Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Life on Mars

ABC’s new drama adds a 1970s time-warp twist to modern TV police procedurals.

Drama
Catherine the Great

HBO’s dramatic portrait of this Russian empress gives 18th-century debaucher a 21st-century makeover.

Crime, Drama
Bones

UPDATED REVIEW: While the show may feel in some ways “lighter” than some of its procedural pals over on CBS, …

Comedy
Black Jesus

Jesus hung out with sinners all the time. But He never sinned. Cartoon Network’s Black Jesus, on the other hand, …

Drama, Medical
House

UPDATED REVIEW: You want Dr. Gregory House around when you stop breathing or can’t stop bleeding. But he’s a lousy …

Drama
The Morning Show

Apple TV+’s flagship show has big names, sharp writing … and some problems

Animation, Kids, Reality/Game
Ryan’s Mystery Playdate

The 7-year-old YouTube star moves to traditional television with this innocuous, silly show.

Crime, Drama
Unbelievable

Unbelievable tells a gripping, horrific story and tells it well. But it shows us and forces us to feel it, …

Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Heroes Reborn

Heroes Reborn gives us a whole bunch of colorful superhuman characters, but it cares far more about their super-ness than …

Comedy
All of Us

Movie star couple Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith created this sitcom to mirror their own path to domestic bliss. …

Comedy
Crumbs

“No family members were harmed in the making of this sitcom.” OK. But that didn’t help this slovenly series survive …

Comedy, Drama
Greek

ABC Family’s ‘Greek’ fits right in with the cable network’s don’t-expect-traditional-values slogan, ‘A new kind of family.’

Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Pandora

This CW show is bad. Just plain bad. But in terms of its content, it’s not as bad as it …

Crime, Drama
Allegiance

Alex O’Connor just got a plum job as a CIA analyst, and his higher-ups tell him he has a bright …

Comedy, Drama
Everything Sucks!

If only this Netflix’s show’s main failing was its tone-deaf sense of nostalgia. Alas, that’s just the beginning.