Your enjoyment of the show will hinge on how much you can stomach the antics of the First Screw-Up.

There's more truth in 10 minutes of Animal Planet's "Finding Bigfoot."

The background music works muscularly to pump up interest, but the story's pacing is ponderous.

It's a shame--but not a surprise, perhaps--that directors Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato don't delve deeper.

The players seem to spend much of their time entering and exiting the same drab offices while shoveling exposition at one other.

Calling this a train wreck makes the movie sound more fascinating than it is.

Mankind: The Story of All of Us is that college freshman survey course, a buffet of tasty data, a little bit about a lot. It might leave you hungry for more.

Seal Team Six won't sway undecided voters; it also won't entertain many, either.

The series is so funny, it reeks of a setup.

Wedding Band is frequently vulgar, and few punch lines can be quoted here, but it has such affection for all its characters that you might be troubled that you can't return the love.

Reba's smile can warm almost anything. But it's not worth sitting through this recycled sitcom for it.

The show's repetitive voice-overs are annoying. But you'll be sucked into this dangerous venture.

Those who worry about the teenager's well-being will find little comfort in this series.

The Girl ensures you'll never watch "The Birds" the same way again.

While often touching, it's a lightweight addition to HBO's schedule.

The first episode teases an exciting dynamic, with the possibility of forcing viewers to root for one monster over another.

Finally you get the sense that Meryl Streep's daughter is coming into her own as an actress and even a lead. But Emily needs a script doc, stat.

Dead is always at its most unsettling--and poignant--when its characters have a moment to breathe and to address their dark, nightmarish world.

The true horror here is the utter lack of imagination.

It's a bad omen when the show repeats one of its catastrophes next week, just amped to a grislier level. I was bored.

Arrow has so much going for it, it doesn't need to linger on the past.

Nashville is the snarky showbiz drama NBC's "Smash" can only dream of becoming.

At times, the show careens from black humor to near tragedy and then back again.

There's pleasure in seeing such talented actresses bounce off each other. Woodard could probably recite Google search links and would still turn in an Emmy-caliber performance. But these flowers never fully bloom.

The party may be winding down, the taps are running dry, but stupidity lasts forever.

There are elements of the "Friday the 13th: The Series" and any J-horror film here, but the frights are few.

If the first two episodes are any indication, this season of Homeland will be about Carrie not only recovering her balance but finding a measure of redemption. That's a trip worth taking.

It's more closely a cross between "My Cousin Vinny" and "The Good Wife," with Janet Montgomery ("Entourage") a dull stand-in for Oscar winner Marisa Tomei.