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hit the floorC
‘Hit the Floor,’ no, grab the remote

VH1's scripted series, about dancers for a basketball team, is an exercise in clumsiness, at once obvious and obtuse. Lots of Big...

Family S.O.S. With Jo FrostC
‘Family S.O.S.,’ largely ‘asseptable’

TLC reality series, starring supernanny Jo Frost, may bring hope to viewers struggling with similar family issues, even if it come...

showvilleC
‘Showville,’ sweet on small-town talent

AMC series, which puts on local talent contests around the country, chooses not to be cruel to the contestants. What you see is wh...

save meC
‘Save Me,’ maybe yes, then maybe no

New NBC series, about a recovering drunk whom God speaks to, is part dark comedy, part old-fashioned sitcom. It's going to have to...

does someone have to goC
‘Does Someone Have to Go?,’ yikes

Folks who get turned on by office politics may like this new Fox reality show, but most will be turned off by what they already se...

goodwin gamesC
‘The Goodwin Games,’ no winner here

Fox sitcom, about siblings competing for their inheritance, relies on the oldest sort of comedy gimmicks for laughs. We've heard a...

motiveC
‘Motive,’ one new trick, one old pony

New ABC cop drama reveals the perp early on but saves the motive for the very end. That's the trick. The pony? It's your basic, by...

north americaC
‘North America,’ beautiful just to watch

Discovery series serves up a compelling story in pictures, but the narration tries too hard to argue the wildlife it captures some...

crowd rulesC
‘Crowd Rules,’ an easy crowd to like

We meet small business owners on this CNBC reality challenge as they compete for a cash prize, and it's not hard to root for them ...

XOXbetsyC
‘XOX Betsey Johnson,’ hard not to like

Down-on-her-luck fashion designer you meet on this Style show is plucky and creative, not the usual egomaniac of celebreality show...

family treeC
‘Family Tree,’ satire in search of a target

Just what this HBO comedy from mockumentarian Christopher Guest is making fun of is unclear, and lacking a point of view the irony...

monumental mysteriesC
‘Monumental Mysteries,’ close enough

There's nothing new in these Travel Channel historical tales tied to various monuments around the country, but they are well told,...

model employeeC
‘Model Employee,’ out with the trash

VH1 reality series has pretty women doing menial tasks, such as sorting through garbage, presumably for the amusement value. It's...

jimmy fallonC
‘Late Night With Jimmy Fallon,’ good fit

A trouper in the tradition of Leno and Carson, whose commentary and humor are mainstream, he's ideally suited to take over from Le...

maronC
‘Maron,’ funny in a Seinfeld sort of way

The comic and podcaster plays himself in this new IFC series, and well, taking the part of the socially inept fringe character we'...

zach stoneC
‘Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous,’ not

The star of this MTV high school comedy, Bo Burnham, gained fame on YouTube for his cleverness, but here he's anything but clever....

the show with vinnieC
‘The Show With Vinny,’ in the basement

MTV faux talk show, starring 'Jersey Shore's' Vinny Guadagnino and set in his Staten Island home, comes off as slapped together, a...

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