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WandaVision
The show perfectly encapsulates the feelings of grief, confusion, and isolation born of the pandemic.
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.
The Expanse
People are people and politics is politics, no matter how far you get from planet Earth.
Rebel Yells, But You're Likely to Yawn in Response
New ABC show wastes Katey Sagal’s massive talents.
G. Gordon Liddy: The Hollywood Years
Friday A/V Club: How a Watergate burglar spent the '80s
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.
The Snyder Cut of Justice League Is an Internet Fan Theory Come to Life
It’s a victory for fans made possible by the evolution of streaming technology.
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.
History of Swear Words
The most interesting aspect of the series is how it unintentionally reveals our conflicted relationship with profanity.
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?
The Queen's Gambit
The protagonist's speedy evolution into an anti–Cold Warrior is the better subplot.
The Bachelor's Chris Harrison Was Canceled for Criticizing Cancel Culture
After a backlash, the host of the ABC dating show said he would step aside.
Dwayne Johnson Is Semi-Hysterical in Semi-Historical Young Rock
Kenan, meanwhile, is a stale as sitcoms get.
A $2.7 Billion Defamation Lawsuit Says Fox Hosts Recklessly Implicated Smartmatic in a Conspiracy To Steal the Election
Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo, and Jeanine Pirro persistently promoted the wild claims of Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell.
Clarice Explores What Happens After Hannibal Lecter's Story Ends
CBS drama explores the heroine’s trauma and the envy of her FBI peers.
The Mandalorian
The show offered a revived vision of Star Wars as a playground for elaborate narrative and worldbuilding.
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.
Space, the Final Smuggling Frontier
In a glimpse of a gloriously rule-breaking future, contraband has boldly gone where more is sure to follow.
Glenn Garvin's Top Television Shows of 2020
Ranking the best entertainment in the worst year
British Culture Minister Threatens a 'Health Warning' on Netflix's The Crown
The show takes plenty of creative license, but viewers are smart enough to distinguish drama from documentary.
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.
90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?
The TLC show follows six couples whose marriages were the culmination of the K-1 visa process.
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.
Perry Mason
Whether the state is merely incompetent or actively corrupt, the show suggests the burdens of its failures fall primarily on the poor and the vulnerable.
