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NBC via YouTube Scarlett Johansson’s Pitch-Perfect Impersonation
The actor surprised and delighted on last night’s SNL with her impression of Senator Katie Britt.
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Kurt Iswarienko / FX Shōgun Is Challenging Hollywood’s Most Revered Stereotype
FX’s epic new series is bringing unusual complexity to the beloved figure of the samurai.
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Will Heath / NBC What Shane Gillis Proved on SNL
After being fired from the show in 2019 for using slurs, the comedian returned to host as a more thoughtful version of himself.
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Daniel Jack Lyons The Loneliness of Jodie Foster
A star since childhood, she spent decades guarding her privacy. On-screen, she’s always played the solitary woman under pressure. But in a pair of new roles, she’s revealed a different side of herself.
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Jupiter Wong / Prime Video The Expats Episode That’s Practically a Stand-Alone Film
The best installment of the Hong Kong–based drama connects the privileged protagonists with a society they inhabit at a distance.
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Matt Wilson / Comedy Central A Hail Mary to Save The Daily Show
Jon Stewart’s return to the show he popularized isn’t a mere nostalgia ploy—it’s a sharp spin on an old formula.
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Valerie Macon/ AFP / Getty What Joni Mitchell Proved at the Grammys
In performing an instant-classic awards-show set, she affirmed her timelessness—and her influence on a new generation of artists.
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Will Heath / NBC The SNL Cameo That Was a Big Miss
Watching the real Nikki Haley spar with a fake Donald Trump was awkward—and not very funny.
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Netflix Pokémon, All Grown Up
Netflix’s new series captures the anxieties of early adulthood.
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Brooke Palmer / Prime Video The Ridiculous Allure of Reacher
Why is Amazon’s show about Lee Child’s crime-busting former military policeman such a massive hit?
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Michelle Faye / FX The Character That Breathed New Life Into Fargo
The series likes to complicate the politeness of midwesterners. Its terrific latest protagonist went even further.
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Christopher Polk / Getty The Message the Emmys Really Wanted You to Get
By paying tribute to the great shows of yesteryear, the ceremony argued for television as a shared culture.
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Christopher Polk / Variety / Getty The Most Truthful Moment of the Emmys
A rare appearance by the actor Christina Applegate, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2021, brought heart and humor to the ceremony’s celebration of TV history.
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Michele K. Short / HBO The Return of TV’s Most Soulful Show
True Detective: Night Country pays tribute to its origins while charting new territory.
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Rich Polk / Golden Globes / Getty What Was Jo Koy Thinking?
Hosting awards shows is a truly thankless job.
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Netflix Netflix’s Blue Eye Samurai Is a Bloody Masterpiece
The animated series, a historical drama with a modern sensibility, stuns from the first frame.
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Apple TV+ The Subversive Worldview of Slow Horses
Jackson Lamb’s island of misfit spies is the best place on television.
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Dusty Deen for The Atlantic The 15 Best TV Shows of 2023
The year’s most essential series
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Will Heath / NBC The Curious SNL Return of Kate McKinnon
The quirky ex–cast member came back to the sketch show, only to disappear into it.
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Ira Wyman / Sygma / Getty / HBO The Final Word on a Notorious Killing
Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage & Reckoning, a new docuseries about the 1989 murder of Carol Stuart, revisits the case with an eye toward Boston’s stark racial divisions.
