Vulture and New York TV critic Jen Chaney previously worked for the Washington Post and has bylines at the New York Times and Vanity Fair. She also wrote As If: The Complete Oral History of Clueless.
Bridget Everett Said Exactly What She WantedShe reflects on Somebody Somewhere’s cancellation with Jeff Hiller and Mary Catherine Garrison: “Everything is leading up to Joel saying that to Sam.â€
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The Best TV Shows of 2024We’re past Peak TV, but these series prove we’re still reaching new creative heights.
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The Show That Won’t Eat EyeballsAhead of Yellowjackets’ third season, its creators hint at what’s lurking in the woods — and try to decide how gross is too gross.
When an American Pursues Bulgarian DreamsIn The Black Sea, Crystal Moselle and Derrick B. Harden co-direct a lovely ode to finding one’s place even when feeling out of place.
The Double Dishonesty of Chimp CrazyThe docuseries focuses on the lengths one woman will go to keep her pet chimp but fails to acknowledge the ethical mire behind the camera.
The Kings Will Never Give Up on EvilParamount+ gave the showrunners a four-episode conclusion, but they’re still contemplating the demonic assessment team: “We would love to do more.â€
Lessons in Chemistry Is Maddeningly InertApple TV+’s handsome adaptation of Bonnie Garmus’s best-selling novel is carefully considered and completely uninterested in challenging its audience.
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Fargo Sees What the World Is Coming ToBy setting its fifth season in the waning days of 2019, the crime-thriller anthology series jars itself, and us, out of complacency.
The Brat Pack, RevisedThe original New York magazine article that defined the term didn’t capture who the true teen stars of the ‘80s were. So we gave it another shot.
