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Mar. 25, 2018
Trust Is Decadent True Crime With an Acidic Sense of HumorDanny Boyle’s FX series about the Getty kidnapping alternates satire, drama, kookiness, and shocking violence.
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Mar. 23, 2018
The Terror Is a Horrifying 19th-Century NightmareAMC’s new historical drama is misery porn, beautifully rendered.
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Mar. 23, 2018
Barry ’s Killer Comedy Is a Great Showcase for Bill HaderThe tone is tricky, but Hader’s new HBO show will get under your skin.
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Mar. 22, 2018
Station 19 Isn’t Just a Grey’s Anatomy SpinoffLike every Shondaland series, this new show is built around a tough, smart woman with an edge.
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Mar. 19, 2018
On My Block Is a Remarkable Coming-of-Age StoryThe Netflix series is like an edgier Malcolm in the Middle, mixing shenanigans with melodrama.
Mar. 13, 2018
Ricky Gervais: Humanity Needs an Empathy LessonWhat’s hiding behind the professional victimology of Ricky Gervais?
Mar. 12, 2018
Nailed It Is the Cooking Show You Did Not Know You NeededThis Netflix series, hosted by Nicole Byer, finds the positive in total baking fails.
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Mar. 11, 2018
Deception Pulls Off Some Nice Tricks, But It’s Mostly an IllusionABC’s new crime procedural deserves credit for having the courage of its own ridiculousness.
Mar. 9, 2018
Love Ends, With a Few SurprisesThe final season of the Netflix series goes to unexpected places in its third act.
Mar. 9, 2018
American Ido l Is Back and Desperate to Inspire YouNow on ABC instead of Fox, the original singing competition has gotten sprinkled with a bit of Disney pixie dust.
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Mar. 8, 2018
Jessica Jones Is Darker, Edgier, and More Difficult in Season TwoIt gets much closer to realistic trauma than other superhero stories.
Mar. 7, 2018
J.J. Totah Is the Breakout Star of Mindy Kaling’s Mostly Solid Champions Mindy Kaling’s latest gets funnier post-pilot, and its young performing-arts student is a big reason why.
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Mar. 6, 2018
Life Sentence Is Too Whimsical for Its Own GoodThe new CW dramedy starring Lucy Hale follows a woman whose terminal cancer is suddenly cured.
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Mar. 6, 2018
Mister Rogers: It’s You I Like Is a Joyous Celebration of a TV LegendLike Fred Rogers himself, this PBS special speaks to the deepest part of us.
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Mar. 6, 2018
Hard Sun Is a Waste of a Great IdeaHulu’s sci-fi-flavored cop thriller squanders one of the most audacious hooks I’ve ever seen.
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Mar. 5, 2018
You Owe It to Yourself to Watch Divorce Season Two The second season was a vast improvement over the first.
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Feb. 28, 2018
The Looming Tower Is Basically Law & Order: Bin Laden Unit The Hulu miniseries is frustratingly not-quite-there account of the run-up to the 9/11 attacks.
Feb. 27, 2018
Unsolved Is Worth Watching Even If You Know Everything About Biggie and TupacThis limited series adds compelling shades and angles to an American crime story that might have seemed too familiar.
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Feb. 26, 2018
In Its Third Season, UnREAL Returns to Form It’s always thinking simultaneously about the visceral pleasures it’s providing and the thoughts it’s planting in our heads.
Feb. 26, 2018
Good Girls Arrives at the Right Cultural MomentThe NBC series about three moms turned criminals is Breaking Bad meets Time’s Up.
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Feb. 23, 2018
McMafia Is Just OkayThe BBC series is more generic than it needed to be to stand out in a medium that already has more violent antiheroes than it can handle.
Feb. 23, 2018
Ugly Delicious Is Satisfying TV That Will Make You So Damn HungryWatch this show from Momofuku’s David Chang. But seriously, don’t do it without snacks.
Feb. 16, 2018
Atlanta ’s Second Season Is Stronger and StrangerAtlanta Robbin’ Season is the warped reflection that an absurd country deserves.
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Feb. 15, 2018
Everything Sucks! Most Definitely Does Not SuckThe new Netflix comedy about teens in the 1990s is nostalgia-heavy, but sweet.
Feb. 14, 2018
Chris Rock Is As Funny As Ever in His Netflix Special Tamborine Ten years after his last stand-up special, the comedy legend is in fine form for Chris Rock: Tamborine.
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Feb. 14, 2018
This Close on Sundance Now Is a Subtle, Groundbreaking GemThe new Sundance Now series is a refreshingly low-key portrait of deaf best friends and their relationships.
Feb. 10, 2018
The 2018 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony Was the Best I’ve Seen in Years NBC’s coverage of the Pyeongchang Games opening ceremony was marked by intelligence and restraint.
Feb. 9, 2018
Here and Now Is Here and Not Worth WatchingAlan Ball’s third HBO series is no Six Feet Under or True Blood.
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Feb. 8, 2018
Our Cartoon President Should Probably Be ImpeachedWe’ve heard too many of this show’s Trump jokes already.
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Feb. 2, 2018
2 Dope Queens Is a Terrific Newcomer to Late-Night TVJessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson’s HBO comedy series is like their podcast, just a little fancier.
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Feb. 2, 2018
Dirty Money Is a Portrait of Capitalism Without RemorseThis Netflix documentary series is illuminating, entertaining, and it will definitely piss you off.
Feb. 2, 2018
Altered Carbon Is an Over-Stacked Cyberpunk MessNetflix’s ambitious sci-fi series should be provocative, but it’s mostly just a slog.
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Jan. 31, 2018
A.P. Bio is Not Exactly Advanced Placement TVThe new NBC sitcom could be at least a B, but it settles for C-minus.
Jan. 29, 2018
In Citizen Rose , Rose McGowan Speaks Out, Whether You Like It or Not The E! documentary, airing the same day McGowan’s book is released, is simultaneously intimate and withholding.
Jan. 25, 2018
One Day at a Time Is Back, and Rest Assured, It’s Still GreatRita Moreno is physically incapable of being anything less than delightful.
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Jan. 23, 2018
Waco Is a Necessary and Sometimes Powerful SeriesIf it can revive outrage about the massacre, it will have performed a valuable public service.
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Jan. 22, 2018
The Alienist Is a Filthy But Impressive Period DramaIs it too late to go back and change the titleTrue Detective 1896 ?
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Jan. 22, 2018
Mosaic Is an Intriguing Puzzle, But Your Patience With It May VarySteven Soderbergh tells a story of a ski-town murder and intentionally doesn’t fill in all the blanks.
Jan. 16, 2018
The Assassination of Gianni Versace Isn’t What You ExpectSeason two of American Crime Story isn’t for everyone, but it’s sincere and committed as it follows its own path.
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