Kathryn is a critic who writes about TV and comedy. She gets mad when people say TV is a 10 hour movie.
year in culture
Honey, We Shrunk the FranchisesDesigned to roll up new audience members into a bigger cultural wave, the prequels, spinoffs, and extended universes have instead gotten small.
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Bluey Gives Us a SignThis episode of the beloved children’s series could be its first misstep. Or a perfect ending.
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Every Bluey Minisode, RankedSome are almost — almost — enough to make you forget you’re not watching Bluey proper.
The 12 Best TV Performances of 2024These actors found fresh depths in returning characters or introduced us to new ones with confidence and style.
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A Somebody Somewhere SpectacleBridget Everett’s HBO half-hour counted its victories in developments modest by TV standards and monumental on the scale of everyday life.
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This Is a Cry for HelpNot content to kill off Kevin Costner, Taylor Sheridan wrote a Yellowstone plot about a super-cool dude everyone admires (played by Taylor Sheridan).
Politics Won’t Tear Love Is Blind ApartMarissa and Ramses’s conversation marks a watershed moment for the series — and reveals a truth about what makes or breaks the show’s relationships.
The Love MachineLove Is Blind creator Chris Coelen drops a new group of singles into his strange experiment — and wrestles with all the lawsuits against the series.
Dad TV Is for Everyone NowIn the streaming era, the irresistible optimism of a competent hero working to restore the social order defies age, gender, and parental status.
It Was All in the Reaction ShotsPresumed Innocent pulls off an impressive reveal with carefully deployed clues waiting for the moment their meaning would become clear.
Reservation Dogs Closes the Circle of Peak TVThe end of Sterlin Harjo’s singular half-hour dramedy might also be the end of a small but astounding moment in post-prestige television.
