Category: First Impressions

Reviews of pilot episodes.

First Impressions: The Last Man on Earth (Fox)

The Last Man on Earth is a smart, funny premiere that finds real depth in its simple, but high-concept premise.

The Odd Couple is a bad adaptation, and an unfunny, reductive waste of Matthew Perry’s talent.

Fresh Off the Boat’s uneven first episodes show real promise, even if its take on the American Dream is a bit unrefined.

Backstrom is another failed pile of white male angst cliches.

Prime Video’s gun manufacturer melodrama is an unfortunate misfire.

Salem Rogers is one of the worst pilots Amazon’s produced to date.

The Flash is here – and unsurprisingly, it’s the best new drama of the fall.

Stalker

CBS’s latest drama is shlocky, misogynistic, and woefully formulaic, an early contender for worst new show of the fall.

How to Get Away with Murder is ridiculous, over-the-top, and full of legal nonsense… so why did I like it?

black-ish

I don’t know how I feel about black-ish; here’s why.