B
Hulu's Shrill is the start of something great
Short, sweet, and full of potential, Hulu’s Shrill does more than fill the dating comedy void left by The Mindy Project
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Now Apocalypse is a kinky stoner comedy for the end times
On Now Apocalypse, everyone is having sex and doing drugs like their days are numbered—which they very well could be in…
B
An HBO documentary revisits the Serial murder with The Case Against Adnan Syed
Part of what made the first season of Serial so engrossing was the sense that listeners were investigating the murder…
D
Ricky Gervais’ dour new Netflix series belongs on the
Hallmark Channel
On paper, Ricky Gervais’ latest series sounds promisingly wicked: In After Life, the Office and Extras creator plays a…
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Spy romp Whiskey Cavalier has a lot of personality for a show with that name
Whiskey Cavalier is doomed, and that sucks. The new drama is a bunch of kicky fun, it’s launching off the back of this…
B
Even with its limited scope, Leaving Neverland is a harrowing watch
Leaving Neverland is not a Michael Jackson documentary, though the late icon casts a long shadow over the latest from…
A
Enraging and enlightening, Lorena finally puts Lorena Bobbitt at the center of her own story
“So many people think they know what they’d do” if they were the victim of domestic violence, National Network To End…
B
Damn, guess we’ll have to get a DC Universe subscription, because Doom Patrol is worth it
The last thing any of us want to do is sign up for yet another in the seemingly endless proliferation of subscription…
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Welcome to the weirdly unfunny world of Jordan Peele’s Weird City
There’s a reason comedy sketches are only so many minutes long. Once you’ve explored all possible permutations of a…
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One Day At A Time remains as lovable and reliable as family
Few shows are as comforting and challenging as Netflix’s One Day At A Time. The comforting part is obvious, thanks to…
B
At its best, Pen15 combines the awkwardness of puberty with the brilliance of Strangers With Candy
Adolescence has been handled with both humor and pathos on TV, in series like Freaks And Geeks, My So-Called Life, and T…
C+
Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy is stylish fun, but too precious with its mysteries
A few decades ago, for no discernible reason, a bunch of women all over the world suddenly gave birth despite not being…
A
Acerbic yet warm, Russian Doll is more rewarding than any puzzle-box show
A never-ending party full of attractive people, drugs, and fresh oven-roasted chicken would be hell for some, heaven…
B
I Am The Night mashes a true tabloid tale into middlebrow pop-pulp TV
The 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short—forever enshrined in the annals of true-crime history as the Black Dahlia—is only…
B
Dakota Fanning and Michael B. Jordan are lovers separated by war and 40-foot mechs in gen:LOCK
gen:LOCK, the latest anime-inspired, 3D animated series from Rooster Teeth Animation, begins innocently enough with…
C
Black Earth Rising is better reckoning with geopolitics than survivor’s remorse
Say this for Black Earth Rising—it doesn’t lack for ambition or directorial flair. The drama is the latest political…
A
The Other Two is the first can’t-miss TV comedy of 2019
Everything’s going so well for The Other Two. The new Comedy Central series, a smart pairing with the outgoing Broad…
C+
The most shocking thing about Conversations With A Killer is how much faith it has in Ted Bundy
The title Conversations With A Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes is somewhat misleading. Yes, the producers of Netflix’s new…
B
A Discovery Of Witches is Underworld for the tweed jacket set
A woman sits alone in the Bodleian Library, poring over multiple ancient texts and summoning up even rarer books,…
C
The Roswell reboot’s most interesting idea is also its least developed
Roswell, New Mexico lands on The CW this week, nearly 20 years after Jason Katims’ Roswell debuted on The WB. But you…