You'll get hooked on it early and should stick around to the very end -- even though you have a good idea of what's coming.

If anything, season 2--also just eight hours long--is even better as Tyler's world in 1973 becomes even more complicated.

There isn't a single new comedy idea in any of the upcoming episodes, and in some scenes, you practically can yell out the punch line before the characters get to it.

[It] is a bit too slavish in its imitation of the "Runway'' formula, but in its opening episode, it shows signs of real promise.

It is an extremely challenging bit of filmmaking, since almost nothing is initially what it seems and you have to pay very close attention to the complex storytelling.

This BBC-produced series has some of the best writing and acting you're likely to see this season.

This year, as in the past, there are all kinds of problems with "24" if you think too hard about what you're watching.

[It] may be the worst, most annoying comedy to turn up on the networks this season.

The best new network sitcom this season.

A mishmash that wastes an interesting cast... and the few intriguing ideas it has.

While it's not totally painful, it's so hopelessly incoherent that you'll probably get a headache or two if you actually stick with it for the full three days and six hours.

"Sleeper Cell" is a compelling, kinetic ride that matches "24" in its power and is far more realistic and topical.

The situations are predictable, the writing is unfunny and the cast is forced to overplay every scene in hopes of generating something resembling a chuckle.

The patter is more what you'd hear from reasonably clever people in real life, not a bunch of lines thought up in the comedy's writers' room.

While you have to give them credit for trying something at least a little different, the creators and cast try way too hard to pull laughs out of the situation and the show comes off as forced and unbelievable.

The upside to the series is that Diggs is good enough and the production slick enough that, for a while, you might be willing to play along the don't-think-too-hard-about-it premise.... [But] Hopper's day becomes pretty boring after a while.

As hard as Tucci tries -- and he tries very hard -- he can't make Dr. Doug Hanson into Dr. Gregory House. It's not his fault; the writers simply don't give him the dialogue and depth that Hugh Laurie gets to play with on "House.''

They could have made for some deadly passages, but thanks to Morgan's writing and a superior cast, these discourses on the nature of evil, and whether the truly evil ever can be restored to humanity, are mesmerizing.

Torchwood is grand fun and great adult entertainment.

When he gets a lot of air time and his worst excesses are not reined in, Morgan is the human equivalent of fingernails on a blackboard.... As a result, what could have been a rather savory dish ends up with a rather unpleasant aftertaste.

What's particularly appalling is the way Lithgow is allowed to go way, way over the top in his performance.

One of TV's most invigorating and intellectually stimulating series.... provocative television that transcends its genre.

The way these characters interact and relate in the first hour is dazzling and involving without being self-consciously clever.

A finely detailed exploration of high school life and small-city dynamics.

I won't pretend "Dexter'' is for everybody. If you wince during scenes on "CSI,'' the series isn't for you.... But if you like the idea of a very good show that wrestles each week with moral dilemmas and the nature of good and evil, "Dexter'' is just the thing.

The driving force behind the show's appeal is Ferrera, who gives a pitch-perfect, killer performance in the opening episodes.

It shows more than a bit of promise.

If it keeps its balance and cuts back on some of the more implausible moments in the first hour, this series could be a keeper.