First Impressions: The Mob Doctor (Fox)
The Mob Doctor is a medical procedural in name only – it’s also another terrible new pilot of the 2012-13 TV season.
Category: Features
First Impressions: Guys With Kids (NBC)
NBC’s latest comedy is a huge swing and a miss.
First Impressions: Last Resort (ABC)
One of 2012’s most promising new series debuts with a strong pilot.
First Impressions: The New Normal (NBC)
The New Normal isn’t great, or really even that good – but it’s a lot better than most Ryan Murphy shows in this era.
First Impressions: Perception (TNT)
TNT’s Eric McCormack-led drama is a bad pilot built on a tired formula.
First Impressions: Anger Management (FX)
Multi-camera sitcoms are dying a slow, painful death on networks with shows like 2 Broke Girls and Whitney, whose ability to be both mindless and unfunny simultaneously is somehow perceived….
First Impressions: The Newsroom (HBO)
Aaron Sorkin Sorkins the shit out of The Newsroom – for better or worse.
First Impressions: Scandal (ABC)
Scandal’s pilot is a bit too ridiculous, even for this TV critic.
First Impressions: Magic City (Starz)
Magic City is flashy and fancy – but there’s not a lot of meat on the bone with Starz’s period drama.
First Impressions: I Hate My Teenage Daughter (Fox)
Fox’s I Hat eMy Teenage Daughter is… real awful.