Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Once Upon a Time

This popular ABC series sometimes sets up strong distinctions between good and evil, but it stumbles around in the dark …

Crime, Drama
Five Points

Five Points may be a sign of how television is changing, but I found it a bit … pointless.

Reality/Game
My Super Sweet 16

If you’ve ever wondered how sweet little girls turn into sordid celebutantes, this MTV not-quite-reality show will fill in the …

Drama
The O.C.

Welcome to the melodramatic world of the ultra-rich.

Comedy, Drama
Ugly Betty

This soapy (sometimes sleazy) series is adapted from a wildly successful Colombian telenovela. Yet amidst its superficiality, there are flashes …

Comedy
The Class

What do you do when life passes you by, your best days are behind you, and you’re plagued by decades …

Comedy, Drama
Fleabag

Fleabag is bright, engaging, utterly devastating and morally impaired.

Reality/Game
Stars Earn Stripes

Eight celebrities find out what it’s like to be in the military. But it’s the SEALs, the Green Berets and …

Drama
Switched at Birth

Really solid messages about families and disabilities sometimes get switched out for really lax ones about morality.

Drama
TURN: Washington’s Spies

In terms of problematic content, James Bond would feel right at home in this Revolutionary War espionage drama on AMC.

Comedy, Drama
Catch-22

Hulu’s adaption of Joseph Heller’s revered 1961 satire mingles comedy, cynicism, sex and horrific violence.

Drama
Grand Hotel

ABC’s soapy drama invites us into a hotel where guests, employees and owners often behave badly.

Comedy
Family Tools

Just because a sitcom includes the word family in its title doesn’t mean it’s a family show. Let’s put this …

Drama
Cedar Cove

If television is comfort food, this is its homemade meatloaf.

Drama
Anne With an “E”

This reimagining of Anne of Green Gables, can be, like its title character, sweet. But it has its sour moments, …