Stilted performances and bad dialogue permeate this awful action-adventure pilot.

“Ride” is emblematic of the new, more inclusive Hallmark because there’s also a gay, stereotype-defying McMurray brother whose name is — and I am not making this up — Tuff (Jake Foy, “Designated Survivor”). Like much about “Ride,” that name tries a little too hard, but at least Hallmark now reflects the real world more accurately.

For viewers who appreciate so-bad-its-entertaining movies, “Dawn” may hold some promise. But unlike, say, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” which knew it was camp, it’s completely unclear if “Dawn” is trying to be campy.

The first semi-bloated, 90-minute episode of “Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge” still entertains as two teams of two have to make over portions of a home to resemble a Barbie doll dream home.

[Lea] Thompson gets the quickest, cattiest lines in this show that’s fairly entertaining.

A very Hallmark-style light drama.

It’s a fascinating, previously unexplored (as far as I know) premise for a dramatic series (with a great theme song, “I Remember You (Hey, Little Bird)” by Buffy Sainte-Marie). But stretching the story over six overly long episodes does the show no favors as it veers between taut drama and occasional lapses into obvious, stereotypical heroes and villains.

Fans who like “NCIS” will surely approve of this brand extension. Viewers who see it as a simplistic procedural will ignore it as they have past versions over the franchise’s 20-year run. Anyone looking to get drunk need only chug every time “NCIS: Sydney” features views of the Sydney Opera House. You’ll be out cold before the first episode ends.

If there’s any downside to this new season it’s that the first half feels stronger than the second half. Returning characters’ personality changes in the first half of the new season are necessary tweaks that help lift the show’s overall mood, which makes “American Rust” more entertaining and less depressing.

“Chicken Sisters” is a sweet, entertaining enough trifle.

It’s a feel-good program that highlights not only the efforts of students from all walks of life (wealthy, impoverished, liberal, conservative) but also the dedicated teachers doing their best to lead them.

A genuinely smart, funny, entertaining and timely comedy.

There are some good twists through the first two episodes that largely focus on Matty and lawyer Olympia (Skye P. Marshall), Matty’s boss.