The series is a polished genre exercise with characters that feel like predigested tropes.
Without the tension of finding out the extent of the Visitors’ cancerous infiltration into human society, V would fall flat.
The show combines some of the ironic stylings of Arrested Development with the sentimentalism of more traditional family sitcoms.
Marriage and sex bring with them the promise of intimacy, but it often seems like we confuse the former two for the latter all too often.
ABC’s soapy new drama is the show you don’t know you want to be watching.
Not one of the Mistress’s finest, but amusing.
By Mad Men standards, this week’s episode gives viewers a couple surprisingly major plot developments.
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While the West Bank material is new and fresh, the American material is flat and obvious.
That each of the principal characters has been fully drawn over the course of the show’s run gives context to even the most absurd story.
My grandfather always said that nothing good happens after midnight.
It’s tempting to say that the structural sloppiness of the fourth season of Showtime’s Dexter is a deliberate bit of auto-critique.
Survivor is really starting to show its age.
It’s been obvious for some time that, with all due respect to the BBC original, NBC’s The Office is one of the great comedic works of our era.
The idea of attacking your opponent’s biggest strength head on is an old one.
Bored to Death isn’t a very good show unless you can’t get enough of the cast, in which case it’s more than good enough.
With run-of-the-mill storylines and likeable doctors, Three Rivers is neither adrenaline-pumping nor genre-busting.
ABC’s The Middle could be 200% better than it is right now if it got rid of the voiceover.
Hank is a multi-camera sitcom shot on a cheap-looking set with a forgettable supporting cast speaking rarely funny dialogue.
Jay Leno essentially submitted to a demotion when he launched his new primetime show two weeks ago.
Florescent lights. Combination locks. Clueless parents. Clueless teachers. Clueless friends. Paranoia. Alienation. Hormones. Zits.
ABC exploits the popularity of science fiction better than any other major network.