Contributing Editor
Premium cable has led to a quality transformation in David E. Kelley’s storytelling.
PBS documentary recounts life of America’s pioneer of tawdry fame coverage.
Clive Barker’s anthologies of horror short stories have been adapted for streaming.
Not even “McDreamy” can make this financial thriller cash in.
Killer AI and bayou monsters all run amok
Chris Rock heads cast of mobsters in 1950s Kansas City.
Also, Neil deGrasse Tyson is back to condescend to us all some more.
At least television networks have COVID-19 to blame for the dire state of shows this year.
No drawing room mysteries to see in this off-beat, hard-boiled cop show.
Wit, both broad and sharp, gets a show about racism further than tirades would.
Two mediocre movies highlight what little there is to look forward to.
Pandemics and political fearmongering got you down? Netflix offers a diversion.
But do the metaphors hold up?
Cops vs. criminals with psychosexual undertones
Coroner and Hitmen are only new to us Yanks.
The fairy-tale foundation never materializes, but the show will rattle your bones.
Helter Skelter: An American Myth doesn’t shed new light, but it’s excellent journalism.
The Australian series shows it’s not all about Trump.
What happens when a decades-long mystery gets solved while you’re explaining it?
Walter Duranty and The New York Times have blood on their hands in this historical re-enactment.
Matthew Rhys stars in an adaptation with pretty much no resemblance to its origins.
Into the Dark: Good Boy and The Vast of Night draw inspiration from the good ol’ days.
What if you had a mystery and nobody cared?
In the winding hills above Hollywood, musical history was made.
Just don’t expect too much historical accuracy.
Just try not to ask too many questions about what’s happening or why.
Dual roles highlight harsh, almost masochistic miniseries of twin brothers’ travails.
Talented performances in City of Angels undone by uninspiring scripts.
Reese Witherspoon is well on her way to becoming a television mogul.
If you can’t get enough of British class war melodramas, pull up a chair.
You don’t have to wallow at home alone.
The myth that this authoritarian island provides better medical treatment just won’t die.
HBO's adaptation of Philip Roth's novel is much more interesting when viewed on its own merits.
New NBC drama is an obvious rip-off of This Is Us, but without any real heart.
There’s nobody to root for in this Amazon adaptation, and that’s intentional.
The Holocaust and its fallout can be tackled with humor. But this Amazon show fails at its aims.
Also reviewed: Riverdale spin-off Katy Keene
There’s nobody to root for in this USA Network whodunit.
Also reviewed: Fox’s absolutely awful Outmatched
Once the HBO series goes off-book, it goes off-track.
Will this well ever go dry?
Dare Me and Deputy both have their flaws and their charms.
Some of which did not actually appear on television networks
What if A Christmas Carol had a body count?
The original lesbian-centric series was groundbreaking. The new generation is exhausting.