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Mar. 15, 2016
In Season 4, The Americans ’ Brilliance Sneaks Up on You It can build to a tragic twist so subtly that you simultaneously wipe away a tear and laugh at yourself for not seeing it coming from a continent away.
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Mar. 2, 2016
Hap and Leonard Is an Entrancing, Unusual ShowHap and Leonard is a smart show that doesn’t preen about how smart it is.
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Feb. 25, 2016
Why Does Fuller House Exist? Have mercy. I’m begging you.
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Feb. 18, 2016
Judd Apatow’s Love Is More of a Like It’s harder to make Girls than it looks.
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Feb. 15, 2016
11.22.63 Is a Sprawling, Intoxicating ShowIts leisurely pace might be a deal-breaker for some.
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Feb. 10, 2016
Louis C.K.’s Horace and Pete Is (Mostly) Good It’s not quite there, but there’s something inspirational about ordering this Eisenhower-era kitchen-sink stage play for 2016 on your phone.
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Feb. 9, 2016
Martin Scorsese’s Vinyl Is the Year’s First Must-See Show Selfishness, appetite, sex, drugs, lies, guilt, sin, punishment: All the Scorsese touchstones are represented here.
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Jan. 25, 2016
TV Review: The People v. O.J. Simpson This program spends a lot of time exploring race. But it also gets into class resentment, domestic violence, the distortion of self-image by wealth and fame, and more.
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Jan. 22, 2016
Chelsea Does Does It Mostly WellChelsea Handler’s Netflix documentary mini-series isn’t just for superfans.
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Jan. 21, 2016
The New X-Files Has Plenty of Mythology. Now Bring On the Creatures. The debut episode is so curiously lackluster that even die-hard fans might fear the worst.
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Jan. 20, 2016
London Spy and the Problem With Contemporary ‘Good’ TV ShowsOverwhelmingly, shows like Homeland or True Detective don’t construct season-long mystery all that well.
tv review
Jan. 16, 2016
TV Review: The Super-Rich Kids of Billions A show full of people you’d cross the room at a party to escape.
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Jan. 15, 2016
Angie Tribeca and the Subjectivity of HumorMaybe more so than for any other comedy in recent memory, if Angie Tribeca is not for you, it is overwhelmingly, catastrophically not for you.
tv review
Jan. 13, 2016
USA’s Colony Is a Work of Real Science-Fiction Whether it will be memorable remains to be seen.
tv review
Jan. 12, 2016
Second Chance Is Eccentric, But Not EnoughThis could be one of those cases where a new show finds a large enough audience to justify letting its freak flag fly.
tv review
Jan. 12, 2016
TV Review: Sesame Street Pares Down To just 30 minutes. Can you count to 30?
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Jan. 7, 2016
Shades of Blue Is a Sensationally Effective Cop ShowAnd it comes with an easy message: Always tell the truth because it’s the easiest thing to remember.
tv review
Jan. 6, 2016
American Crime Is a Confident Achievement in S2Scene for scene, it feels more attuned to the daily realities of life in 2016 America than any other drama on network TV.
tv review
Jan. 5, 2016
Killing Fields and the Discomfit of True-Crime TVWhat happens when a topic is too real for reality TV?
tv review
Dec. 17, 2015
Making a Murderer Is As Good As ‘Serial’Netflix ably takes on the true-crime genre.
tv review
Nov. 30, 2015
Fargo and The Leftovers Reinvented in Season TwoVery often when you look back on a long-running show that’s mostly great, mostly terrible, or maddeningly inconsistent, you realize that season two is where the show’s true potential (or lack thereof) started to come into focus.
tv review
Nov. 20, 2015
Jessica Jones Is a Stylish, Striking Neo-Noir Drama for AdultsBetter yet, it’s enjoyable even if you’ve never heard of the main character and know nothing of the comics it’s based on.
tv review
Nov. 19, 2015
High Castle Is More Boardwalk Than Mad Men Like Boardwalk , even though I have a lot of problems with it, there was never a moment when I wasn’t gripped.
Nov. 12, 2015
With Bob and David Starts Off Rocky, But Gets Its Groove BackBy the time it glides into its second half, you can feel the old madcap sureness returning.
tv review
Nov. 6, 2015
Flesh and Bone Is Fairly Engrossing If You Can Look Past a LotIt can’t quite decide if it wants to be a delicious and outrageous melodrama or a series that’s more into atmosphere and realism.
tv review
Nov. 4, 2015
Master of None Is Your Next Great TV LoveThe Aziz Ansari–led Netflix comedy is fantastic.
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Oct. 30, 2015
Ash vs Evil Dead Doesn’t Make Much Sense, But You Might Have FunOn an eye-candy level, the pilot is a must-see for admirers of imaginative horror film direction.
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Oct. 27, 2015
Wicked City Is Wicked LousyABC is claiming Wicked City will be an anthology series, but we’d all be better off if Wicked City had a new premise for this season.
tv review
Oct. 23, 2015
Supergirl Is a Smart, Feminist SeriesIt’s aware of the cultural and political implications of everything it’s showing us.
tv review
Oct. 9, 2015
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Is Crazy GoodThe show expertly mines the cultural baggage of crazy , a word lazily lobbed at women to discount behavior men want to minimize.
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Oct. 8, 2015
Amazon’s Red Oaks Is Less Than the Sum of Its Parts It often feels like an attempt to reconcile its many influences.
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Oct. 6, 2015
Streaming Has Brought Us More of the Same TV Casual is more TV. It’s occasionally good TV. But it is the same TV we’ve seen before.
tv review
Sept. 30, 2015
Code Black Saved by Excellent Character ActorsMarcia Gay Harden is so formidable that she makes her character tolerable, even exciting.
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Sept. 29, 2015
Trevor Noah Will Make The Daily Show His Own If Comedy Central’s agenda is to restore The Daily Show as a vehicle that can purr comfortably along, Noah’s goal should be to drive that vehicle to places it has never thought about visiting.
tv review
Sept. 24, 2015
The Player Is Playing a Dumb GameThe Player might not be the dumbest show of all time … but it’s up there.
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