TV Calendar for the Week of September 4

Critics Consensus: American Horror Story: Cult intrigues with timely, over-the-top creepiness - and lots of clowns - despite being hampered by broad political generalizations and occasional holes in the narrative's logic.

Starring: Sarah Paulson, Alison Pill, Evan Peters, Adina Porter

Critics Consensus: You're the Worst remains smartly idiosyncratic in its fourth season, deftly balancing its dramatic elements against some of the sharpest laughs on television.

Starring: Chris Geere, Aya Cash, Desmin Borges, Kether Donohue

Critics Consensus: BoJack Horseman's fourth season finds the show continuing to fearlessly traverse the emotional gamut - with results that are heartbreaking as often as they are hilarious.

Starring: Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie, Aaron Paul

Critics Consensus: Tig Notaro balances personal and political storytelling with tenderness and warmth in One Mississippi's even stronger -- yet darker -- second season.

Starring: Tig Notaro, Noah Harpster, John Rothman, Sheryl Lee Ralph

Critics Consensus: An odd jumble of campiness and sincerity, homage and satire, The Orville never quite achieves liftoff.

Starring: Seth MacFarlane, Adrianne Palicki, Penny Johnson, Scott Grimes

Critics Consensus: Outlander's epic love story returns with the same strong storytelling and an added layer of maturity.

Starring: Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Tobias Menzies, Duncan Lacroix

Critics Consensus: The Deuce again demonstrates David Simon's masterful grasp of urban grit, while never losing detailed sight of its colorful characters.

Starring: James Franco, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Carr, Margarita Levieva

Critics Consensus: A distinctive ensemble brings a compelling flavor of Fear to The Walking Dead mythos, but this ambitious spinoff still shares its originator's penchant longwinded pacing that may diminish the tension for some viewers.

Starring: Kim Dickens, Cliff Curtis, Frank Dillane, Alycia Debnam-Carey

Critics Consensus: Top of the Lake remains impressively idiosyncratic and ambitious in its second season, even if the plot of this six-episode arc isn't quite as tightly wound as its predecessor's.

Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Gwendoline Christie, David Dencik, Ewen Leslie