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David McNew/Reuters Billy Crystal and Useful Homophobia
Even an actor who helped break down barriers for gay characters on television can still be grossed out by them.
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ABC Why Can't Critics Talk About Fresh Off the Boat?
The wacky questions posed to the cast and crew of the new ABC show at the Television Critics' Assocation underscored the painful degree to which American television needs it.
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Fox Gotham Circles Back to Where it Began, None the Wiser
The show is out of Arkham Asylum and back to its inert mob war, still desperately in need of a change in pace.
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PBS Downton Abbey Delves Into the Dowager Countess's Secret Past
For all its failings, the fifth season's third episode gave the indomitable Violet her very own Doctor Zhivago.
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HBO Girls: Hannah Goes to Iowa (Finally)
Three Atlantic staffers discuss "Triggering," the second episode of the HBO show's fourth season.
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PBS Grantchester: Attractive Vicar Solves Crimes in Idyllic English Village
The latest Masterpiece Mystery! spices up cookie-cutter murder mysteries with a turn by the dashing James Norton.
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FXX Man Seeking Woman: An Absurd Sketch Show With a Real Story
The new series from FXX is the latest in a recent spate of comedies trying to hybridize skits and narrative, with mixed success.
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Fox Is Empire the Musical How to Get Away With Murder?
Two Atlantic writers try to figure out just what kind of show Empire really is.
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Comedy Central Bed, Bath, and Bong Rips: The Glorious Return of Broad City
Comedy Central's beloved slacker-girl duo is back to perfecting the art of failing spectacularly.
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Barry Brecheisen/AP Amazon Makes a Risky Bet on Woody Allen's Tarnished Prestige
Will a viewer boost for the controversy-prone director's new project be worth the potential damage to the Internet giant's reputation?
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CBS The Good Wife Takes a Weak Swipe at Racism
An overly busy mid-season finale clumsily tries to discuss Ferguson and the Eric Garner case without taking the time to give the issues their due.
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NBC/The Atlantic The Case for the Cosby Joke
At the Golden Globes, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler broke with good taste, but with a purpose.
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TLC The Profound Lack of Empathy in My Husband's Not Gay
A new TLC special follows men who experience "same-sex attraction" but don't act on it. It has started a controversy—one that reveals a lot about cultural tensions in America.
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The CW; Amazon The Right Side of Awards History
The Golden Globes' TV categories proved the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is on the cutting edge—hardly new territory for the organization.
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PBS Downton Abbey, Sex Comedy
The second episode of the fifth season featured a secret rendezvous, a seductive art historian, and a 1920s book on birth control.
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HBO Girls Is Back and Off to a Languid (False) Start
Three Atlantic staffers discuss "Iowa," the first episode of the HBO show's fourth season.
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Fox Time to 'Let It Go,' Glee
The sixth season of Fox's former hit treads unfamiliar ground—failure for star Rachel Berry—but no one's heart seems to be in it.
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Dean Rogers/Sundance Channel London's a Lost City in Babylon
The new Sundance Channel series depicts a grim, dystopian metropolis ridden with crime and dysfunction. Oh, and it's a comedy.
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Fox The Messy, Beautiful, Unique Empire
Two Atlantic staffers evaluate the promise and potential pitfalls telegraphed in the Fox musical drama's premiere.
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Lucas Jackson/Reuters Phylicia Rashad and the Awful Power of 'Forget These Women'
A costar defends Bill Cosby with an old, seductive line of thought.
