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  1. tv review
    Empire Is the Most Aggressively Political Soap in TV HistoryCalling it a black Dallas or Dynasty doesn’t do it justice.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  2. tv review
    We Deserve Better Than Rosewood Come on.
    By Margaret Lyons
  3. fall tv 2015
    Scream Queens and Heroes: Haven’t We Met?What kind of deal do we strike with familiar shows?
    By Margaret Lyons
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    Limitless Is a Fine-Enough Show With Seemingly Limited AmbitionANOTHER CBS COP SHOW. Good grief.
    By Margaret Lyons
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    Minority Report Is Another Damn Cop ShowThe production design is the best (maybe only) reason to watch.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    Blindspot’s Blind Spot Is Its Use of Women As PropsThere should be more to this show.
    By Margaret Lyons
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    The New Muppet Show Recaptures Some of the Original’s GloryIt deeply feels like a culmination of the company’s post-Henson struggles.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  8. tv review
    Life in Pieces Falls ApartWhy is everyone on this comedy so miserable?
    By Margaret Lyons
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    Best Time Ever With Neil Patrick Harris Deserves Your RespectWhat we’re seeing here is not just an artistic performance but an athletic one, and it’s amazing. 
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  10. tv review
    Kurt Sutter’s The Bastard Executioner Offers Empty Savagery, and HowSutter is better in theory than in practice — recently, anyway.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  11. tv review
    Key & Peele Was Always a Show Built to Last Focusing on their topical humor misses the point.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  12. tv review
    Colbert Enlivens, Brings Depth to Late NightColbert has an advantage over other late-night hosts: He’s an actor.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  13. legacies
    Why Mr. Robot Is Not a Great Show (Yet)There’s something not quite there about it, and it’s frustrating.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  14. close reads
    Hannibal Redefined How We Tell Stories on TelevisionAnd it went out with one of the greatest endings in TV history.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  15. tv review
    Netflix’s Narcos Is Addictive, Smart EntertainmentIt’s also TV’s most of-the-moment show.
    By Margaret Lyons
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    Is There a Place for The Carmichael Show on Network TV Today?We don’t live in Norman Lear’s world anymore.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  17. tv review
    Fear the Banality of Fear the Walking DeadTWD’s spinoff is as hollow as its predecessor.
    By Margaret Lyons
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    Mr. Robinson Would Have Been a Good Sitcom 20 Years AgoThis one hits the old-broadcast-network sweet spot, and unfortunately that means it’s not good enough. 
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  19. tv review
    Difficult People Doesn’t Give a Damn If You Like ItWill and Grace by way of battery acid.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    Denis Leary’s Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll Is a Total MisfireSex&Drugs&Rock&Roll is a superficial title for a superficial show.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  21. TV Review: The Jim Gaffigan Show Is a Likable Spin on a Tired PremiseI’m not sure how many more sitcoms about nationally successful comedians TV needs. But this is a good one.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  22. tv review
    The Strain Is So Close Yet So Far From Being a Great Horror ShowOne of the more frustrating dramas on TV.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  23. tv review
    Rectify Is Among the Most Radical Storytelling on TVDid he or didn’t he?
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  24. tv review
    Amazon’s Catastrophe Is the Romantic Comedy of the Year You’ll smile whenever you say the title; the show’s first season, a brisk six episodes, leaves you no other option, because it’s so damn likable.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  25. tv review
    There Are Better Ways to Spend Your Time Than The BrinkIt’s been a while since I’ve seen so much acting, writing, and directing talent expended on a show that makes such a weak impression.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    TV Review: Free the Rock From HBO’s BallersFootball and boobies, but not much else.
    By Margaret Lyons
  27. tv review
    Amazon’s Catastrophe Is the TV Rom-Com We’ve Been Waiting ForFunny, smart, specific — and not cheesy. Hallelujah.
    By Margaret Lyons
  28. tv review
    True Detective’s Second Season Is Brooding, Sour, and Totally FascinatingIt often plays like a cousin of The Wire as directed by Michael Mann.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    A Conversation With Dr. Lecter on the Strange New Season of HannibalThere’s every other show on TV, and then there’s Hannibal.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  30. tv review
    There Is Not a Ton of Sense in Sense8The Wachowskis’ new Netflix show looks pretty, but that’s about it.
    By Margaret Lyons
  31. tv review
    Shhhh, The Whispers Is Just OkayWatch out for murderous children!
    By Margaret Lyons
  32. tv review
    Lifetime’s UnREAL Is Real Damn GoodIt’s a scripted drama set behind the scenes of a Bachelor-type show.
    By Margaret Lyons
  33. tv review
    David Duchovny Can’t Quite Save Aquarius Don’t be fooled by the Charles Manson stuff. This is just a so-so cop show.
    By Margaret Lyons
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    On The Briefcase, Poor Americans Have to ‘Prove’ ThemselvesHow are these people being poor “wrong”?
    By Margaret Lyons
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    Netflix’s Between Is Yet Another Doomsday Show With Nothing to SayOur current crop of dystopian shows seem incapable of positing any big ideas.
    By Margaret Lyons
  36. tv review
    Wayward Pines Is a Very, Very Dry Comedy With a Vintage Shyamalan FeelThough not quite as elegant as his best work.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  37. tv review
    Grace and Frankie Is a Show Trapped in the Wrong FormatLily Tomlin’s a god. But this can’t be how we worship her.
    By Margaret Lyons
  38. tv review
    The Casual Vacancy Is a Little VacantThree episodes? That’s it?
    By Margaret Lyons
  39. tv review
    Happyish Is Another Sad Married Rich White Dude ShowEnough.
    By Margaret Lyons
  40. tv review
    Silicon Valley Spins Its Wheels in Season Two, Remains EnjoyableA “two steps forward, one step back” storytelling strategy.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    Game of Thrones Season 5 Takes Its Cues From The GodfatherThrones earns the right to think of itself as doing for sword and sorcery what Coppola’s Godfather trilogy did for the gangster picture.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  42. tv review
    TV Review: Is Daredevil What Netflix Is About?Maybe!
    By Margaret Lyons
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    Veep Season 4 Review: The President’s Flying MonkeysLouis-Dreyfus is her usual Swiss-watch self, so confident that she seems to glide through her scenes.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  44. tv review
    The Comedians’ Theater of Pain Might Be Worth It, If You Can Stick It OutPerhaps this show just needed time to figure itself out — but man, does it test your patience.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  45. tv review
    Wolf Hall Is the King of Prestige TelevisionCongratulations on your future Emmy, Mark Rylance!
    By Margaret Lyons
  46. tv review
    American Odyssey Is Too Serious for Its Own Good (or Not Serious Enough)Or not serious enough.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  47. tv review
    Weird Loners, Younger, and Likability on TVWhat happens when a show hates its own characters?
    By Margaret Lyons
  48. tv review
    James Corden’s Solid Late Late DebutLast night’s premiere went about as well as a premiere can go.
    By Margaret Lyons
  49. tv review
    The Social Commentary of Justified’s Last SeasonThe show has every right to be full of itself, but it never is. 
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  50. tv review
    Bloodline Comes Up ShortDid you know we all have secrets?
    By Margaret Lyons
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