TV Shows

On a competition show made by the YouTube sensation MrBeast, the people are faceless and the challenges are vicious.

The sci-fi series “Silo” is the latest in a string of popular post-apocalyptic dramas with an increasingly uncanny resonance.

In an otherwise bleak year for television, a few truly great entries shone all the more brightly.

A middle-aged, murderous Tom Ripley; a boozy, stagestruck Mary Todd Lincoln; an unlikely pair of singers at the Grammys—these were the acts that broke through the noise of this fractious, tumultuous year.

The psychotherapist, who appears in the documentary TV series “Couples Therapy,” talks about books that illuminate the relationship between sweeping social phenomena and our most intimate experiences.

Alfonso Cuarón’s foray into television is a work of such vacuity that even Cate Blanchett can’t salvage it.

In his work with the Daily Wire and in a new movie, the conservative podcaster and activist tries to expose the hypocrisies of the left.

The HBO show—the most thrilling offering currently on TV—zeroes in on the domineering masculine impulse that drives the world of finance.

The Netflix murder mystery recalls a time when TV wasn’t supposed to be art.

Over four seasons, the Netflix series has hollowed out along with the streaming industry that spawned it.

The HBO show’s latest season finale reaffirms Rhaenyra’s right to rule—but her mode of noble restraint, however admirable in a leader, is lethal in a protagonist.

Ruth Negga and Peter Sarsgaard also star in this adaptation of the 1987 Scott Turow novel.

Larry David bows out.

Two years after “Rothaniel,” the comedian has committed another moving—and deeply entertaining—act of self-exposure.

The industry faces an uncertain future, but this year’s finest rival those of the Peak TV era.

How the Austrian police procedural “Inspector Rex” bridges gaps between languages.

In the age of Nathan Fielder, why are television audiences drawn to shows that seem specifically designed to make them excruciatingly uncomfortable?

Since the show’s rise during the Great Recession, it has fulfilled a pedagogical role in women’s media. The lesson it imparts is: you better work, bitch.

The Max series makes a radical argument for what constitutes American history.

The Hulu series tackles depression, the carceral state, and racial tension in L.A. It’s also laugh-out-loud funny.