Fall TV Scorecard 2015

Starring: Wesley Snipes, Philip Winchester, Charity Wakefield, Damon Gupton

Critics Consensus: Focusing on special effects and unearned melodrama at the expense of the original's initially intriguing narrative, Heroes Reborn is a series revival with seemingly limited prospects.

Starring: Jack Coleman, Zachary Levi, Robbie Kay, Kiki Sukezane

Critics Consensus: While adding nothing new to the established medical procedural formula, Dick Wolf's Chicago Med hits its familiar beats forcefully enough to satisfy a few genre enthusiasts.

Starring: Oliver Platt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Nick Gehlfuss, Yaya DaCosta

Critics Consensus: Kurt Sutter's The Bastard Executioner doesn't want for dark thrills, but it unfortunately has more enthusiasm for brutality and gore than necessary narrative focus.

Starring: Lee Jones, Katey Sagal, Stephen Moyer, Flora Spencer-Longhurst

Critics Consensus: Into the Badlands is loaded with off-kilter potential that's left largely unfulfilled -- although its well-choreographed action sequences should satisfy martial arts fans.

Starring: Daniel Wu, Aramis Knight, Ally Ioannides, Madeleine Mantock

Critics Consensus: While not reinventing the stethoscope, Code Black is an above-average medical drama, with appropriately theatrical storylines that make up for sometimes cheesy dialogue.

Starring: Marcia Gay Harden, Bonnie Somerville, Raza Jaffrey, Luis Guzmán

Critics Consensus: Too tasteless for mainstream viewers and too silly for horror enthusiasts, Scream Queens fails to satisfy.

Starring: Emma Roberts, Jamie Lee Curtis, Oliver Hudson, Lea Michele

Critics Consensus: Even with a likable hero, Limitless cannot overcome its credulity-straining premise and shaky, hole-riddled narrative.

Starring: Jake McDorman, Jennifer Carpenter, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Hill Harper

Critics Consensus: Its nuanced female relationships makes Flesh and Bone a realistic portrayal of a professional ballet company, though it suffers from a lack of levity.

Starring: Sarah Hay, Ben Daniels, Damon Herriman, Emily Tyra

Critics Consensus: High stakes and bawdy plots make Blood & Oil's plain premise and characters tolerable.

Starring: Don Johnson, Chace Crawford, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Scott Michael Foster