Animation, Comedy
The Simpsons

UPDATED REVIEW: What happens when a show dedicated to satirizing Americans becomes an integral part of America—and the longest-running scripted …

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.