"Smash" has music, dancing, lots of entertaining backstage bitchery and a very talented "American Idol" runner-up ... Truth be told, I got a lump in my throat at the end of the second episode -- an achievement for any show so early in its run.

Hot damn, did I miss having a breezy supernatural-fantasy show in my life. One of the reasons Lost Girl has made such a big impression on me is because it does what so many genre programs fail to do these days: It has fun with its premise.

"The River" isn't terrible, but it's fairly indicative of ABC's post-"Lost" flailing ... ABC has tried and tried again to replicate parts of the "Lost" formula, but with more timid concepts and less imaginative executions.

I'm tentatively hopeful that the second half of Season 2 will be different. There are signs that "The Walking Dead" has realized where it went wrong and is actively trying to right those mistakes.

"Parks and Recreation" has told a season-long story about Leslie Knope's campaign for public office, so it's only fitting that the show will be paying...

One of the most impressive things about "Cougar Town" is how many jokes and silly moments it can fit into a scene, while keeping the characters consistent and the enclosed world of the Cul De Sac Crew rooted in its own loopy reality.

Talk about perfect timing: This Valentine's Day, let "Parks and Recreation's" Tom Haverford show you how to woo the ladies. In a recent episode of...

It sounds like something dreamed up in the fevered brain of a Comic-Con attendee: A sci-fi story that features an unholy alliance between "Star Trek's...

As is only appropriate for a show that came back on Valentine's Day, Tuesday's "Cougar Town" season premiere ended with Grayson (Josh Hopkins) proposi...

"The Hour" is one of those nicely calibrated UK dramas that has an alluring atmosphere and is bursting at the seams with great character actors ... If it's a well-made British costume drama you want, you can't wrong with this show.

Things are often serious on "A Gifted Man"; that's only to be expected of a show about a doctor who tries to save people who are dealing with neurolog...

This unfunny program goes a long way toward proving that the smug, smirking Gervais has turned into The Office's David Brent.

Every day on my Twitter feed, I hear from new converts to "Lost Girl," and that is a beautiful thing. Since the Syfy show premiered in January, it...

Ron Swanson has never made a secret of what he thinks of the government: There's too much of it. Way too much. As you can see in the exclusive clip...

There's a good chance waverers will stay with "Luck" after Sunday's episode, which features a terrific racing sequence that embodies everything I enjoy about Milch's drama.

The second season of "Downton Abbey" has proved that creator Julian Fellowes is sloppy and inconsistent when it comes to writing for television.

It's been a while, but let's get back to one of my favorite regular features: Ask Mo. Here's the deal: You ask TV-related questions in the comment...

"Do you think 'Mad Men's' long hiatus has cost it the cultural initiative?" "Will Netflix draw a large audience to original programming?" "If you had a TV comfort food, what would it be?" Find out in the latest Ask Mo column.

All four episodes that NBC sent for review were quite competently made: They were well-paced, well-directed, well-acted, and a few featured well-earned twists I didn't see coming.