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Scandal Was a Show That Broke Ground Like It Was No Big DealIt was a rare revolutionary TV drama that never became full of itself.
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Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas Is a Mixed BagCenac is a major talent, and there’s no reason to think this program won’t get stronger as it goes along.
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What Else Is Left to Say About Elvis?A new HBO documentary crafts a meticulous, but conventional account of the singer’s life.
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Westworld’s Second Season Is Even More MetaMore than in last season, the park’s key staff members stand in for the writers, directors, and producers, and the robots for the show’s cast.
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Howards End Is an Audacious Twist on a Beloved ClassicThe mini-series adaptation of E.M. Forster’s novel is provocative in subtle, surprising ways.
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The Many Layers of Atlanta’s ‘Teddy Perkins’It glides lightly over the possibility of being interpreted in any one way, and that’s the source of its eeriness.
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Legion Season Two Is Brazenly InventiveThe FX superhero drama is determined to surprise, confound, and dazzle at every moment.
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Modern Television Wouldn’t Exist Without Steven BochcoBochco pushed relentlessly to loosen commercial broadcast television’s restrictions on both content and style.
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NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar Set a New Standard for Live MusicalsIt was one of the most impressive things I’ve seen in the 20-plus years I’ve been writing about TV.
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The Americans Season 6 Is a Beautifully Understated FarewellIn its final season, The Americans pushes Philip and Elizabeth’s marriage to the brink.
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The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling Is an Intimate Portrait of a Comedy PioneerJudd Apatow’s HBO documentary is an exhaustive and emotional account of the late TV legend.
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Trust Is Decadent True Crime With an Acidic Sense of HumorDanny Boyle’s FX series about the Getty kidnapping alternates satire, drama, kookiness, and shocking violence.
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The Terror Is a Horrifying 19th-Century NightmareAMC’s new historical drama is misery porn, beautifully rendered.
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Station 19 Isn’t Just a Grey’s Anatomy SpinoffLike every Shondaland series, this new show is built around a tough, smart woman with an edge.
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On My Block Is a Remarkable Coming-of-Age StoryThe Netflix series is like an edgier Malcolm in the Middle, mixing shenanigans with melodrama.
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Ricky Gervais: Humanity Needs an Empathy LessonWhat’s hiding behind the professional victimology of Ricky Gervais?
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Deception Pulls Off Some Nice Tricks, But It’s Mostly an IllusionABC’s new crime procedural deserves credit for having the courage of its own ridiculousness.
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Jessica Jones Is Darker, Edgier, and More Difficult in Season TwoIt gets much closer to realistic trauma than other superhero stories.
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Life Sentence Is Too Whimsical for Its Own GoodThe new CW dramedy starring Lucy Hale follows a woman whose terminal cancer is suddenly cured.
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Mister Rogers: It’s You I Like Is a Joyous Celebration of a TV LegendLike Fred Rogers himself, this PBS special speaks to the deepest part of us.
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Hard Sun Is a Waste of a Great IdeaHulu’s sci-fi-flavored cop thriller squanders one of the most audacious hooks I’ve ever seen.
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The Looming Tower Is Basically Law & Order: Bin Laden UnitThe Hulu miniseries is frustratingly not-quite-there account of the run-up to the 9/11 attacks.
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In Its Third Season, UnREAL Returns to FormIt’s always thinking simultaneously about the visceral pleasures it’s providing and the thoughts it’s planting in our heads.
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McMafia Is Just OkayThe BBC series is more generic than it needed to be to stand out in a medium that already has more violent antiheroes than it can handle.
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Atlanta’s Second Season Is Stronger and StrangerAtlanta Robbin’ Season is the warped reflection that an absurd country deserves.
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Chris Rock Is As Funny As Ever in His Netflix Special TamborineTen years after his last stand-up special, the comedy legend is in fine form for Chris Rock: Tamborine.
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The 2018 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony Was the Best I’ve Seen in YearsNBC’s coverage of the Pyeongchang Games opening ceremony was marked by intelligence and restraint.
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Dirty Money Is a Portrait of Capitalism Without RemorseThis Netflix documentary series is illuminating, entertaining, and it will definitely piss you off.
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Waco Is a Necessary and Sometimes Powerful SeriesIf it can revive outrage about the massacre, it will have performed a valuable public service.
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The Alienist Is a Filthy But Impressive Period DramaIs it too late to go back and change the title to True Detective 1896?
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The 50 Most Definitive Family TV Shows, RankedFrom The Simpsons to the Kardashians, these shows made a mark on the genre, and American culture.
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The Assassination of Gianni Versace Isn’t What You ExpectSeason two of American Crime Story isn’t for everyone, but it’s sincere and committed as it follows its own path.
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My Next Guest Needs No Introduction Is a Very Different Kind of Letterman ShowDavid Letterman’s Netflix talk show could go wherever his mind decides to wander.
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The Chi Is an Exuberant, Heartfelt DramaIt’s the little character details that make The Chi feel so alive.
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39 TV Shows We Can’t Wait to See in 2018American Crime Story, Marvel’s Jessica Jones, Atlanta, Blue Planet II, and much, much more.
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The X-Files Is Sublime in Season 11If you’re a fan of this show, you’ll find a lot to enjoy.
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Dave Chappelle Is Mostly Disappointing in His New Netflix SpecialsChappelle is one of the most important American comedians of the last 20 years, but you can’t see that clearly here.
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Jean-Claude Van Johnson Whiffs on Hollywood SatireBut the onetime action superstar delivers a pleasant shrug of a performance.
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Wormwood Is an Amazing Story About a CIA Murder MysteryLike every Errol Morris project, Wormwood is obsessed with seeking the truth.
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The 10 Best TV Episodes of 2017From Twin Peaks and The Leftovers to BoJack Horseman and Girls.
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Happy! Strikes a Winking Macho PoseIt’s as if Mickey Rourke’s character from Sin City had been pasted into Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
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The 10 Best TV Shows of 2017Matt Zoller Seitz chooses his favorite TV shows of the year.
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Netflix’s Easy Is Still One of the Best Shows No One Is Talking AboutThe second season is just as appealing as the first, and a bit sharper overall.
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