Netflix’s ‘Manifest’ Bucks Hollywood Playbook With A Devoted, Loving Family At Its Center
It’s the Stones’ recognition that their family is both something to be protected and a source of strength that makes ‘Manifest’ worth watching.
Rory Gilmore Is Every Out-Of-Touch, Self-Absorbed Corporate Journalist
Like Rory, the corporate media sees itself as the golden darling, unfazed by the dumpster fires it’s constantly setting by willful ignorance and brassy arrogance.
‘Small Town News’ Is Equal Parts Entertaining And Brilliant
The journalists are both in and of the community they cover, showing why the cliched death of local news involves a loss that platitudes can hardly capture.
Hulu’s ‘Only Murders In The Building’ Mixes Laughs With Thrills
The iconic comedy duo Steve Martin and Martin Short teams up with Selena Gomez in the Hulu series, melding the whodunit twists of ‘Knives Out’ with the cheeky comedy of ‘Clue.’
‘Jeopardy!’ May Have A New Host, But Replacing Alex Trebek Remains Impossible
The past six months of auditions only served to reinforce Trebek’s subtle mastery behind the lectern, and illustrate the big shoes “Jeopardy!’s” next host will have to fill.
No One Is Safe On ‘White Lotus’
No party in ‘White Lotus,’ aggrieved or privileged or both, seems poised to emerge unscathed.
‘Vindication’ Returns for Season 2, Mixing Faith With Small-Town Crime Drama
A small-town crime show shot in Texas has ambitions to find a large audience, hoping to deliver the action people expect with authentic depictions of faith.
Does Wokeness Explain The RHONY Ratings Slide?
This is Bravo’s clear strategy to fend off critiques from lefty Instagram fan pages and Barnard graduates writing for The Cut. It’s making their product worse. It’s making race relations worse, too.
Netflix’s No. 1 TV Show ‘Virgin River’ Treats Babies As Commodities For Selfish Pleasure In Season 3
To use children and parenting as highways to self-serving pleasure is to make light of social foundations we can’t afford to lose.
Who Wants To Be The Next ‘Jeopardy!’ Host: Robin Roberts
Embracing the contestant interviews, Roberts relished the ‘softer’ side of her hosting duties in ways other guest emcees did not.
‘Rick And Morty’ Episode Recap: ‘Amortycan Grickfitti’ Explores The Meaning Of Cool
The episode had some solid laughs and even ended up with a somewhat decent message: trying to be cool is not cool, just be yourself.
‘The Mysterious Benedict Society’ Is A Whimsical, Kid-Friendly Critique Of Media Panic
In a miniseries relevant for our times, four remarkable children must tune out media propaganda and seek truth to solve what’s causing a society-wide panic.
Who Wants To Be The Next ‘Jeopardy!’ Host: George Stephanopoulos
Between talking about the honor of hosting ‘Jeopardy!,’ praising Alex Trebek, and plugging their charities, the guest hosts seem to spend more time talking about themselves.
Netflix’s ‘America: The Motion Picture’ Is As Out-Of-Touch As King George III
The movie’s production team wanted to laugh at ‘real’ Americans rather than laughing with them. The end result is that no one is laughing.
The Latest Episode Of ‘Rick And Morty’ Takes A Sex-Centric Turn For The Worse
They’re not all going to be home runs, you know?
The ‘Rick And Morty’ Spin On Captain Planet Shows Why Environmentalists Are Perfect Villains
Instead of wanting to preserve this planet for all humanity, ecoterrorists start talking as if humanity is the problem.
Dear Scarlett Johansson: The Femme Fatale Is Not Anyone’s Property But Her Own
The femme fatale is smart, sexy, unapologetically feminine, and lives on her own terms, and that’s precisely what makes her empowering.
Chris Pratt’s ‘The Tomorrow War’ Brings Back Crowd-Pleasing Sci-Fi
Casting off brooding high-concept futurism, this shoot-‘em-up action vehicle evocative of past hits like ‘Independence Day’ gives audiences a lot to cheer.
5 Quirky Parenting Lessons (And 2 To Ignore) From The Hit Animated Series ‘Bluey’
Introducing a loving, playful family of blue heeler dogs, animated series ‘Bluey’ has become a runaway global hit as it brings uncommon heart and creativity to children’s TV.
Who Wants To Be The Next ‘Jeopardy!’ Host: Sanjay Gupta
With guest hosts rotating almost as quickly as contestants, it will be hard for players to build up a sense of timing with the host, let alone any momentum.
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