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Critic’s Notebook: A Flailing, Fun-Free 2024 Golden Globes Telecast
Jo Koy got the show off to a rough start, and things didn't get better from there.
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‘Grimsburg’ Review: Jon Hamm Leads Fox’s Amusing but Derivative Animated Detective Comedy
Hamm voices a brilliant but troubled sleuth who can solve any mystery but his own personal life.
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‘The Brothers Sun’ Review: Michelle Yeoh Is a Crime Family Matriarch in Netflix’s Zanily Entertaining Action Dramedy
A Taiwanese gangster is reunited in Los Angeles with his mother and younger brother in the new series from Byron Wu and Brad Falchuk.
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‘Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale’ Review: Human Drama Proves More Compelling Than Supernatural Trappings in AMC+ Series
A witch and her daughter fall under suspicion after the death of a teenage boy in a show based on the book by V.V. James.
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‘True Detective: Night Country’ Review: Alaska-Set Season Starring Jodie Foster Is Not Quite Enough of a Good Thing
The HBO franchise leaves behind Nic Pizzolatto's tormented masculinity for a new six-episode mystery costarring Kali Reis.
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‘Extended Family’ Review: Jon Cryer, Abigail Spencer and Donald Faison in NBC’s Amiable Low-Stakes Sitcom
Creator Mike O'Malley's new show centers on divorced parents shuttling in and out of their kids' lives in the family home while one of them embarks on a fresh relationship.
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‘Dr. Death’ Season 2 Review: Edgar Ramirez and Mandy Moore in a Half-Effective Tale of Science and Seduction
The second season of the true-crime anthology centers on a surgeon whose "miraculous" advancements in biosynthetic organ transplants are not what they appear.
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Critic’s Notebook: In 2023’s AI-Themed TV Shows, the People Were the Problem
In Peacock's 'Mrs. Davis', Netflix's 'Black Mirror', FX/Hulu's 'A Murder at the End of the World', the danger isn't intelligent machines — it's the all-too-flawed humans driving them.
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‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Review: Disney+ Series Adaptation Does Right by Youngest Viewers
Over a decade after the big-screen adaptations, Rick Riordan tackles his book series about a kid who learns that Greek mythology was all real and he is, in fact, the son of a god.
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The 10 Best TV Episodes of 2023
A stylish Hitchcock homage, a tender exploration of autism and a hilariously horny holiday special were among favorites of THR's TV critics.
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The 10 Best TV Performances of 2023
Dazzling star turns from Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz, a Brit playing two messy moms and an 'Abbott Elementary' standout were among favorites of THR's TV critics.
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‘Such Brave Girls’ Review: Kat Sadler’s Hulu Series Puts a Fresh Spin on British Trauma Comedy
The show looks at a dysfunctional family of three women connected through their shared emotional damage.
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Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the Best TV Shows of 2023
An emotional zombie drama, a superior true-crime docuseries, a sidesplitting anti-capitalist satire and two fantastic series finales were among picks from THR's TV critics.
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Critic’s Notebook: Final Episodes Bring ‘The Crown’ to a Smooth but Savorless Finish
The final six installments of Peter Morgan's acclaimed Netflix drama bring the British royal family into the mid-2000s, ending on the wedding of Charles (Dominic West) and Camilla (Olivia Williams).
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Critic’s Appreciation: Andre Braugher Was an Intensely Dramatic, Intensely Funny Actor’s Actor
From 'Homicide: Life on the Street' to 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine,' the unexpected arc of Braugher's career was a testament to the rare breadth of his talent.
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‘Culprits’ Review: Hulu’s Well-Acted Heist Series Struggles to Finish the Job
Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Gemma Arterton and Kirby Howell-Baptiste star in J Blakeson's eight-part drama.
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