Fall Tv 2014

dead or alive? Feb. 6, 2015

Quiz: Is This Walking Dead Character Dead or Alive?Can you remember who’s still with us and who’s not?

By Lindsey Weber and Margaret Lyons

cancellations Nov. 7, 2014

RIP, Selfie#No #one #was #watching #Selfie.

By Margaret Lyons

tv Nov. 7, 2014

Why The Newsroom Was Always Doomed to FailNo one is actually rooting for cable news.

By Margaret Lyons

your tv ratings explained Nov. 6, 2014

It’s Been a Very Good Fall for New TV DramasThe best news for broadcasters this fall has come in the form of new hourlong successes.

By Joe Adalian

end of the road Nov. 1, 2014

NBC Has Canceled A to Z and Bad JudgeDead shows walking.

By E. Alex Jung

tv review Oct. 30, 2014

TV Review: CBS’s The McCarthysIf this were 1994, The McCarthys would be a groundbreaking sitcom.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

end of the road Oct. 24, 2014

ABC Has Canceled Manhattan Love StoryIt was the rom-com about a young couple in love. The other one. No, the other other one.

By Josef Adalian

fall tv 2014 Oct. 23, 2014

I Didn’t Believe a Second of NBC’s ConstantineTV’s latest comic-book show.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

horror week Oct. 22, 2014

AHS: Freak Show’s Sarah Paulson Faces Her FearsHer role playing conjoined twins is a disorienting feat of mind-body multitasking.

By David Amsden

fall tv 2014 Oct. 14, 2014

I Just Can’t Watch You, Marry Me. I Just Can’t.I’m just looking for something different in a sitcom, okay?

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Oct. 13, 2014

Jane the Virgin Is Miraculously GoodSmart, confident, emotionally authentic. Come collect your prize, Jane the Virgin!

By Margaret Lyons

tv review Oct. 10, 2014

TV Review: Cristela’s So-So, But Cristela Is GreatCristela Alonzo is great. If only her show deserved her.

By Margaret Lyons

fall tv 2014 Oct. 10, 2014

You’ll Want to Embrace the Mystery in Showtime’s The AffairOr, Rashomon Goes to Montauk.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

fall tv 2014 Oct. 8, 2014

Fall TV Ratings: The Flash Delivers the CW’s Biggest Debut in 5 YearsQuickly delivering nice ratings for the CW.

By Josef Adalian

tv review Oct. 8, 2014

American Horror Story: Freak Show Is Magisterially TrashyMany of the cast members are back, doing what they do best, which is shred scenery like a pack of Tasmanian devils.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Oct. 7, 2014

The Flash Is Surprisingly Charming Superhero TVThe CW’s latest adaptation of a DC Comics property debuts tonight.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

fall tv 2014 Oct. 6, 2014

Fall TV Ratings: Mulaney Flops Out of the GateThe comic’s throwback sitcom fails to meet even the super-low Nielsen expectations for it.

By Josef Adalian

tv review Oct. 3, 2014

Mulaney Is a Stand-Up LetdownIf you suck all the joy out of stand-up comedy, what’s left?

By Margaret Lyons

tv review Oct. 2, 2014

Everyone on NBC’s Bad Judge Deserves Better[bangs gavel]

By Margaret Lyons

tv review Oct. 2, 2014

Gracepoint Fails to Offer Any Reasons for Its ExistenceThey’re as close to the same shows as they can be and still have been made in different years by different people.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

tv review Oct. 1, 2014

Stalker Is Just the Latest CBS Fear ProductStarring Dylan McDermott and Maggie Q.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

your tv ratings explained Oct. 1, 2014

Early Fall Network TV Ratings: The Good and BadReasons for networks to hope, reasons to cry.

By Josef Adalian

let’s do the timeshift now Sept. 30, 2014

How to Get Away With More Viewers: DVRs and VOD Even Bigger This FallViola Davis’s jump to network TV drew in more time-shifters than expected.

By Josef Adalian

fall tv 2014 Sept. 30, 2014

TV Review: Manhattan Love Story Is Not LovableIt is set in Manhattan. We’ll give it that.

By Margaret Lyons

tv review Sept. 30, 2014

TV Review: Selfie Is Just Slightly Out of FocusThere’s a better show in here somewhere.

By Margaret Lyons

premiere week ratings 2014 Sept. 26, 2014

Premiere Week Ratings: ABC’s How to Get Away With Murders CompetitionShonda block did very well.

By Josef Adalian

schedule shifts Sept. 25, 2014

CBS Is Already Shaking up Its Schedule: Mom Is on the Move to ThursdaysAnd The Millers heads to Mondays … for now.

By Josef Adalian

fall tv 2014 Sept. 25, 2014

20 People to Follow on Twitter Before Tonight’s Scandal PremiereHappy #ScandalThursday, gladiators.

By Tara Abell

fall tv 2014 Sept. 24, 2014

Premiere Week Ratings: S.H.I.E.L.D. Sags While CBS and NBC SoarPlus: Fox’s Tuesday is in deep trouble.

By Josef Adalian

fall tv 2014 Sept. 24, 2014

Kenya Barris on Shonda Rhimes and Child-Spanking“It feels as if a lot of [this] country still believes in spanking.”

By John Horn

fall tv 2014 Sept. 24, 2014

In Its Own Sweet Way, ABC’s black-ish Is a Landmark ShowStarring Anthony Anderson as the patriarch of an upper-middle-class African-American family.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

fall tv 2014 Sept. 22, 2014

Here Are the Villains You’ll Meet Tonight on GothamSome details have changed.

By Sean Fitz-Gerald

fall tv 2014 Sept. 22, 2014

TV Review: If CBS’s Scorpion Is About Geniuses, Why Is It So Dumb?The characters mention their IQs four times in the first 18 minutes.

By Margaret Lyons

fall tv 2014 Sept. 22, 2014

What You Need to Know Before Watching Season 2 of The BlacklistA catch-up guide.

By Bob Sassone

tv review Sept. 22, 2014

It’s Live, Die, Repeat for Ioan Gruffudd in ABC’s ForeverIt’s risky to base an entire TV show around the charisma of your lead actor.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

primers Sept. 22, 2014

What to Remember Before Sleepy Hollow Season 2A quick refresher on what’s up with Ichabod, Abbie, pals, and enemies as the show returns from a long hiatus.

By Rose Maura Lorre

fall tv 2014 Sept. 22, 2014