First Impressions: Stalker (CBS)
CBS’s latest drama is shlocky, misogynistic, and woefully formulaic, an early contender for worst new show of the fall.
Category: Features
First Impressions: black-ish (ABC)
I don’t know how I feel about black-ish; here’s why.
First Impressions: From Dusk till Dawn: The Series (El Rey)
Robert Rodriguez’s network-launching adaptation is kind of intriguing, but also kind of pointless.
First Impressions: Almost Human (Fox)
Almost Human’s premise seems tailor-made for an intriguing new series; unfortunately, Fox’s latest dystopian sci-fi drama is a big misfire.
First Impressions: Trophy Wife (ABC)
Trophy Wife’s pilot has some promise, thanks to a strong lead performance from Malin Ackerman.
First Impressions: Dad (Fox)
Dads lowers the bar for the 2013 fall season.
First Impressions: Cult (The CW)
Cult is, quite possibly, the greatest terrible TV pilot of the 2010s.
First Impressions: House of Cards (Netflix)
Netflix throws its hat into the original programming ring with House of Cards’s strong pilot.
First Impressions: The Americans (FX)
The Americans’s pilot episode impresses with its balance of strong aesthetics, and the central relationship between its protagonists.
First Impressions: The Following (Fox)
The Following’s pilot is everything wrong with the current wave of “dark grim” TV.