Contributor: Paul Asay

Taboo tries to clear a space in the crowded world of prestige television by being darker, bloodier and more taboo than anything else around.

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life feels like that sweet, funny friend whom you enjoy having coffee with but wouldn’t leave your kids with for the weekend.

The end is near. But, if the programming execs at the CW have their way, not so near that their salaciously supernatural series gets cut short.

The lessons these Teachers impart aren’t the sort that any child should learn.

Downward Dog, based on a web series, is a strange, sweet and sadly problematic summertime sitcom.

The truth is out there. Want to hear it? The X-Files—while revolutionary—has always been a deeply uneven, problematic show.

Disney’s beloved 1980s sitcom finds new feathers in this worthy, witty successor.

With Netflix’s Defenders squad of superheroes now officially assembled, it doesn’t look like the streaming service saved the best for last.

Part Nancy Drew, part Final Destination, this Pretty Little Liars spinoff gets sucked into a supernaturally “enhanced” setting full of telegenic teens—both living and dead.

This animated dramedy about a horse-man named Bojack has something to say. But the way it says it leaves a lot to be desired.

“They’re growing old, not growing up,” Fox’s trailer for this ribald new sitcom proudly—and, alas, accurately—trumpets.

NBC’s Constantine is based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Keanu Reeves, however, is nowhere to be found. And neither is a theologically accurate biblical worldview.

Reality series often cram people into a house and hope they’ll start sparring. On this Spike show, the smackdowns are guaranteed.

Marriage. Divorce. Affairs. Neighborhood plane crashes. All this long-running prime-time soap is missing, really, is an evil twin.

John Malkovich stars in NBC’s take on Blackbeard, the most fearsome pirate to ever sail the Spanish Main. It’s a shiver-me-timbers tale filled with sex, swordplay and even torture, and it should really be rated Arrrrrr!