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Paramount Domestic Television Revisiting Star Trek’s Most Political Episode
In 1995, the Deep Space Nine installment “Past Tense” stood out for its realistic, near-future vision of racism and economic injustice.
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Reed Saxon / AP Will YouTube, Facebook, or Apple Be the Next Great TV Network?
The streaming industry is reinventing itself yet again, and now Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu are part of the old guard.
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ABC Black-ish Embraces the Urgency of History
The show’s fourth-season premiere, “Juneteenth: The Musical,” is a comedy. And a work of education. And an indictment.
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ABC Is The Mayor the Future of Politics?
The new ABC comedy about a rapper who runs for office is charming, funny, and oddly hopeful.
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Comedy Central The Opposition With Jordan Klepper Isn’t Paranoid Enough
The Daily Show correspondent’s new nightly show is trying to parody InfoWars, but comes off as more of a watered-down Colbert Report.
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ABC / YouTube 'It Feels Like Someone Has Opened a Window Into Hell'
Faced with the horror of Las Vegas, late-night’s comedians showed their despair.
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NBC The Kaepernick Protest Comes to SNL
In the show’s season premiere, Jay-Z supported kneeling athletes, Alec Baldwin’s Trump dissed Puerto Rico, and bad typography got called out.
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Katie Posner The Curious Life of an Extra
Playing bystanders and party guests was supposed to be a temporary gig. It turned into a viable, and surprisingly fulfilling, way to make a living.
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Chris Haston / NBC Will & Grace & Donald
The NBC show’s return after 11 years found its old chemistry—and a new, spectral cast member.
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Comedy Central Saturday Night Live Prepares for Its Future
Chris Redd, Heidi Gardner, and Luke Null are joining the show ahead of its 43rd season premiere this weekend.
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NBC Law & Order True Crime Is a Staid, Tedious Affair
The NBC franchise delves into history with The Menendez Murders but misses what makes the genre so compelling.
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Charles Sykes / Invision / AP Megyn Kelly's Perniciously 'Politics-Free' Morning-Show Debut
“The truth is, I am kind of done with politics for now!” the former Fox News host told a cheering studio audience, before launching into an hour that was entirely about them.
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CBS Star Trek: Discovery Boldly Goes Into the Age of Streaming TV
The franchise’s first new series in 12 years is a radical departure, with an emphasis on heavy serialization and heated conflict.
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E! The Sadness of the Kardashians
E!’s 10-year-anniversary special celebrating its flagship family was surprisingly honest and strangely tragic.
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Jennifer Clasen / Amazon Transparent Tackles
Israel-Palestine, and Other Boundary IssuesThe dramedy’s unusually joyful fourth season says that division is agony—and reconciliation is a process.
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ABC / YouTube The Anger of Jimmy Kimmel
On Tuesday, the late-night host once again devoted his show to the politics of American health care. This time, though, he offered indignation rather than tears.
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NBC The Good Place Is Still TV Heaven
NBC’s quirky hit returns with more moral philosophy, food puns, and otherworldly humor.
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Channel 4 / National Geographic The State: A Provocative New Drama Considers ISIS
The four-part miniseries by Wolf Hall’s Peter Kosminsky explores life inside the terrorist group for the Britons who join up.
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Hulu How the Emmy Awards Put Hulu on the Map
The Handmaid’s Tale became the first streaming-TV show to win Best Drama Series—an honor that surprisingly did not go to Netflix.
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Phil McCarten / Invision for the Television Academy … Veep's Showrunner on Clinton, Trump, and Insulting Jonah
Before David Mandel accepted the HBO show’s third consecutive Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, he spoke with The Atlantic about writing political satire for a fractious world.
