Brian Lowry

FX is so steeped in brooding drama, the comicbook-y roots of "The Strain" feel mildly off brand, but also like a breath of fresh air. While there's not much new...

A Canadian import roughly as inspired as the pun in its title, "Working the Engels" is a beyond-flat NBC comedy about a family of ne'er-do-wells who improbably take over their...

"Cute" isn't always a flattering term in TV circles, but it happily applies to "Welcome to Sweden," a classic fish-out-of-water concept created by and starring Greg Poehler, whose better-known sister...

Seemingly terrified to actually be about something, "Leah Remini: It's All Relative" starts with a potentially interesting concept -- the actress having broken with the Church of Scientology -- and...

"Extant" feels a bit like a Steven Spielberg greatest (and not-so-greatest) hits album, from "A.I." to, in this case, a close encounter of the reproductive kind. That's not an indictment...

There are inherent problems with attempting to spoof reality TV: The genre so frequently borders on self-parody it's difficult to outflank its extremes; plus, those who don't watch the stuff...

Beyond his talents on the basketball court, LeBron James has a future in publicity. How else to explain the Miami Heat star's knack for keeping the NBA in the headlines...

Wedding military hardware and a martial mind-set to paranoia about global pandemics, "The Last Ship" is an odd duck -- a post-apocalyptic tale with a glimmer of hope, tonally similar...

At first blush, TV would seem to be a little "Borat"-ed out by now. Yet "Almost Royal" quickly establishes itself as a sprightly surprise, following a mock brother-and-sister team of...

The creative roller-coaster ride that is "Falling Skies" opens season four on a downward arc, as the TNT series goes a little gaga with its alien-invasion metaphors, including Hitler Youth-like...