If you’ve watched any TV in the past month, there is a pretty good chance that you’ve seen commercials for “The River.” With its debut on Tuesday, it will join FOX’s “Alcatraz” as the two shows currently on air trying really hard to become the new “Lost.

In the year 2149, the world is overcrowded and overdeveloped, and most of the plant and animal species have gone extinct. The only way to save the future of the human race is, logically, to go back in time 85 million years, or so say the scientists on “Terra Nova,” an ambitious new FOX show.

Fox’s newest mid-season replacement, “Breaking In,” is a cross between ‘The Office’ and ‘The A-Team.’ It stars Christian Slater as Oz, the head of Contra Security, a company that tests security systems of important businesses and institutions by breaking into them before criminals or hackers can.

It’s that time of year again. What shows deserve renewals, and which have earned their place on the chopping block?

Entering its second season, Fox’s “Dollhouse” certainly embodies the “anything is possible” aspect of its namesake.

If you haven’t seen or heard of “Glee,” then you are behind the times. Fox’s new musical comedy series has yet to have its official season premiere, but the show has already garnered many fans. The pilot episode of the new series premiered last May after an episode of “American Idol,” drawing 10 million viewers [...]