Surface fashion styling can't cloak the underlying framework of yet another CBS procedural.

Bigger, brassier and even more thrilling, Homeland has boosted the stakes.

[A] stylish Gothic thriller that almost gives away a little too much Sunday. Otherwise, thumbs up.

Two things are going for this latest adaptation--solid production values and a talented lead actor.

Maybe just crazy enough to be engaging in the early going. It's the long run that looks questionable.

While The Neighbors sketches something genuinely creative--and truly weird--its comedy doesn't really come together.

The plastic "punch lines" grow more contrived. The tired stereotypes feel more offensive.

Kaling's good (and always is), but the pilot is just not all that funny.

Brush aside the hyperactivity and hard sell, and you're left with a winner.

CBS' sustained level of series craftsmanship is certainly admirable--their dramas all look sharp and function smoothly--but that doesn't go so far when even a sweeping period piece in a distinct locale with superior stars seems to roll off the same assembly line.

Parks and Rec remains funny, sharp and inventive.

The results so far are very (very) funny.

There's an almost overwhelming been-there-seen-that feel to the pilot, which doesn't really offer any suggestion of "well, you haven't seen this."

No, it's not exactly "House." But it isn't like any other show, either, with its mad mix of moral dilemmas, medical crises, family ties, double-life-living and, y'know, rubouts 'n' stuff.

A re-energized and immensely entertaining start to the third season.

There's little here that hasn't been dramatized to death already.

One episode in, "Glee 2.0"--otherwise known as the fourth season--looks to be a winner.

Nothing to see here. Move on.

It's less the Plot Events that ring true here than the well-played little side moments and background squabbles, the simmering resentments and recriminations, the emotional tugs-of-war.

The New Normal needs to take a deep breath, get off the soapbox and get funny fast. The right elements--talented cast and showrunner--are already in place.

Sure, the plot's ridiculous, but the film's mostly fun, while the pleasure of watching Burstyn play a homicidal wacko is not to be denied anyone.

Bible Challenge tries to cover all bases in America's complicated Christian field.

Sincere host, unguarded participants, sensitive treatment. And more cool stuff!

The first three episodes totally nail it.

The characters hold promise, the show looks swell, the stories reflect rich history and the makers have earned our trust.

Its hasty pace frequently muddles precisely who's who where, when or why. Even the zippy sex scenes play like another gratuitous burst of firepower.

If only it were more interesting.

No relaxing allowed with Boss. Sorry about that, and sorry for this series, which remains smart, absorbing and particularly well done.