Category: First Impressions

Reviews of pilot episodes.

First Impressions: The Pitt (HBO Max)

Max’s Noah Wylie-led drama is the most driven, confident show of its kind in awhile – just don’t call it ER 2.0.

ABC’s new Tim Allen and Kat Dennings-led sitcom is stuck in first gear.

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FOX’s latest medical drama is an underwhelming mélange of cliches, tropes, and missed opportunities.

FOX’s new Denis Leary military comedy gets off to a shaky, if intriguing, start.

Justin Spitzer’s latest workplace comedy debuts with a pair of infectiously confident episodes.

Marvel’s long-awaited witching miniseries arrives with a curious first episode.

Netflix’s latest sitcom gets off to a rough start with an underwhelming first look at the (fictional) last Blockbuster in America.

NBC’s Quantum Leap revival begins with a flat, uninspired introduction to its world.

NBC’s takes a second swing at time-lapse nostalgia with an underwhelming James Wolk vehicle.

Emergence’s first hour is ABC’s strongest network mystery in years, anchored by a terrific Alison Tolman performance.