The miniseries asks a lot of patience on the part of viewers and gives too little in return.

The pilot plot... follows a well-worn path of sitcoms traceable back to when cavemen acted them out with large dinosaur bones as props.

At least "'Til Death" has some known stars. The cast of "Happy Hour" will likely remain unknown, starring, as they do, in this dud.

Never mind the unbelievable premise -- the way the audience is introduced to it is so strained it's painful to watch.

"Desire" features better production values than a daytime soap, but just as wooden acting by its no-name cast and terrible dialogue.

The pieces may be familiar, but there are enough new elements that prevent this series from feeling like a total rip-off.

"Vanished" is a show that should leave viewers begging for more, but instead engenders more of a shrug because nothing in the pilot is convincing -- not the characters, not the setting, not the performances.

"Eureka" just doesn't rise to a "Northern Exposure" level of quality.

Go to bed early tonight. Your eyes will thank you for avoiding Lifetime's preposterous "Eyes."

Where "The Sopranos" has some laugh-out-loud comedic moments, "Brotherhood" is dark, brooding and forever serious. And that grows tedious after a few episodes.

The lighthearted "Psych" charms even as it duplicates the structure and tone of "Monk."

Although most viewers will notice a scale-down in the scope of effects and stunts, the style, the look and the impact are much the same as in the films.

Dull and plodding, "Hunters" is no reality TV treasure.

One of the more awful projects to hit CBS prime time in years.

It's not atrocious, just sort of bland -- the kind of show we've watched a million times before.

Often funny when it tackles taboo topics head on, the show walks a fine line between honesty and unnecessary crudeness, and it often goes a step too far.

[A] fascinating, challenging series.

The show hits the right Hollywood insider notes, but this season "Entourage" begins to feel a little tired.

"Lovespring" could benefit from stronger plots with less ludicrous conclusions.

Poorly acted, terribly written and plotted with audacious ridiculousness, "10.5: Apocalypse" is TV junk food that's neither tasty nor filling. It's just junk.

Every reality show needs a mix of those you cheer for and those you jeer against, but "Texas Ranch House" has too many of the latter.

An engrossing, humanizing portrait of the British monarch.

"What About Brian" isn't a terrible show, it just doesn't offer enough unique reasons to make a weekly appointment with this gang of friends.

Midway through night two, however, the action begins to drag.

Romijin... [is] too cold and aloof to play the lead.

The biggest problem with "so noTORIous" is that the laughs, when they come, are few and far between.

The unique amalgam of a show that "Huff" has been -- a sort of sampler platter of hyperbolic though realistic, sympathetic but often self-sabotaging characters -- retains its balance and tone quite well this season.

Although the series hypocritically and formulaically exploits stereotypes before proving some of them wrong, "Survival of the Richest" is rich in entertainment value in spite of itself.