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HBO The Promethean Puzzles of Westworld
The HBO show returns with multiple story threads to unravel and decipher.
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The CW Growing Up Without Jane the Virgin
On the show, men cry, embrace empathy, and are open of heart. Why one writer wishes he’d been able to watch it as a kid
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ABC The Episode That Captured the Best and Worst of Scandal
As the political soap nears its end, it’s worth recalling the hour that embodied both the show’s early promise and unfortunate excesses.
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NBC Consider the 'Diner Lobster'
The best Saturday Night Live sketch in ages was a bizarre Les Misérables homage that recalled the show’s glory days.
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Netflix Chef's Table: Pastry Isn't About Pastry
The dessert-focused continuation of the Netflix series is a fascinating study of creative ego.
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Hulu Kiri Is a British Import Worth Watching
The four-part miniseries is a thoughtful and devastating story about the death of a 9-year-old foster child.
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BBC America Killing Eve Is a Sign of TV to Come
The new BBC America show is stylish, irreverent, and hard to categorize.
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Starz Howards End Is a Lavish Portrait of Cultural Division
The new Starz miniseries is a masterly adaptation of E.M. Forster’s novel that affirms its relevance.
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Suzanne Tenner / FX Does Legion Have a Soul?
FX’s psychedelic superhero show becomes entertainingly lucid in Season 2, but its exploration of psychology remains hollow.
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HBO The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling Is a Eulogy Worth Watching
Judd Apatow’s two-part documentary for HBO captures the spirit and struggle of a singular talent.
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ABC How Roseanne Handled the Culture Wars of Its Time
The original ABC family sitcom took on divisive topics like abortion and homosexuality by showing how they played out at home.
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HBO Silicon Valley Explores the Darker Side of the Industry
In Season 5, the satirical show seems primed to dig into the ethical complications of being a tech CEO—at just the right moment.
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CBS Stormy Daniels's Oh-So-Familiar Story
The porn actress’s account of her alleged sexual encounter with the president on 60 Minutes—“I thought of it as a business deal,” she said—shares similarities with Hollywood tales of the “casting couch.”
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FX Trust Is a Stylish, Hollow Spectacle
The new FX drama about the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III lacks emotional punch.
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Adam Rose / ABC Roseanne vs. the 'Nasty Woman'
The original sitcom reveled in complexity. In the premiere of its highly anticipated reboot, though, it has simplified politics down to easy partisanship.
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HBO The Dark Humanity of Barry
Can TV comedies about murder move beyond the punchline?
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Guy D'Alema / FX Atlanta's Perfect Satire of the Music Industry in 2018
While aging rock stars attack the standard corporate villains, Donald Glover’s FX show sketches an ecosystem of exploitation.
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Matt Sayles / AP Mike Isabella, Top Chef, and the Capitalism of Bad Behavior
For years, the restaurateur played a jerk with a heart of gold. Now, he’s the latest celebrity chef to be accused of sexual harassment.
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HBO A Loving Portrait of Arthur Miller
A new HBO documentary, directed by the playwright’s daughter Rebecca, is an intimate look at a ferocious talent.
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The CW TV's Radical, Bisexual Comic-Book Antihero
Characters who are attracted to both men and women are rare enough in pop culture. But DC’s Legends of Tomorrow has done something unique with John Constantine.
