing through the wilderness isn’t like The Amazing …

Reality/Game
The Ultimate Fighter

Reality series often cram people into a house and hope they’ll start sparring. On this Spike show, the smackdowns are …

Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Constantine

NBC’s Constantine is based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Keanu Reeves, however, is nowhere to be …

Comedy
The Cool Kids

“They’re growing old, not growing up,” Fox’s trailer for this ribald new sitcom proudly—and, alas, accurately—trumpets.

Comedy
Hope & Faith

Kelly Ripa plays to type as Faith, a former daytime soap star who’s out of work but never out of …

Comedy, Drama
BoJack Horseman

This animated dramedy about a horse-man named Bojack has something to say. But the way it says it leaves a …

Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Ravenswood

Part Nancy Drew, part Final Destination, this Pretty Little Liars spinoff gets sucked into a supernaturally “enhanced” setting full of …

Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Iron Fist

With Netflix’s Defenders squad of superheroes now officially assembled, it doesn’t look like the streaming service saved the best for …

Animation, Comedy, Kids
DuckTales

Disney’s beloved 1980s sitcom finds new feathers in this worthy, witty successor.

Comedy, Drama, Medical
Royal Pains

UPDATED REVIEW: Royal Pains is one pinch House, three dashes Magnum, P.I. and a whole sloshing bucket load of summer …

Comedy
30 Rock

UPDATED REVIEW: Saturday Night Live alum Tina Fey—who has become an industry “it” girl but a commercial wallflower—packs her dry …

Comedy
Raising Hope

Hope’s small-screen family lives not on Hallmark Avenue but on Fox Street—a neighborhood where The Simpsons look positively well-adjusted.