The soul of the show, though, is its conflicted "heroes," truly tortured, in palpable ways, recalling the best, early days of NBC's ill-fated Monday comic book. There's no cartoonery here. Just adult adventure and angst.

This evocative hour doesn't lionize Steinem, but simply lays out what happened.

Fascinating documentary--and extremely effective commercial.

Unforgettable was on no one's list as one of the "buzzier" fall pilots, but that doesn't mean it's not one of the better ones. It is.

The show's core relationship is appealingly relaxed. It dares to suggest successful coupledom lies less in heated passion than in being able to dress down and screw up and know you're still loved.

A gorgeous production, though the story sometimes keeps it on the tarmac.

The Gus Vant Sant-directed pilot of what is easily the most important project in Starz history pulses with the sort of corruption that absolute power sires.

It all adds up to one solid nail-biter, with a profusion of clever clues that seems to cast suspicion on everyone.

You can see Neverland as sly philosophical discourse, or you can see it as fantastically produced adventure. Just make sure you see it.

Much grimmer, grayer and (gasp) dowdier. Still mostly wonderful.

A bit melodramatic, a bit manipulative, Touch is still one of the best pilots of the 2011-12 season to date.

Yup, the story can be downbeat, the pace at times languid. But this is a show with a brain and a heart.

No matter where you stand on the death-penalty debate, this is must-watch revelation--and, thanks to Herzog, tense and suspenseful drama.

Falco, Eve Best (Ellie O'Hara) and Anna Deavere Smith (Gloria Akalitus) are flawless, and... very amusing.

They honor the job without trivializing it, or turning it into melodramatic entertainment pap for the masses.

Extremely funny and extremely raunchy (consider yourself warned), but Dunham's a major talent.

[These women make] instant impact, of course, with their stories but also through sheer personality.

Strong personalities evoke the hold of the old, the tug of the new, and that intersection's human fireworks.

Bracing and tasty.

No relaxing allowed with Boss. Sorry about that, and sorry for this series, which remains smart, absorbing and particularly well done.

Sincere host, unguarded participants, sensitive treatment. And more cool stuff!

It's less the Plot Events that ring true here than the well-played little side moments and background squabbles, the simmering resentments and recriminations, the emotional tugs-of-war.

The results so far are very (very) funny.

Browncoats Unite keeps the focus on the work itself. And that's what keeps "Firefly" afloat.

Smart newcomer with a pair of leads that turns The Americans into a likely winner.

Monday Mornings is Kelleyesque in all the best and admittedly worst--melodramatic, manipulative, shocking--ways. But it's also intelligent, particularly well-written and acted, and above all interested in matters other than what's directly mounted on the screen before your eyes, most notably ethics, human nature and human fallibility.

Still defiantly Community, still good and still uninterested in adding new viewers.

It's not a bit hokey, as are many reality show competitions. Unlike "ANTM," the coaches don't judge. Instead, they leave that to industry experts who are authentic: smart, tough and unemotional.