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The new drama is the rare show “about trauma” that’s actually kind of about trauma.
Cecily Strong used comedy to “say the unsayable” about abortion.
What happens when your prosecutor’s goal is keeping people out of prison?
From Spencer to The Crown to Diana: The Musical, Princess Diana is all over our screens once more.
Yellowstone is a ranch-set Succession, with murder, Kevin Costner, and red-state America’s blind spots.
The longtime Daily Show host is back on TV, and it’s a little bit weird.
The Roy siblings are deeply haunted by their upbringing. Succession keeps finding ways to show that.
Dave Chappelle’s trans friend knew how to take a joke. So what?
How Stephanie Land went from Vox article to book deal to Netflix show.
For decades, dramatized plot lines about unwanted and unexpected pregnancies helped create our real-world abortion discourse.
Five reasons for the HBO drama’s massive footprint on the TV landscape.
The Hulu TV series stars Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez, and so much fantastic outerwear.
A Korean filmmaker breaks down the themes of Netflix’s runaway hit.
A new prequel movie. A spike in new viewership. What explains the iconic TV show’s enduring appeal?
Horror is a natural refuge for atheists and sinners. But Netflix’s Midnight Mass made me feel erased.
The new series, airing on Hulu, is trying to make the very 2002 premise of the comic it’s based on work in 2021.
FX’s series, now available on Hulu, is the rare TV comedy that knows what it is from its first scene.
Imagine the Real Housewives, if the housewives were driving at 300 kilometers an hour.
America’s preeminent “feel-good” comedy turns out to have been about mental health all along.
The women selling leggings on Facebook were the real prey, as the new Amazon series LuLaRich shows.
Williams’s breakout role was his greatest — but all of his roles were seminal.
Jeopardy is a wholesome American icon. Its Mike Richards crisis may change that.
The soccer comedy is its folksy, charming self in season two. That might be why some people are so mad at it.
The hacker drama Mr. Robot was so much more than Rami Malek’s incredible star performance.
The HBO series paints a bleak picture of humanity. Or does it?
The HBO series is a scathing roast of white privilege. But does it realize it succumbs to the same point of view?
The NBC sitcom was always about cuddly cops. Now, in its final season, it’s uneasy about that idea.
The embezzlement accusations against Erika Jayne have made The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills the realest it’s ever been.
Both were filmed in Covid-19 bubbles, and both are about going on vacation in a world slipping into the sea.
The original Gossip Girl sold viewers a romantic fantasy — then proved the fantasy was always a lie.
The drama about a high school football team might be the best teen show of all time.
The family with three Nazis, two socialists, and a duchess, explained.
LeVar Burton is America’s favorite teacher. He’s a natural fit for the long-running game show.
HBO Max’s Gossip Girl reboot is an expensive, tired retread.
The comedian was released after Pennsylvania’s supreme court overturned his sexual assault conviction on constitutional grounds.
No art is original. So why do we get so worried about artists paying homage to their influences?
With In Treatment and Couples Therapy, TV therapy took on everything from videoconferencing software to existential dread.
Acidic and otherwise sloppy, Physical’s star is its saving grace.
Season four was more accidentally timely than ever.
AppleTV+’s Mythic Quest is one of TV’s sneakiest comedies, funny and tragic all at once.