Spike Lee on Turning She’s Gotta Have It Into a Netflix Series “There were some very interesting discussions among the writers sometimes that were split by gender.”
Search Party Season 2 Is a Twist on Antihero DramaThe TBS series is dealing with a lot of baby Walter Whites.
Better Things Doesn’t Need Louis C.K.Why Pamela Adlon’s brilliant show could be better without the participation of Louis C.K.
The Punisher Is an Ultraviolent MistakeThe Marvel series has a childlike worship of Frank Castle’s flamboyant bloodlust.
Future Man Is a Bawdy, Tiresome Riff on Sci-Fi ClassicsThe Hulu comedy Future Man is not unwatchable, but it’s pretty bad.
Louis C.K. Is Done These stories change our perception of C.K.’s work. It’s not only unavoidable, it’s a necessary part of processing art and coming to terms with it.
Steven Soderbergh on Mosaic , Filmmaking, and the Weinstein Scandal “I would argue in a very basic way that it’s a completely different thing from a video game.”
TV Legend Hal Linden on Broadway, Barney Miller , and 6 Decades As an Actor “I made a living in the ’60s doing anything you could do attached to show business.”
The Best TV Shows of 2017 (So Far) Big Little Lies , Master of None , Twin Peaks , and more.
The Deuce Is a Hard Show to Watch, But It’s Also Hard to Look AwayOnly the show’s mix of compassion and bleak humor prevents it from being a total bummer.
Guillermo del Toro: Federico Luppi [Was] the Most Human Presence Onscreen Ever’ Outside of Argentina, the late actor was best known for his work with del Toro.
White Famous Is a Stale, Pandering Look at HollywoodThe timing for it, amid the Harvey Weinstein scandal, could not be worse.
The CW’s Dynasty Knows Exactly What It Is The reboot tries to build on one of TV’s biggest soapy fortunes, rather than leech off it like a trust-fund brat.
Curb Your Enthusiasm ’s Premiere Feels Like a Throwback in a Bad WayYou might think misanthropy would never go out of style, but here comes Curb to test that theory.
The Vietnam War Is a Staggering Achievement in Documentary StorytellingThe 18-hour nonfiction epic is a thorough, engrossing dive into history.
Law & Order True Crime: Menendez Murders Is a DudThe result plays like the longest, soggiest L&O episode ever.
Star Trek: Discovery Is a Stirring, Rare Work of Science FictionIt stands tall alongside the best-regarded incarnations of the Trek franchise even as it raids elements from all of them.
How Jimmy Kimmel Found His Political Voice Mainstream news outlets, late-night hosts, and the American left would do well to study what happened on ABC this week.
The Hypocritical Progressiveness of the 2017 Emmy Awards They were confirmation of how superficial TV’s critiques of power can be.
The Fourth Season of BoJack Horseman Is a Marvel of Melancholy It’s the finest single season of a comedy in ages, though the persistent melancholy and focus on shame and guilt mark it as a comedy-drama.
Emmys 2017: Who Will and Should Win in the Comedy-Series Races? It could be a big night for Atlanta , though it’s probably too tough a nut for Emmy voters to crack.
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Emmys 2017: Who Will and Should Win in the Limited-Series Races? Our predictions for Big Little Lies , Feud: Bette and Joan , The Night Of , and more.
Top of the Lake: China Girl Is a Disappointing Follow-upIts relationship to the original may conjure up not-fond memories of seasons one and two of True Detective .
The Deuce Offers a Look at the ’70s That’s Entirely Void of Glowing NostalgiaDavid Simon’s new HBO series about the porn industry around Times Square revisits an era of sex and crime that we’re too quick to glamorize.
In Twin Peaks: The Return , You Can’t Go Home Again The finale was a perfect non-ending to everything that came before it.
Game of Thrones Is Not What It Once WasWhat we have here is a classic case of something being gained while something else is being lost.
Amazon’s The Tick Is Part Comedy, Part Grim Psychodrama I did not expect a new version of The Tick to provide some of the same prickly pleasures as BoJack Horseman , but here it is.
Marvel’s The Defenders Is a Pretty Grim SlogThe most cringeworthy parts of this superhero team-up are drawn directly from Iron Fist.
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Comrade Detective Isn’t a Satire of AnythingBe suspicious of anybody who tells you that this show
The Sinner Is a Superbly Executed Murder MysteryIt understands that every mystery is ultimately an exercise in people-watching.
Rick and Morty Is One of the Best Shows on TVThe Adult Swim series isn’t just a bawdy riff on science-fiction clichés.
Insecure Is Back With Another Razor-sharp SeasonRae and her co-stars shape every scene into a perfectly formed bit of social interaction.
Emmy Nominations 2017: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Matt Zoller Seitz takes stock of this year’s nominations.
Salvation Is TV’s Rinky-dink Answer to Armageddon The CBS sci-fi series is a reminder that television shouldn’t attempt everything that worked in movies.
Freeform’s The Bold Type Is the Best TV Surprise of 2017 So Far Not too many shamelessly entertaining series are as smart as this one.
Will Puts a Modern Twist on the Bard, But It’s a Bit of a MessThis new TNT drama wants to prove there’s nothing stuffy or highbrow about Shakespeare.
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