Robert Lloyd
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Oddballs abound in Fox’s two new sitcoms, but ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ plays it smart and fresh while ‘Dads’ humor gets old fast.
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Craig McCracken’s alien cartoon on Disney Channel is imaginative, upbeat and sweet.
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‘Fame High’ follows four students at Los Angeles County High School for the Arts for a year in moving, educational fashion.
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There’s ‘Mom,’ ‘Dads,’ a ‘Trophy Wife,’ ‘The Birthday Boys,’ ‘The Capones.’ Here are quick looks at new fall TV season shows.
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‘Earthflight,’ a six-part series that premieres Wednesday on PBS, is an astonishing look at the flight of birds.
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In ‘The March,’ director John Akomfrah brings the historic event to life, with many key surviving participants recalling the march and what it took to make it happen.
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Instruction-reader Marcus Hunt and carefree Ed Sanders put themselves to the test in AMC’s appealing, if manufactured, new reality series.
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Mark Strong is excellent as a compromised Detroit cop in AMC’s promising new drama ‘Low Winter Sun,’ premiering before ‘Breaking Bad.’
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A comically obsessive character finds the actor-writer on familiar, and welcome, ground in the HBO movie ‘Clear History.’
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Jim Rash, hosting ‘The Writers’ Room’ on Sundance, invites the writers of ‘New Girl,’ ‘Breaking Bad,’ more to show how it’s done.
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Critic’s Notebook: As CBS and Time Warner war over money — and there is no moral high ground here — you have options.
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An imaginary friend, played by the ‘Family Tree’ star, figures prominently in this sweet, eccentric jaunt back to 1989 Ireland.
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Intoxicated narrators replay history in Comedy Central’s delightfully twisted ‘Drunk History,’ which premieres Tuesday.
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‘Endeavour’ on PBS’ ‘Masterpiece Mystery’ stars Shaun Evans as Morse and Roger Allam as his superior, Fred Thursday. It’s an overall enjoyable prequel.
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In his documentary ‘Neurotypical,’ premiering on PBS’ ‘POV’ series, Adam Larsen explores how people with uniquely wired brains get along in the rarely straightforward ‘straight’ world.
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Ava DuVernay’s documentary on Venus Williams’ fight for equal pay for female tennis stars is a promising start to ESPN’s ‘Nine for IX’ women-focused series.
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In FX’s new drama ‘The Bridge,’ an odd couple of detectives team up to solve a murder that spans the U.S. and Mexico border.
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‘Futurama’ is no stranger to final acts, but this time creator Matt Groening is set for an ending worthy of Bender, Fry and the rest of the sci-fi cartoon crew.
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Fox’s new late-night cartoons include ‘Axe Cop,’ which lacks some of the magic of its Web comic inspiration, and ‘High School USA!,’ which offers an alternative version of the “Archie” comic book.
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Veteran actors Jon Tenney and Rebecca Romijn star as private investigators in the TNT series that premieres Monday.
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Fast-paced and entertaining, the new show lands in a variety of European locales in its pursuit of cross-border crimes.
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Broadway dreams get a warm embrace in a lively telecast once again hosted by the unshakable Neil Patrick Harris.
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The enlightening distillation of Pryor’s triumphs and tragedies serves to remind viewers of his memorable genius.
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Jennette McCurdy of ‘iCarly’ and Ariana Grande of ‘Victorious’ team up for some fun in the at once endearing and annoying series.
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Critic’s Notebook: The superhero band and its spinoff TV series “The Aquabats! Super Show!’ and ‘Yo Gabba Gabba!’ are connecting with kids of all ages.
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The intense mixes with the normal drama of everyday life in this new ABC Family series about a multi-cultural family headed by two moms.
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In Season 3, the AMC detective series continues to take its time, but when Mireille Enos and Joel Kinnaman are on screen together, the mood crackles.
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‘72 Hours’ at least emphasizes teamwork; ‘The Hero’ makes its competitors anything but. Both are on TNT.
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Director Christopher Guest sets his offbeat sights on TV with a poignantly comical series starring Chris O’Dowd on a quest to seek out his relations.
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Jim and Pam’s reunion in one of the final episodes highlights how the NBC comedy has aimed for the heart through the years.
