Dynasty Reboot Is Trashy Good Fun
Add thriller Valor, and The CW offers the best new fall premieres.
Television
Rick & Morty Takes on the American Presidency
The hit cartoon depicts how out of control presidential power has gotten.
Is There Any Hope Left for a Good Sitcom?
The latest new network offerings suggest not. Also: a look at The Gifted.
TV Crime Procedural Discovers Social Media Crowdsourcing—Awfulness Is the Result
Wisdom of the Crowd the latest tech-gimmicky police show to launch.
The Prisoner Turns 50
Friday A/V Club: Celebrating half a century of an individualist TV show
Dick Wolf Takes on the Menendez Murders in New Crime Anthology
Also, another cookie-cutter military forces show premieres.
Fall's First Television Premieres May Make You Go 'Meh'
Four new shows launch Monday, including Young Sheldon.
The Vietnam War Punctures Any Remaining Myths About the Conflict
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick hold politicians (both D and R) accountable.
The Vietnam War Is the Key to Understanding Today's America: Q&A with Filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick
Their 18-hour miniseries looks at one of the most divisive, painful, and poorly understood episodes in American history.
Disjointed Coughs Out Some Tired Dope Humor
Cheech and Chong were decades ago, but Netflix show leans on the same old pot jokes.
Stossel: Star Trek's William Shatner Debates Safety and Space Travel
Captain Kirk vs. John Stossel on space travel in a libertarian world.
HBO, David Simon Chart the Rise of the Modern Sex Economy in The Deuce
Prostitution and porn during the 1970s focus of new series.
Game of Thrones Is a Show About the Exercise of Political Power
The seventh season finale finds its characters struggling to project legitimacy.
New Whitney Houston Documentary Is Not Right, But It's OK
Sweeping generalizations take the place of actual analysis or thoughtful narratives.
Watch Robby Soave on S.E. Cupp's Brand New Panel Show, Tonight at 7:00 P.M. on HLN
Building a wall between TV viewers and boredom
CNN Looks Back at Elian Gonzalez Saga
Documentary navigates complex custody fight between Cuba, United States, and Cuban-Americans.
Kat Timpf on Her #MAGA Fanclub, Elizabeth Nolan Brown on Solar Eclipse Sex Trafficking: Sirius XM Insight 9-12 AM ET
Matt Welch interviews on channel 121 about Milo, Nazi-LARPing, statuary, and more
Autistic Teen Takes Center Stage on Netflix's Atypical
Also: Another mediocre Wayans family show.
Mr. Mercedes and Comrade Detective Breathe Life into Cop Genre Shows
From dark and disturbing to the gloriously absurd.
Vampires and Spies Dominate Frothy Fun Television Choices
Charlaine Harris' books come to NBC while Russian agents invade CNN.
Millennials Stare Down Looming Midlife in Friends from College
A new generation faces the familiar dilemmas.
Salvation Will Have You Hoping for the World's End
CBS show is disposable summer television at its worst.
Snowfall Presents Cracked View of Drug History
John Singleton's latest is a hackneyed embrace of debunked conspiracies.
Fox Hosts for Legalizing Heroin
Kennedy ("I think the problem is that heroin is illegal") and Kat Timpf say bluntly what Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson couldn't quite bring himself to advocate last year
The Mist Gets Lost in a Baffling Cloud
Confused adaptation of Stephen King's novella dissipates the tension.
Summer Means Time for Television to Go Bonkers
Crimelord manicurists and blood-sucking cars!
I'm Dying Up Here Wants Viewers to Take the Saying Literally
Stand-up comics' pursuit for laughs presented as life-or-death drama.
ABC's Baffling Sequel to Romeo and Juliet Fails to Live Up to Bard's Name
Still Star-Crossed gets quietly dumped onto the airwaves like an unwanted pet.
Twin Peaks and the Moment TV Changed
Friday A/V Club: How lower entry barriers and greater consumer choice transformed television
How Deregulation Gave Us FM Radio, HBO, and the iPhone
The FCC is designed to protect incumbents, enrich politicians, and screw consumers, says economist Thomas Hazlett.
HBO Ignores Madoff's Victims in Favor of Family Drama
The Wizard of Lies starts too late in the scam and misses much.
Police Investigate a Cult Killing; It Turns Out to Be a Rock Video
Friday A/V Club: Hard Copy meets Nine Inch Nails.
Documentary on Prison Boom Fails to Provide Facts or Context
No, it's not just some corporate conspiracy.
Sexploitative Feminism: Hot Girls Wanted and How Not to Apologize for Mistreating Porn Stars
"Hot Girls Wanted" producers purport to care about sex workers' well-being but mock their privacy concerns.
Neil Gaiman's American Gods Makes for a Raucous Television Adaptation
It doesn't always make sense, but it's loaded with garish style.
That Time New York's Department of Education Decided to Teach Kids What an 'Oreo' Is
Friday A/V Club: Lessons in slang
ESPN Will Get Better, or Fail Trying
Recent lay-offs, mostly of on-air talent, are a response to increasing competitive pressures.
Bill O'Reilly: The Kennedy Conspiracy Years
Friday A/V Club: Young Bill O'Reilly on the trail of the Umbrella Man
Killing Bill O'Reilly
As the longtime Fox host is shown the door, let's pause to remember that ever-so-brief moment when he represented something new.
The Great Beavis and Butt-Head Panic of '93
Friday A/V Club: The McLaughlin Group vs. MTV
