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.
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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.
Immigration Nation Brilliantly Captures the Brutal Logic Behind America's Immigration Enforcement Regime
The new Netflix docuseries is a damning indictment of ICE.
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.
A New Charles Manson Documentary Series Pulls All the Disturbing Threads Together
Helter Skelter: An American Myth doesn’t shed new light, but it’s excellent journalism.
Stateless Dramatizes Cruelty of Immigrant Detention Bureaucracies
The Australian series shows it’s not all about Trump.
Golden State Killer's Capture Complicates Documentary I'll Be Gone in the Dark
What happens when a decades-long mystery gets solved while you’re explaining it?
Police Departments Asked Live PD To Cut Footage That Made Cops Look Bad
Perhaps this show was not the window into law enforcement transparency it claimed to be.
The Media's Role in Concealing Stalin's Evils Exposed in Mr. Jones
Walter Duranty and The New York Times have blood on their hands in this historical re-enactment.
Perry Mason Gets Its Mandatory Gritty Reboot
Matthew Rhys stars in an adaptation with pretty much no resemblance to its origins.
Recreate the Drive-In Experience at Home with These Two Digital Offerings
Into the Dark: Good Boy and The Vast of Night draw inspiration from the good ol’ days.
How Fox's 1997 Sunday Night Lineup Ate the Universe
Our reality is now Fox Mulder, Dale Gribble, Chief Wiggum, and a home movie of a guy getting hit in the groin.
I May Destroy You's Comic Noir Premise Lacks Actually Interesting People
What if you had a mystery and nobody cared?
Wild Rock Doc Laurel Canyon Travels Back to L.A.'s Stellar '60s Scene
In the winding hills above Hollywood, musical history was made.
Hulu's Bonkers 'Retelling' of the Life of Catherine the Great a Wild, Fun Ride
Just don’t expect too much historical accuracy.
An Absurd Premise and Stellar Acting Anchor TNT's Snowpiercer
Just try not to ask too many questions about what’s happening or why.
Upload Builds an Amusing, Ethically Fraught World Around Virtual Heaven
Transcending consciousness is presented as a consumer good in a sharp new Amazon Prime series.
Mark Ruffalo Shines in Brutal I Know This Much Is True Adaptation
Dual roles highlight harsh, almost masochistic miniseries of twin brothers’ travails.
Bad Writing Blunts Intriguing Penny Dreadful Follow-Up
Talented performances in City of Angels undone by uninspiring scripts.
I Ran for Governor of Oklahoma Against Tiger King's Joe Exotic
Lessons learned from the zookeeper Netflix made famous
Maternal Instincts, for Better and Worse, Drive Little Fires Everywhere
Reese Witherspoon is well on her way to becoming a television mogul.
The Snobbery Is Partly the Point in Downton-esque Belgravia
If you can’t get enough of British class war melodramas, pull up a chair.
Is Quibi the Next Revolution In Small Screen Streaming Video?
The new service was built for a world that no longer exists. Yet it may still end up being relevant to the one we now inhabit.
Broke Is the Perfect New Sitcom for Our Sudden Economic Downturn
You don’t have to wallow at home alone.
Larry David Says People Who Object to COVID-19 Lockdowns Are 'Idiots'
Government-mandated unemployment is "a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" to "sit on the couch and watch TV," says the wealthy star of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
No, Cuba Is Not Exactly the Cancer Pioneer Nova Attempts to Present
The myth that this authoritarian island provides better medical treatment just won’t die.
The Plot Against America Is Not About Trump, Even If Comparisons Are Inevitable
HBO's adaptation of Philip Roth's novel is much more interesting when viewed on its own merits.
Council of Dads Is a Derivative Dud
New NBC drama is an obvious rip-off of This Is Us, but without any real heart.
ZeroZeroZero Plunges Viewers into the Dark, Gritty, Unglamorous Heart of Narcotrafficking
There’s nobody to root for in this Amazon adaptation, and that’s intentional.