Critics Consensus: You’re about to enter a show, a show not only of frights and fears but of mind. A journey into the limitless world of imagination. A show that pushes the boundaries of what a show can be. Next stop, The Twilight Zone.

Starring: Jack Warden, Charles Lane, Mary Webster, Earl Holliman

Critics Consensus: A wildly inventive, kaleidoscopic blend of colorful characters, animation, and childlike innocence, Pee-wee’s Playhouse turns its gleeful silliness into uniquely absorbing television for all ages.

Starring: Paul Reubens, John Paragon, Phil Hartman, Lynne Marie Stewart

Starring: Rowan Atkinson

Critics Consensus: Powerfully feminine and hypnotically cheesy, Sailor Moon‘s iconic anime still sparkles after all these years.

Starring: Kotono Mitsuishi, Aya Hisakawa, Michie Tomizawa, Emi Shinohara

Critics Consensus: Medium may have a unique premise, but with bland storytelling, the outcome — well, you can see it coming.

Starring: Patricia Arquette, Jake Weber, Miguel Sandoval, Sofia Vassilieva

Critics Consensus: Stripping John Grisham’s novel of its flavor in favor of a more clichéd courtroom format, this Rainmaker adaptation only produces intermittent showers.

Starring: Milo Callaghan, Lana Parrilla, John Slattery, Madison Iseman

Critics Consensus: Peter Falk’s deceptively buffoonish Columbo puts a wily spin on the detective story, tantalizing audiences not with a mystery — but with the star’s enthrallingly eccentric performance.

Starring: Peter Falk

Critics Consensus: Resurrected for the small screen, RoboCop stands out from typical syndicated action fare with a sardonic sense of humor and campy, comic book energy that gives its cartoonish violence a witty edge.

Starring: Richard Eden, Andrea Roth, Blu Mankuma, Yvette Nipar

Critics Consensus: Home Improvement benefits from the rambunctious chemistry between Tim Allen and Patricia Richardson, but the series’ sense of humor isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed.

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan

Critics Consensus: ALF wrings a bit of novelty out of its wisecracking extraterrestrial, but this high-concept sitcom keeps playing to the galaxy’s lowest common denominator.

Starring: Max Wright, Paul Fusco, Anne Schedeen, Andrea Elson

Critics Consensus: 21 Jump Street sports a likable and charismatic cast, but the series is more maudlin than hip with its earnest embrace of a cheesy premise and an offensive reliance on racial stereotypes.

Starring: Johnny Depp, Holly Robinson Peete, Peter DeLuise, Dustin Nguyen

Starring: Will Forte, Heidi Gardner

Starring: Alexa Torrington, Jacob Ewaniuk, Rob Tinkler, Tracey Hoyt