Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Cloak & Dagger

Freeform’s superhero soap offers some positive messages, but it takes a troublesome path to get to them.

Comedy, Drama, Kids
Zoey 101

Nickelodeon’s newest über-hip tween series stars Jamie Lynn Spears, who is the spitting image of her pop-star big sister Britney.

Comedy, Drama
Sex Education

It’s almost impossible to overstate how much of the content in this new Netflix show is related to its title.

Reality/Game
Big Brother

In 1984, Big Brother was watching you. In 2010, we’re watching Big Brother. It’s hard to say which is worse.

Reality/Game
Hell’s Kitchen

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay does a whole lot more cursing than cooking as he berates, chides and abuses another cadre …

Animation, Comedy
Father of the Pride

Just press the “mute” button, and this NBC animated, already past-its-prime series appears rather harmless.

Drama, Legal
Damages

Glenn Close has played some pretty nasty characters in her day. But all of ’em would be scared to death …

Drama
Dead of Summer

Does a diamond in the rough lurk behind all that ’80s horror-movie content in this new Freeform series? Not really.

Reality/Game
The X Factor

UPDATED REVIEW: What’s the X in The X Factor? Is there something about this singing show that outshines all the …

Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Leftovers

A premium series takes a stab at a Rapture-like event where those left behind are forced to find earthly meaning …

Crime, Drama, Medical
The Mob Doctor

The mafia doesn’t worry about HMOs or the complicated new health care laws. If wiseguys need a doctor, they just …

Crime, Drama
Cult

Cult plumbs the sometimes unbridled bond between TV shows and their fans, and mulls the connection between virtual violence and …

Drama
Famous in Love

It’s a little like La La Land, only without much to sing and dance about.

Comedy
The Suite Life on Deck

Fresh from a three-year tour on Disney’s The Suite Life With Zack and Cody, twins Zack and Cody Martin strap …

Reality/Game
Bachelor Pad

ABC has channeled the worst elements of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette into this sleazy spin-off. Click for our review. …