Lucifer Series Premiere Review: To Hell and Back (and Probably Back Again)

"Lucifer" makes me yearn for vintage "Law and Order," where the only otherworldly variation on the sturdy police procedural was Lennie Briscoe's preternaturally bad wisecracks. Fox's new show is yet another buddy cop drama with a twist, but this time

"Lucifer" makes me yearn for vintage "Law and Order," where the only otherworldly variation on the sturdy police procedural was Lennie Briscoe's preternaturally bad wisecracks. Fox's new show is yet another buddy cop drama with a twist, but this time

The X-Files served as a launch pad for the series debut of Lucifer, which did a solid 2.4 rating in 18-49 and 7.2 million viewers, tying Rosewood as Fox's highest-rated series launch this season in Live+same day. Both shows outperformed every episode

Fox's “Lucifer” premieres on January 25 after the timeslot debut of “The X-Files,” and the comic book-inspired drama aims to present a devil less interested in fire and brimstone and more concerned with humanity's foibles — and their taste in music

"Lucifer" makes me yearn for vintage "Law and Order," where the only otherworldly variation on the sturdy police procedural was Lennie Briscoe's preternaturally bad wisecracks. Fox's new show is yet another buddy cop drama with a twist, but this time