Contributor: Paul Asay

UPDATED REVIEW: Just what makes this CBS crime procedural different from all the other crime procedurals on CBS? Well, it has a different time slot, for one thing. And different actors. Oh, and it takes place in New York.

Do you have fond memories of going to camp as a kid? Well, you won’t feel anything like that after seeing this summer show on NBC.

Jennifer Lopez stars in NBC’s series about police officers whose approach to law enforcement is shady indeed.

Greg Kinnear plays a semi-likable louse who drinks, gambles and carouses—and sometimes fits in a little lawyering work if he’s running low on cash. Time to rake him across the coals …

Netflix’s controversial teen drama returns with another season full of adolescents behaving very badly.

Don’t be taken in by NBC’s take on this popular, bloody movie franchise.

After losing Lost, J.J. Abrams brews up another mystery involving another freaky island.

UPDATED REVIEW: This CBS staple is the television equivalent of comfort food. But isn’t the gore here enough to lose one’s appetite?

Never come between a mama bear and her cub—particularly if the mama bear happens to be former CIA.

Red Widow is, in many ways, all about family. But that doesn’t make it a family show.

And behind door No. 3 we have … a bunch of junk somebody just spent $3,000 on. Why? Because somebody else didn’t—or couldn’t—pay his storage bill.

It’s tough to be a young adult trying to live in the 21st century. Especially if you’re dead.

UPDATED REVIEW: Survivor isn’t all fun and games. It’s not really even a game show. It’s a televised study of how people react under heavy pressure—often without any sort of moral guidance.

UPDATED REVIEW: Plugged In is all about promoting family togetherness. But we’re now willing to admit that the wrong kind of togetherness can make you … psycho.

Show business ain’t all magic and rainbows. It can be a tough, bitter, soulless way to make a living—even for the Muppets.