Babylon 5

With the long holiday weekend, most shows are skittering away from the airwaves. Not Orphan Black, though! Also: New episodes of Borgen and Maron and lots of playoff action.

We start reviewing Borgen, a highly-acclaimed Danish show, because it's available in the U.S. now and why not? Also: Doctor Who ends its season, and Ben Affleck hosts the SNL finale.

We've added Maron because you seemed to like it pretty okay, and what else is airing on Fridays? Also: Kristen Wiig returns to Saturday Night Live, and Smash nears its end.

Happy Endings reaches what we sure hope won't be its end. Also: Saturday Night Live heads toward the end of the season, Doctor Who turns crimson, and the NHL playoffs heat up.

Join us, won't you, in pretending that House Of Cards just ended its run, because we are awesome at denial. Also: New episodes of Doctor Who, Orphan Black, and Smash make Saturday fun.

It only took three weeks, but Doctor Who visits a haunted house and vaults to the top pick. Also: A new Gravity Falls, an HBO film about malaria eradication, and Grimm's return.

Spartacus ends its run with some bloodletting, then, hopefully, some singing and dancing. Also: Another hour of Happy Endings, Vince Vaughan on SNL, and college bowling!

When did Friday and Saturday get full of so many things to watch? We encourage you to start with Orphan Black, then follow up with Doctor Who, Happy Endings, and the Final Four.

Your Tiger Beat pullout posters have meaning again, now that Jonathan Taylor Thomas is on Last Man Standing. Also: Not a lot else is happening, but basketball exists! Whoo!

After two seasons and a really weird cancellation, Young Justice ends its run. Also: The end of Banshee's first season, two Selena Gomezes, and lots of college basketball.

Grimm is back, because NBC apparently decided it could go without it for a little while. Also: Young Justice begins to wrap things up, and Justin Timberlake returns to SNL.

As surely as the snows begin to melt and the first few robins of the year hop about the greening lawns, the TV Club is going to bring you its own collection of fresh, new things, only in this case, they’re all things that have been long dead, and we...

This week, the staff and readers discuss which pop-culture series or genres have built up what seems like an impenetrable backlog.

These 10 episodes sum up a ’90s genre cornerstone. 

These 10 episodes display how the series’ influence is evident even today.

As surely as the Earth revolves around the sun, rotating on its axis, September has arrived, bringing with it new Doctor Who. Also: Monster trucks! Smashing stuff!

Kelsey Grammer is so boss he's the boss on Boss. (We just like saying the word "boss.") Also: Many of our TV Club Classic features come to an end, and we add Gravity Falls.

You told us Gravity Falls had gotten awesome, so we're going to check it out again. You'd better not be wrong! Also: The Olympics wind their way toward the finish line.

The swimming winds down, as the track and field events heat up on the Olympics, which are literally the only things on this weekend. Also: Except for Lost Girl! Don't forget Lost Girl!

The Olympics are here to save you from having to find your remote! Also: Nothing else is on, but you can watch ESPN flail around and try to justify its existence if you like.

Portlandia invites you to revisit a traumatic brunch. Also: Lost Girl works for the weekend and, for better and worse, Dave Chappelle becomes Rick James.

Can you survive Can You Survive A Horror Movie? Also: Get drunk with Sam Jackson and buy a garage with the Warners.

Twenty Twelve passes the torch from its first season to its second. Also: Finales for TV Club Classic shows!

Gravity Falls finally answers your prayers for an animated version of Eerie, Indiana. Also: Requests from R. Kelly and cartoon immortality.

The Legend Of Korra wraps up a season that feels like it's just getting started. Also: Reality TV protects whales and elephants, and we recommend the Godzilla remake because we hate you.