That premise could make for a crisp and slick adventure hour; it did in the pilot. Already, though, Fahey's character is losing definition because of a string of unfocused scripts.

Cold Case should be money in the bank for CBS. But the... premiere suffers from a predictable murder plo... and an overly arty climactic sequence that belongs in a music video, not a police drama.

Miller is believably blonde, and that's about it. [22 Oct 3012, p.42]

O'Loughlin's an impressively taciturn, tense presence" You get the sense that McGarrett could go to a luau and still experience it as a hurt locker. As McGarrett's sidekick Danno, Scott Caan is the opposite: all quick, bantam energy. He steals scenes as coolly as surfers catch waves. [27 Sep 2010, p.53]

The premiere episode of Madam Secretary, for the time being, suggests that the show is very much the little sister [to The Good Wife].... But Madam Secretary, in which Téa Leoni plays the newly appointed secretary of state, deserves to hang around long enough to formulate and declare itself.

[Perry] effortlessly brings out King's sorrow and even rage--[but] it loses something when thrown in with Go On's overly broad comedy. [13 Aug 3012, p.41]

It's more fun than most hidden-camera shows: Kutcher keeps his in-your-face energy from boiling over into obnoxious-ness.

Spade... can deliver an insult with such grace and precision it's like watching Fred Astaire dance with a prop

The new entry is more action-oriented and less morally ponderous than the recent Star Trek series. But it still suffers from its predecessors' overdeveloped air of gravitas.

With many clichés coming straight from romantic comedy films, A to Z gets slightly cheesy at times, but Feldman and Milioti's easy chemistry makes their banter believable and, well, downright adorable.

The girls' chemistry should keep the show breakdown free. [19 Sep 2011, p.59]

VanCamp goes about her business with a purse-lipped Jodie Foster earnestness that makes her hard to root for. But Stowe coos, scowls, flirts and thunders. She roils Revenge. [26 sep 2011, p.56]

The show is overworked and overthought. [25 Mar 2013, p.43]

This fall sitcom is a hit entirely because of Deschanel's performance as Jess. [7 Nov 2011, p.41]

The cast would do well to have more fun, but the layered storytelling has it charms. [31 Oct 2011, p.35]

[The Newsroom] is much stronger and more solidly entertaining. [29 Jul 2013, p.37]

This could grow into a show of more than ordinary interest. [28 Nov 2011, p.57]

The wives are overwhelmed by the prospect of an addition, but this group ]is as comfortable with the camera as the early-era Gosselins. [4 Oct 2010, p.38]

The ensemble remains perfect, but the show's matter-of-fact crispness has been dulled. [22 Apr 2013, p.46]

To make new fans, show more enterprise.

Oh, what a tangled web Carnivále weaves–maybe too tangled for its own good.

Clever writing and the delightful Melissa Joan Hart... make this unlikely plot a high schooler's witch fulfillment.

If Faris is the little engine that could, Janney is the caboose along for the ride. [4 Nov 2013]

Defenders at least has a sure grip on its tone. [8 Nov 2010, p.40]

With its rugged leads displaying a light comic touch, the series has a fresh appeal. [3 Feb 2014, p.44]

The scares are not as over-the-top as American Horror Story but more chilling because they're applied glancingly. [13 Feb 2012, p.44]

Average.

[Bello's] sour, tough intelligence is right on the money. [3 Oct 2011, p.45]