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September 27, 2019
Philippa Snow
How
The Politician
’s Ruthless Satire Misses
Ryan Murphy’s show about a super-elite high-school election could have made brilliant, cultish television.
September 10, 2019
Jo Livingstone
The Mysteriously Enduring Appeal of
Friends
Twenty-five years after the show first aired, its popularity remains as strong—and confounding—as ever.
September 9, 2019
Magazine
Rachel Syme
How
Succession
Skewers the Rich
The HBO show is a study in the corrosive nature of extreme wealth.
August 26, 2019
Philippa Snow
Kirsten Dunst’s All-American Con Artist
“On Becoming a God in Central Florida” brilliantly depicts an economy based on scams.
July 15, 2019
Matt Farwell
Playing Soldiers
An Afghanistan veteran reckons with growing up on G.I. Joe and growing tired of American war drums.
June 28, 2019
Rachel Syme
Big Little Lies
Gets Tough
The HBO show’s second season feels bleaker and is harder on its characters.
June 27, 2019
Lyz Lenz
The Loudest Voice
Stars A
Very Simple Monster
The new miniseries casts Roger Ailes and Fox News as all-powerful architects of political disaster. The truth is more complicated.
June 19, 2019
Adrian Daub
Hulu’s
Das Boot
Gets Lost at Sea
The new remake of a World War II epic falls victim to the conventions of prestige TV.
June 13, 2019
Jo Livingstone
Exposé Entertainment Is the Surprise Hit of the Summer
In an environment thick with conspiracy, we thrill to stories of truth versus evil. But at what cost?
June 12, 2019
Magazine
David Roth
The Man Who Was Upset
Making sense of Donald Trump's petulant reign
June 6, 2019
Rachel Syme
The Outlaw World of
Deadwood
Why the HBO show’s visions of chaos and order endure
May 31, 2019
Rachel Syme
Relevance Ruined
The Handmaid’s Tale
In its pursuit of the zeitgeist, the Hulu show forgot about storytelling.
May 30, 2019
Rachel Riederer
The Enduring Horror of
Chernobyl
The new HBO series raises the specter of an uninhabitable continent.
May 14, 2019
Magazine
Rachel Syme
The Unstoppable Rise of Phoebe Waller-Bridge
The creator of "Killing Eve" returns with a second (and final) season of "Fleabag," the series that made her an international star.
April 29, 2019
Rachel Syme
Finding the Real
Gentleman Jack
Can the show capture the daring—and the difficulties—of a lesbian businesswoman’s life in Victorian England?
April 15, 2019
The New Republic Staff
Game of Thrones:
It’s All Happening
A TNR roundtable discusses “Winterfell,” the first episode in the final season of the HBO fantasy series.
April 15, 2019
Magazine
Tom Scocca
Tucker Carlson, Unbowed
He's petty, whiny, and contradictory. So why does he keep ruling the ratings night after night?
April 8, 2019
Magazine
Rachel Syme
Top Billing
For too long, Gwen Verdon missed out on her share of the spotlight.
March 28, 2019
Rachel Syme
The Best, Most Inaccessible Show on Television
Much like “Twin Peaks,” “The OA” is a visual vortex that raises more questions than it answers.
March 27, 2019
Jo Livingstone
Fat and Happy
Lindy West, the inspiration for the new Hulu series "Shrill," helped redefine the way we see and treat fat people. Can her ideas translate to television?
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