In the new film prequel to “The Sopranos,” fatally flawed fathers and deluded sons buckle under an enormous pressure to be men.

TNR editor Michael Tomasky talks with the acclaimed filmmaker about his new project, airing Sunday on PBS.

Rather than focus on Bill Clinton or Monica Lewinsky, the show makes Linda Tripp the key to understanding the tangled and toxic politics of the late 1990s.

Bob Ross was the soft-spoken “Happy Painter,” beloved by audiences. When he died, conflict erupted.

The Apple TV series’ debut season provided simple comfort during dark times in 2020. But the honeymoon is over for the second season.

A Peacock docuseries raises important questions about Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime associate, but the answers remain a maddening mystery.

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The e-commerce giant covets the Hollywood studio’s sweet, sweet cache of intellectual property.

The deal between AT&T, Time Warner, and Discovery is just the latest shift toward consolidation as media companies fight hopelessly for market supremacy.

What the host of “For Real: The Story of Reality TV” is really selling

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The new HBO series based on Alissa Nutting’s novel is a futuristic, surreal take on an unhealthy relationship.

From “Fishing With John” to “How to With John Wilson,” the most mesmerizing shows on television are strangely low-key.

The show set in a French talent agency is the antidote to superficial satires on Hollywood.

The pandemic has only accelerated a years-long trend of cultural homogenization—and it is bound to get worse.

The director’s “Small Axe” anthology intimately portrays Black spaces.

Walter Tevis’s novel portrayed an alternative to the Cold War game that Bobby Fischer dominated. Today, the chess world is finally catching up.

What we really want from the Princess of Wales in the new season of “The Crown”

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Showtime’s new miniseries attempts to salvage a lesson from an unmitigated disaster.