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TV Review: ABC's 'The River'

ABC premieres its new mockumentary-style thriller The River on Tuesday in a two-hour event beginning at 9 p.m. ET. The following are reviews from TV critics around the Web, compiled by B&C . “ The River in its early hours doesn’t ask to be taken more seriously than as the long-form B-movie it is. Made with ingenuity and verve, it substitutes the half-glimpsed and... More

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TV Review: NBC's 'Smash'

NBC premieres its musical drama, Smash on Feb. 6 at 10 p.m. ET. The following are reviews from TV critics around the web, compiled by B&C . “The big cast is appealing, especially Christian Borle and Debra Messing as the big-time songwriting team and Angelica Huston as a producer in a bad divorce. And the show looks great, except for a ludicrously airbrushed Times Square that... More

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TV Review: Netflix's 'Lilyhammer'

Netflix made all eight episodes of its new comedy-drama, Lilyhammer , starring The Sopranos’ Steven van Zandt, available Monday. The following are reviews from TV critics around the Web, compiled by B&C . “So how is Lilyhammer ? Odd mostly. It tries to combine elements of American mob stories and Scandinavian mysteries, seasoned with frequent overt references to The... More

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TV Review: Fox's 'Napoleon Dynamite'

Fox debuts its newest animated series, Napoleon Dynamite — based on the 2004 movie — on Jan. 15 at 8:30 p.m. ET. The following are reviews from around the web, compiled by B&C . “The animation is cool and it’s probably fun for fans to have the original cast doing all the voices. Would be nice if it was funny, too.” — Curt Wagner, Chicago... More

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TV Review: Fox's 'The Finder'

Fox premieres procedural drama The Finder , a spinoff from Hart Hanson’s Bones , on Thursday night at 9 p.m. The following are reviews from TV critics around the Web, compiled by B&C . “The second half of the pilot improves over the first. So there’s progress. We’re hoping that, like Bones which also had a shaky start, The Finder will, umm, find... More