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Netflix Wild Wild Country: The Jaw-Dropping Story of the Cult Next Door
A new six-part Netflix documentary is a stunning dive into a utopian religious community in Oregon that descended into darkness.
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Netflix The Villainous Women of Jessica Jones
The second season of the Netflix superhero drama finds texture in three major characters.
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Eric Liebowitz / ABC The Zombie Cheer of the Revived American Idol
ABC has brought back the recently canceled Fox franchise, with Katy Perry rather than Simon Cowell anchoring the eerily upbeat affair.
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NBC The Toothlessness of Saturday Night Live's Political Humor
A sketch involving Robert Mueller appearing on The Bachelor was the latest indication of the show’s wavering topical relevance.
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Netflix Collateral: A Netflix Murder-Mystery With a Conscience
And Carey Mulligan
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Hulu Hard Sun Is Almost Impressively Demented
Hulu’s new show from the creator of Luther is a totally bonkers melange of sci-fi scenarios, global doom, and stabbiness.
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VH1 It's Time for Drag Race to Move Past the Binary
RuPaul took heat for saying trans women couldn’t compete on his show—when the truth is that’s exactly what the art of drag needs.
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Netflix Queer Eye Opens the Miraculous Gay Wallet
Netflix’s highly entertaining reboot of the iconic makeover show offers wish fulfillment about personal growth—and possessions.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Forgiving Jimmy Kimmel
It’s a thoroughly modern irony: The host who will set the tone for the #MeToo Oscars got his start on a show that gleefully ogled women.
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FX Atlanta and the Anxiety of Fame
The second season of the brilliant FX show explores the tension and the weirdness of dreams coming true.
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Hulu The Gripping History of The Looming Tower
The new Hulu series is a suspenseful, star-studded excavation of the failure to prevent 9/11.
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AMC McMafia Is a Glum, Brooding Crime Drama
The new AMC series about a financier who gets involved with gangsters is extravagant but dour.
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Netflix Seven Seconds Ponders the Failures of Justice
The new Netflix series from Veena Sud is a fascinating, flawed study of structural racism and mistrust in America.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters The Out Olympics
Adam Rippon and Gus Kenworthy show the entertainment value, and political power, of gay people embracing full visibility.
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The CW In Black Lightning, There’s No Right Way to Fix a City
The CW series paints a complex portrait of a superhero—and a community—conflicted over how to deal with issues like crime and police brutality.
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Colleen Hayes / NBC Sympathy for Janet on The Good Place
The show is the latest example of pop culture thinking through whether Siri has a soul.
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David J. Phillip / AP The Quiet Modernism of Pyeongchang's Opening Ceremony
In an imaginative but understated event, South Korea used augmented reality and tactical diplomacy to paint a hopeful picture.
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Andrew Lipovsky / NBC Jimmy Fallon Tells Trump the Times Are a-Changin'
The Tonight Show host followed the Super Bowl with a Bob Dylan rewrite touching on #MeToo, fake news, and Colin Kaepernick.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Justin Timberlake's Anti-Spectacular Super Bowl
The pop star’s underachievement came off all the weaker with a tribute to the perfectionist Prince.
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Netflix Altered Carbon Is a Moody, Violent Spectacle
The new Netflix sci-fi series can be intermittently thrilling, but it’s too superficial to realize its potential.
