Latest TV Reviews
‘Young Sherlock’ Review: Guy Ritchie’s Amazon Series Is Dumb Fun That’s More Dumb Than Fun
Hero Fiennes Tiffin plays a 19-year-old Sherlock Holmes and Dónal Finn is James Moriarty, with Colin Firth and Joseph Fiennes lending support.
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‘RJ Decker’ Review: Scott Speedman in ABC’s Breezy but Unconvincing Crime Procedural
Adapted by Rob Doherty ('Elementary') from a novel by Carl Hiaasen, the series follows a Tampa photojournalist who reinvents himself as a private investigator after a stint in prison.
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‘Marshals’ Review: Luke Grimes in a CBS ‘Yellowstone’ Spinoff That Struggles to Escape Its Predecessor’s Shadow
Logan Marshall-Green and Gil Birmingham also star in the crime procedural, which follows federal law enforcement as they solve cases and chase bad guys in the mountains of Montana.
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‘DTF St. Louis’ Review: Jason Bateman, David Harbour and Linda Cardellini Topline HBO’s Intriguingly Evasive Murder Mystery
Steven Conrad ('Patriot') writes and directs the seven-part limited series about infidelity, insolvency, hip-hop dancing and death in a Midwestern suburb.
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‘American Classic’ Review: Kevin Kline and Laura Linney Can’t Save MGM+’s Creaky Theater Comedy
A self-absorbed Broadway star returns to his Pennsylvania hometown and puts on a show to save the local theater with a production of 'Our Town.'
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‘The Gray House’ Review: Amazon’s Civil War Miniseries Starring Mary-Louise Parker Offers Bloated Episodes and Accidental Comedy
The eight-part series was co-created by John Sayles, directed by Roland Joffé, and executive produced by Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman.
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‘Scrubs’ Season 10 Review: Zach Braff, Donald Faison and Company Return With Familiar Hijinks, for Better or Worse
Sarah Chalke also clocks back into Sacred Heart, along with Vanessa Bayer, a fresh young ensemble and stale new fantasy sequences.
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Sex, Scalpels and Surprises: THR Critics on Winter’s Must-See TV
'Heated Rivalry' came out of nowhere to steam things up, big-franchise spinoffs succeeded by going small, a Northern Irish Netflix mystery dazzled, and 'The Pitt' exceeded second-season expectations.
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‘Paradise’ Review: Hulu’s Post-Apocalyptic Drama Gets Bigger but Not Better in a Messy Second Season
Shailene Woodley joins Sterling K. Brown and Julianne Nicholson in the Dan Fogelman-created series, set in the years after a catastrophe wipes out most of the human population.
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‘Strip Law’ Review: Netflix’s Animated Legal Comedy Is Guilty of Prioritizing References Over Storytelling
Created by Cullen Crawford, the series features the vocal talents of Adam Scott, Janelle James and Stephen Root.
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‘56 Days’ Review: Dove Cameron and Avan Jogia Conjure Mild Sparks in Amazon’s Overly Chilly Erotic Thriller
Karla Souza and Dorian Crossmond Missick also star in the drama based on Catherine Ryan Howard's bestseller about an affair that results in the discovery of a corpse decomposing in a tub.
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‘Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette’ Review: FX’s Latest Ryan Murphy Biodrama Spins an Enchanting Fairy Tale
Paul Anthony Kelly and Sarah Pidgeon star alongside Naomi Watts (as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis) in the first volume of the planned anthology series.
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‘How to Get to Heaven from Belfast’ Review: Lisa McGee’s ‘Derry Girls’ Follow-Up Is a Chaotic, Wildly Entertaining Netflix Mystery
Sinead Keenan, Caoilfhionn Dunne and Roisin Gallagher play friends who begin to suspect something is suspicious about an old chum's death.
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Critic’s Appreciation: James Van Der Beek Will Be Remembered for ‘Dawson’s Creek,’ but His Best Work Was Far Funnier and Odder
'Varsity Blues' and 'Dawson's Creek' generated the memes, but things like 'Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23' showed Van Der Beek's talent.
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‘Neighbors’ Review: HBO’s Unscripted Comedy Captures Contemporary Dysfunction in a Gawking, Unpleasant Way
Josh Safdie and Ronald Bronstein executive produce this half-hour series about property disputes, misused surveillance and a situationally inappropriate Speedo.
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Critic’s Notebook: Bad Bunny Shrugs Off Trumped-Up Controversies for an Exhilarating, Vital Super Bowl Halftime Performance
Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin and a few celebrity guests were part of one of the biggest parties to ever hit the field at a Super Bowl.
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