Comedy, Drama
Insatiable

This Netflix show feels incredibly unseemly: A guilty pleasure with extra guilt, hold the pleasure.

Comedy, Crime, Drama
Rizzoli & Isles

UPDATED REVIEW: 155 characters or fewer. Does not have to be exactly word for word from review, but can be.

Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Watchmen

HBO’s take on this influential DC Comics franchise offers a wincing, razor-sharp critique of racism and societal conflict.

Drama
When They See Us

This Netflix miniseries offers a blistering, difficult-to-watch take on the story of the “Central Park Five.”

Crime, Drama, Legal
The Guardian

In the tradition of fellow CBS legal dramas Judging Amy and Family Law, The Guardian converts newspaper headlines into prime-time …

Drama
Heartland

While the TV landscape has been getting drenched in blood and its inhabitants consumed by lust, this gentle Canadian drama …

Drama
13 Reasons Why

13 Reasons Why may, unintentionally, romanticize suicide for some teens, even though that’s not the show’s intent.

Comedy, Drama
Scream Queens

Scream Queens is what you’d get if Jason, Freddie and Michael Myers all pledged to a 21st-century version of Animal …

Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Ronja, the Robber’s Daughter

Nobody ever said being the daughter of a bandit was going to be easy. But intrepid young Ronja is determined …

Crime, Drama, Legal
American Crime

Truth is, American Crime is a “good” television show. But that’s a fact that can cut both ways.

Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Castle Rock

Well crafted? Yes. Creepy? Certainly. But when it comes to content, Castle Rock’s a place I wouldn’t want to visit.

Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Falling Skies

UPDATED REVIEW: Don’t look now, but strange alien creatures have invaded. Again. Time to beat ’em back with a TV …

Drama
7th Heaven

Eric Camden pastors a church in California. Together with his wife, Annie, and seven children they create what WB calls …

Drama
Siberia

Siberia is a salacious drama masquerading as a reality show—a lot like actual reality programs, now that we think about …

Drama
Catherine the Great

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