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Disney The Mandalorian Knows Why Heroes Wear Masks
Like all Star Wars stories, the show’s first season humanized robots. But it also showed why humans try to make themselves into machines.
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Beth Dubber/Netflix How to Make a Self-Aware Show About a Serial Killer
In Season 2, Netflix’s dark melodrama You doubles down on its critique of its loathsome protagonist—and introduces some smart women who get in his way.
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Will Heath / NBC Eddie Murphy’s Triumphant Return to Saturday Night Live
After a 35-year absence, one of the show’s most venerated performers had a delightful homecoming as host.
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Apple TV+ What Went Wrong With The Morning Show?
Despite moments of profundity, the show ultimately didn’t know what it wanted to do, or say, or be, other than expensive.
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Hulton Archive / Getty / The Atlantic I Can’t Stop Watching Frasier. I Can’t Stop Thinking About Maris.
The invisible woman of the classic sitcom, which leaves Netflix at the end of the year, is a case study in the way TV shows can turn people into punch lines.
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Naomi Elliott The 15 Best TV Moments of 2019
Looking back at a year of memorable television, thanks to Succession, Tuca & Bertie, the World Series, and more
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Mark Hill / HBO Watchmen Gives Its Heroes a True Ending
In the season finale, the HBO series puts its own spin on the typical superhero cliff-hanger.
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Hilary B. Gayle / SHOWTIME The New L Word Is Expanding the Queer Aesthetic Canon
On the stylish reboot, scrappy Millennial characters represent a broader swath of queer life—and help rectify the original show’s missteps.
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Mark Hill / HBO The Importance of Watchmen’s Latest Twist
The actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II weighs in on reimagining Doctor Manhattan as a black man, and how his character is pushing the story forward.
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Netflix Breaking Down the 2020 Golden Globe Nominations
Netflix got plenty of attention for films with old-fashioned marquee appeal, while female directors and actors of color were largely overlooked.
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Hilary Bronwyn Gayle / Showtime Why The L Word Is More Relevant Today Than Ever
Jennifer Beals, who reprises her role and serves as an executive producer on Generation Q, talks about the landmark original series and why the show’s reboot is necessary.
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Amazon What Is The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Afraid Of?
In its third season, the series is stuck in a relentlessly cheery mode that’s cloying to watch.
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Paramount Pictures / Netflix / The Atlantic How Hollywood Became Obsessed With De-aging Its Stars
The popular visual-effects technique has implications that could pave the way for a new era in moviemaking—for better or worse.
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Naomi Elliot The 15 Best TV Shows of 2019
The year’s most distinct and worthwhile series
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Klara Auerbach / The Atlantic The Bittersweet Lessons of Law & Order: SVU
Twenty years into its run, the show has fallen prey to a revealing paradox: As it has grown in relevance, it has lost its urgency.
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Apple+ The Callous Horror of Servant
M. Night Shyamalan and Tony Basgallop’s new series has a richly chilling premise, but it doesn’t do justice to parental grief.
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Sophie Mutevelian / Netflix The Surprise Move The Crown Makes in Its Third Season
In its latest installment, the Netflix drama struggles to keep the spotlight on its titular character.
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Disney How The Mandalorian Can Work for Disney+
The Star Wars series, now two episodes in, is a good example of how the streaming service can mine smaller, solid stories out of massive franchises.
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NBC SNL Gives the Impeachment Hearings the Soap-Opera Treatment
Last night’s episode delivered a critique of Americans’ short attention spans with an overstuffed, melodramatic cold open.
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Netflix How The Crown, and Its Clothes, Transform Power
The new season of the Netflix show explores the unorthodox ways Queen Elizabeth II uses her wardrobe to underscore her authority.
