Ballers

Ballers has a lot of problems, but its most damaging one is that the show wants it both ways. Billed as a comedy…

For the entirety of its first season, Ballers has been teasing a deeper angst lurking within Spencer Strasmore. The…

Ballers has a lot of problems, but eight episodes into its first season the biggest issue is the lack of development…

Since the vapid and offensive “Machete Charge,” Ballers has found some of its charm again by focusing on the…

The fact that Ballers is essentially an ensemble hasn’t worked to the show’s advantage so far. Part of that is…

“Machete Charge” is Ballers at its worst. It’s indicative of the issues that have pervaded much of this first…

There’s something truly compelling and poignant bubbling underneath all the trivial stuff that Ballers seems to…

It had to happen eventually. Across its first two episodes Ballers only looked a bit like Entourage. The comparison…

Despite all the money, cars, and mansions, Ballers isn’t a flashy show. As a drama, it’s fairly low-key, and as a…

It’s inevitable that HBO’s latest half-hour comedy, Ballers, will be compared to Entourage. There are certainly…

Professional football players are frequently faced with difficult decisions, like what to do with all their free…