The One Where Friends Has a Reunion Episode
Also: A strange, 50-year-old George Romero public service movie is unearthed.
Glenn Garvin TV Reviews
Lisey's Story: Bad Stephen King Book Gets Terrible Apple TV Adaptation
Talented actors like Julianne Moore, Joan Allen go to waste
Forget the May Network Sweeps and Turn to Streaming for Hot, New TV
The Bite and Halston feature the skilled producers and actors you're often not seeing on television these days.
AMC, Amazon Offer Up Television Adaptations of Two Hot Books
Too Close and The Underground Railroad provide wildly different experiences.
Chinese Immigrants in the Deep South Struggle and Thrive in PBS Documentary
A tale of heartbreak and tenacity in post-Reconstruction Mississippi.
A Child's Loss Fuels Mysterious, Riveting The Drowning
A mother goes to extreme lengths to try to prove her son’s still alive.
HBO Documents the Tragic Tale of Lucy, the Chimp Raised Like a Human
An experiment to see if nurture could overcome nature did not end well.
Spy City Lives Up to Its Name with Complex Cold War Intrigue
AMC+ thriller takes viewers to paranoid, dangerous '60s Berlin.
America's History of Racial Violence Collides with Horror Tropes in Them
If you miss Lovecraft Country, Amazon has an alternative.
Rebel Yells, But You're Likely to Yawn in Response
New ABC show wastes Katey Sagal’s massive talents.
Tina Turner's Powerhouse Career Recounted in HBO Documentary
Also: Cancel culture knives are out for The United States of Al. It doesn’t deserve them.
HBO Takes a Deep Dive into the Wild Corners of QAnon
Documentary series Q: Into the Storm delves into the Trump-era conspiracy.
Andra Day Shines in a Confused Interpretation of The United States vs. Billie Holiday
What we know about Holiday’s mistreatment is compelling enough without muddling her history.
Cold Courage Serves Up Icy Nordic Noir
Import mystery thriller part of new AMC+ streaming service.
Debris Represents the Crumbling Leftovers of X-Files Rip-offs
Oh look, two mismatched government agents investigating alien technology.
Superman Contends With Parenthood and Villainy in New Series
Can the Man of Steel have it all?
Dwayne Johnson Is Semi-Hysterical in Semi-Historical Young Rock
Kenan, meanwhile, is a stale as sitcoms get.
Clarice Explores What Happens After Hannibal Lecter's Story Ends
CBS drama explores the heroine’s trauma and the envy of her FBI peers.
Intriguing Culture Clashes Drive Mysterious Possessions
HBO Max’s murder thriller miniseries is all over the map—in a good way.
Flack Leans into the Cynical, Ruthless World of Celebrity PR
British import on Amazon Prime won’t exactly fill you with the warm fuzzies.
Coyote Dramatizes the Complex Politics, Dangers of Illegal Border Migration
Meanwhile, a reboot of Walker, Texas Ranger inexplicably exists.
Trickster and Call Your Mother Won't Pull You from Your Stream Binges
Say ‘meh’ to these two midseason also-rans.
Mr. Mayor Makes a Much-Deserved Mockery of Urban Politics
The spiritual successor of 30 Rock keeps its edge.
Glenn Garvin's Top Television Shows of 2020
Ranking the best entertainment in the worst year
Effigy's German Serial Killer Drama Weaves Intoxicating—and Toxic—Tale
Need an antidote to sickly sweet holiday stories?
Hollywood Still Can't Figure Out How to Adapt The Stand
If you’re looking for a coherent, compelling version of Stephen King’s pandemic opus, keep on walking.
Trip Out with Timothy Leary's Ex-Girlfriend in My Psychedelic Love Story
A documentary describes a drug-fueled countercultural romance.
Kaley Cuoco Ascends to Lead Actress in Hilarious The Flight Attendant
Now out of The Big Bang’s orbit, she’s ready to shine.
Big Sky Brings Big Thrills to the Small Screen
David E. Kelley orchestrates another excellent drama.
A Mother's Homicide Becomes a Son's Passion Project in Murder on Middle Beach
HBO docuseries a devastating look at a family’s secret dysfunctions.
Zombies Eat Academic Brains in Misbegotten PBS Documentary Exhumed
Meanwhile on CBS, B Positive offers laughs about...kidney transplants.
Suspense Simmers, as Does the Class Conflict, in HBO's The Undoing
Premium cable has led to a quality transformation in David E. Kelley’s storytelling.
Before TMZ and Page Six, America Turned to Walter Winchell for Gossip
PBS documentary recounts life of America’s pioneer of tawdry fame coverage.
Halloween Comes Early with Hulu's Books of Blood
Clive Barker’s anthologies of horror short stories have been adapted for streaming.
Fall Premiere Season Ends in a Bored Whimper with Devils
Not even “McDreamy” can make this financial thriller cash in.
Fun Sci-Fi Shows Next and Swamp Thing Round Out Fall Premieres
Killer AI and bayou monsters all run amok
Fargo Goes Full Gangster in Season Four
Chris Rock heads cast of mobsters in 1950s Kansas City.
Star Trek: Discovery Warp Speeds Its Way from Streaming into Network Primetime
Also, Neil deGrasse Tyson is back to condescend to us all some more.
Enjoy the Tiny Scraps of the Fall Premiere Season
At least television networks have COVID-19 to blame for the dire state of shows this year.
PBS Import Van der Valk Avoids Its Network's Stuffy Trappings
No drawing room mysteries to see in this off-beat, hard-boiled cop show.
Don't Be Afraid: Hulu Comedy Woke Is Genuinely Funny
Wit, both broad and sharp, gets a show about racism further than tirades would.
Prepare Yourselves Now for a Miserable Fall Television Rollout
Two mediocre movies highlight what little there is to look forward to.
Turn Off Your Miserable Summer and Enjoy Simple Family Caper Comedy The Sleepover
Pandemics and political fearmongering got you down? Netflix offers a diversion.
Lovecraft Country Makes Actual Monsters Out of America's Tormented Racial History
But do the metaphors hold up?
Brit Import We Hunt Together Offers Sex, Murder, and Fun
Cops vs. criminals with psychosexual undertones
This Year, Summer Television Means Dragging in Shows from Canada, England
Coroner and Hitmen are only new to us Yanks.
Tell Me a Story Contemplates Moral Responsibility in Bloodcurdling Fashion
The fairy-tale foundation never materializes, but the show will rattle your bones.