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Critic’s Notebook: The convergence of TV and the Internet has been a long time coming, and though resistance is futile, you can always click off.
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Critic’s Notebook: Move over cable and broadcast TV, Amazon’s release of 14 pilots online highlights how big digital players are remaking the entertainment landscape.
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ABC’s new sitcom about a ne’er-do-well son who takes over his ailing dad’s home repair business gets a much-needed makeover between the pilot and first episode.
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Marc Maron plays himself in this new IFC sitcom, a friend to cats but few others.
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The CW’s ‘Cult’ and Fox’s ‘The Following’ are new network television shows about murderers. There’s reason to be concerned about the trend.
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Amy Poehler’s Leslie Knope on ‘Parks and Recreation’ may be the least cynical character on TV. It’s easy to care about her and what she cares about.
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Even with coverage that included banal commentators, a cut sequence and no live streaming, the sheer thrill of the opening ceremony shines through.
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Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s documentary is informative but overlong.
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Martin Scorsese’s documentary shows a man more complex than the ‘Quiet Beatle’ label suggests.
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The mix of eloquence and authority that the CBS newsman embodied is a far cry from today’s anxiety-provoking TV outlets.
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The legend is fascinating, the person even more so.
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As the 10th anniversary of the attacks approaches, TV specials look at Sept. 11 from every angle. The mostly elegiac programs range from the fresh to the trivial.
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Showtime documentary examines the super group’s evolution.
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The competition is on to crown ‘America’s next drag superstar,’ and who better to preside over the proceedings than onetime club icon RuPaul.
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The documentary ‘Troubadours’ on KOCE talks to ‘60s and ‘70s artists about their time at West Hollywood’s Troubadour.
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Don’t expect the ‘Lost’ finale to answer all the island’s intricacies, but that’s the beauty of a show with such complex characters and winding plotting.
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Call it a cynic’s guide to surviving the ‘burbs, but it’s really an old-fashioned sitcom with Bob Saget at the helm playing a grumpy dad.
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Late at night, the comic actor turned talk show host is displaying a unique way with questions, a penchant for high-quality skits and multiple other ways of charming an audience.
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Inventors bring their gadgets for Billy Mays and Anthony Sullivan to certify for TV sellability in new Discovery series.
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Showtime series developed by Diablo ‘Juno’ Cody starts Toni Collette as a woman with multiple personalities.
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There’s fun in an unlikely place as Starz does the sitcom with ‘Party Down.’
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The Nickelodeon movie features ‘iCarly’s’ Jerry Trainor and Jennette McCurdy in a fun, if obvious, bit of gaming rivalry.
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A tale of the 2008 financial meltdown comes to HBO, with straightforward direction by Curtis Hanson and a sizable cast led by William Hurt.
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Loser teachers populate Fox’s new animated sitcom, which is closer to ‘Family Guy’ than to ‘The Simpsons.’
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NBC reality show, hosted by Marco Pierre White, is the latest in a sometimes-moving feast of cooking-centric contests.
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The documentary details the brutality and the back story of the Ali-Frazier legendary bouts.
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The time-bending begins anew in a continuation of the British original ‘Life on Mars’ story. What matters most: Philip Glenister’s righteous thug is back.
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The sword-and-sorcery genre gets a going-over in this Comedy Central/BBC co-production.
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Unlike other reality TV shows, this one delivers the goods: real designed clothes and a winner chosen based on talent.
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Controversy over daughter Bristol Palin’s pregnancy gave Republicans an opportunity to rail at the media Wednesday night.
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The short-lived 1982 TV series had a lot to say, in its offbeat way. Now that it’s on DVD, we can see what it helped to start.
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Memorable ‘Real World’ cast member Pedro Zamora, an AIDS educator, is the subject of the film scripted by Dustin Lance Black.
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Sure, the writers strike put a crimp in the season. But even so, these nominations seem stale.
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The stars are attractive, but the sparks never really fly between them, leaving this version bland.
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The HBO documentary follows the Hollywood madam as she tries to open a brothel for female clients.
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The TLC show is real enough reality.
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There’s nothing original about the MTV musical, but it has a certain appeal.
