8/4/21Heels is solid drama, and a heartfelt love letter to pro wrestlingMichael Waldron follows up Disney+’s Loki with this wrestling drama starring Stephen Amell and Alexander LudwigByKyle FowlePublishedAugust 4, 2021
5/24/21Black Lightning exits The CW’s superhero lineup with a busy, unremarkable finaleAfter its intimate, personal first season, Black Lightning faced a bit of a conundrum. Where the first season was…ByKyle FowlePublishedMay 24, 2021
4/21/21Snowfall caps off a tense season by examining the consequences of Franklin's expanding empireThere was a time when, all things considered, you could have called Franklin’s goals noble. Way back in the first…ByKyle FowlePublishedApril 21, 2021
2/17/21Snowfall is entertaining, but losing some edge in its fourth seasonOne of the most prevalent complaints about the season-three finale of Snowfall was that it let Franklin (Damson…ByKyle FowlePublishedFebruary 17, 2021
2/8/21Black Lightning goes small-scale in its final season premiereThe third season finale of Black Lightning saw Freeland and the Pearce family finally fighting off the Markovian…ByKyle FowlePublishedFebruary 8, 2021
4/8/20In its series finale, Modern Family isn't what it used to be, but maybe that's okayIt’s difficult to unpack Modern Family’s legacy. You certainly can’t trust the ABC-created narrative, where the show…ByKyle FowlePublishedApril 8, 2020
4/1/20Change is on the way as Modern Family rolls out its penultimate episodeGenerally speaking, dramas use their penultimate episodes to deliver the biggest surprises in terms of plot and…ByKyle FowlePublishedApril 1, 2020
3/18/20Modern Family shifts its focus before it says goodbye for goodIt’s been awhile since the previous episode of Modern Family, but all you really need to know is this: the season’s…ByKyle FowlePublishedMarch 18, 2020
3/15/20Batwoman slips into the past in an astute episode about traumaBatwoman has spent a good chunk of its first season in morally murky waters. There are plenty of superhero stories…ByKyle FowlePublishedMarch 15, 2020
3/9/20Batwoman deals with identity in a clumsy but emotionally satisfying episodeThe biggest problem with the first season of Batwoman, other than than the often eye-roll-inducing dialogue, is the…ByKyle FowlePublishedMarch 9, 2020
3/2/20Parenting is an unforgiving nightmare on FX's new dramedy BreedersAbout halfway through the series premiere of Breeders, Paul (Martin Freeman), currently suffering through a…ByKyle FowlePublishedMarch 2, 2020
2/19/20Modern Family gets back on track with a moving clip showThis final season of Modern Family has mostly done a bad job of dealing with the passage of time. For a show about…ByKyle FowlePublishedFebruary 19, 2020
2/12/20Modern Family heads to Paris for a middling episodeThis eleventh and final season of Modern Family has contained a lot of apparent “lasts.” From the Last Thanksgiving…ByKyle FowlePublishedFebruary 12, 2020
1/22/20Modern Family embraces change, but not quite enough“Dead On a Rival” is a strange episode of Modern Family. It’s not bad, and it’s not good. It’s filled with flat…ByKyle FowlePublishedJanuary 22, 2020
1/15/20Modern Family struggles to make death meaningful“Legacy” is a very strange episode of Modern Family, and one that once again deals with a character death in a…ByKyle FowlePublishedJanuary 15, 2020
1/8/20Modern Family turns an abysmal setup into a fun Comedy of ErrorsIt’s difficult to not get repetitive when you’ve been reviewing a show for as long as I’ve been on the Modern Family…ByKyle FowlePublishedJanuary 8, 2020
12/11/19Change can't be denied as Modern Family celebrates one final ChristmasIf you were to compare the tenth and eleventh seasons of Modern Family, you’d probably incorrectly assume that the…ByKyle FowlePublishedDecember 11, 2019
12/5/19Modern Family throws in a filler episode before the holidaysI’ll tell you this, right off the bat: I did not expect to see so many episodes with Sherry after she first popped…ByKyle FowlePublishedDecember 5, 2019
11/20/19A final Modern Family Thanksgiving is stuffed with tension and lessons learnedEver since I took over the Modern Family beat for The A.V. Club a handful of seasons ago, I’ve been wont to mention…ByKyle FowlePublishedNovember 20, 2019
11/6/19Modern Family's final season has a long-term storytelling problemModern Family has a bad habit of rarely following through with meaningful changes in the lives of its characters. So…ByKyle FowlePublishedNovember 6, 2019