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The Latest TV Reviews & Recaps (Page 12)

Keeping track of the boob tube, one recap at a time. Networks, cable, streaming, you name it – if you watch it on your TV first, we’ve got it covered.

Dear Edward, by the time you read this letter, you’ll be weeping

By: Tim Stevens

AppleTV+’s new plane crash drama goes big and it pays off.

Shrinking is a good reason to get on the couch

By: Tim Stevens

Bill Lawrence’s new AppleTV+ show isn’t perfect, but none of us are.

The Last of Us takes Ellie and the audience outside the walls for the first time

By: Megan Sunday

Neil Druckman and Craig Mazin introduce their players and their viewers to the post-ruin world and some of its terrifying monsters.

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That ‘90s Show is a pure hit of nostalgia comedy

By: Ashley Lara

Netflix’s sequel series to That 70s Show provides a welcome dose of multi-cam sitcom laughs.

The Last of Us is a strong vision of found family and zombie horror

By: Megan Sunday

HBO’s video game adaptation brings pathos and fungus to a bleak alternate 2023.

The verdict on Night Court? It’s hardly a gavel banger

By: Tim Stevens

NBC’s reboot marries old-school multi-cam gags to new-school melancholy with uneven results.

Mayor of Kingstown Season 2 keeps it gray and grim

By: Tim Stevens

Paramount+ takes viewers back to the prison where things seem same as it ever was.

Hunters Season 2 struggles with its own ambiguity

By: Tim Stevens

The Prime Video series returns as messy as ever for its second and final season.

Velma serves up a perfect Scooby Snack

By: Marshall Estes

Jinkies! HBO Max’s Scooby Doo spin-off features a fresh take on an established supporting character.

Koala Man offers subpar superheroics and stale comedy

Michael Cusack and company fail to bring the laughs to a new but immediately outdated-feeling animated comedy.

Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches casts a tepid but promising spell

AMC's expansion of the "Immortal Universe" offers just barely enough pagan intrigue to keep your attention.

The Bad Batch’s exploits start to grow stale in its second season

By: Megan Sunday

The Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated spinoff returns for a second round of adventures for its misfits, with all the highs and lows of the first season.

Nicolas Winding Refn returns to Denmark for a surreal journey of revenge in Copenhagen Cowboy

Refn can only use so much style to cover up the lack of substance in this plodding noir-thriller series for Netflix.

Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street crafts forgettable television out of unforgettable crimes

The horrifying ramifications of Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme are tragically put on the sidelines in this repetitive docuseries.

The Rig drills into previous works and mines them well

By: Tim Stevens

The new Prime Video series borrows from an array of other television and film with intriguing results.

Kaleidoscope fails to spin out much new beyond its gimmick

By: Tim Stevens

Netflix’s experiment in “watch it in whatever order you want” still only delivers a typical heist story.

The Witcher: Blood Origin is a tale that’s been done to death

Going without Henry Cavill costs the Netflix series plenty.NOW STREAMING: Powered by JustWatch No doubt Netflix’s goal in releasing the Witcher spinoff The Witcher: Blood Origin was to tide audiences over. They wanted to give the fans a little something while waiting for Henry Cavill’s final season as Geralt. Conveniently framed as a tale told to Jaskier (Joey Batey) ... The Witcher: Blood Origin is a tale that’s been done to death

Paul T. Goldman offers quite the tale, true or otherwise

By: Tim Stevens

The Peacock true crime/behind the scenes/comedy of discomfort compels and repels, frequently in equal measure.

A Rugrats Chanukah was a light in the darkness for young Jewish children

The rare Jewish holiday special was a bastion of representation that still resonates today.

Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan goes rogue in Season 3, in the most expected way possible

By: Tim Stevens

The latest chapter of the Prime Video series puts Ryan on the run but risks little.

The 25 Best TV Shows of 2022

The ongoing refrain of every TV critic, especially come end-of-year time: There’s too much TV. This year is no exception, with networks and streaming services alike competing for our attention with one big-budget, well-crafted set of eight-to-ten-hour stories after another. It’s the kind of model that doesn’t seem built to last, and 2022 might see ... The 25 Best TV Shows of 2022

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