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Adult Swim Rick and Morty’s Biggest Twist: It Has a Heart
The Adult Swim show is a wonderfully cynical sci-fi comedy, but its second-season finale affirmed the show’s secret humanity.
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HBO The Leftovers: A New Season, a New ‘Miracle’
The HBO show starts fresh in a town that survived the Departure.
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Justina Mintz / AMC The Real Villains of Fear the Walking Dead
As with any great dystopian drama, it’s ordinary people who are scariest in the hit AMC spinoff, not the encroaching zombies.
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ABC On Dr. Ken, the Jokes Flatline
Everyone on this show deserves better.
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Showtime A Whole New Homeland
The Showtime drama, which has had more ups and downs than its spy heroine, is back with a compelling string of episodes.
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CW / Andrey Kuzmin / Shutterstock / Paul … The Rise of Buffy Studies
Scholarly interest in Joss Whedon’s cult classic points to the growing belief that TV shows deserve to be studied as literature.
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Danny Moloshok / Reuters Nicki Minaj, Person
An ABC Family sitcom may continue the pop star’s humanization campaign.
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Comedy Central How Edgy Can The Daily Show Be?
Noah offense intended.
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Comedy Central Trevor Noah Is Nothing If Not Confident
His first episode of The Daily Show had its bumps, but the new host’s energy and enthusiasm felt like a change for the better.
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CBS The Long, Slow End for CSI
The crime drama, once the most popular thing on television, went out Sunday night after steadily declining ratings and a series of reboots.
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NBC Heroes Reborn Is a Pointless Reboot
NBC is reviving a series that felt fresh in 2006 but that’s since been eclipsed by far better superhero films and TV shows.
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Fox Empire's Ambiguous Take on the Social-Justice Movement
The new season opens with a rally against mass incarceration—held on false pretenses.
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Chris Pizzello / AP Tig Notaro and Christina Ricci Head Up Amazon’s Six New Pilots
The company is making its biggest play for subscribers yet via names like Louis C.K., Sacha Baron Cohen, and Grace Gummer.
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CBS The Colbert Trump
The leading GOP candidate appeared as a guest on The Late Show last night. He beat Colbert at his own game.
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ABC The Felt Drudgery of The Muppets
In ABC’s new show, Jim Henson’s comedy icons produce a late-night talk show—and it makes for a truly dull affair.
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ABC Fresh Off the Boat: Still Pretty Fresh
ABC’s hit show about an Asian American family returns for a second season in a TV landscape that desperately needs it.
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Fox Scream Queens: Come for the Killing, Leave Otherwise
Ryan Murphy’s star-studded horror comedy is watchable only when it’s disgusting.
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CBS The (Slow, Awkward) Love Song of Sheldon Cooper
The Big Bang Theory’s uber-nerd has transformed, over eight seasons, from a clueless misanthrope into a romantic lead—and in the process has become one of the most compelling characters on TV.
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CBS The Limited Originality of Limitless
A new CBS crime drama, based on the hit Bradley Cooper film about a mind-expanding drug, is severely lacking in imagination.
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Fox Minority Report and the Drawbacks of Foresight
Fox’s new show, set after the movie and short story of the same name, has the potential to explore thorny issues around criminal justice—but probably won’t.
