television shows

“The Paper” Is Old News
September 3, 2025
The new workplace sitcom from Greg Daniels, who co-created the U.S. version of “The Office,” borrows its predecessor’s mockumentary format—but pales in comparison to what came before. Source...
Malcolm-Jamal Warner and the Lessons of Theo Huxtable
July 27, 2025
A few hours after the news of Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s death began to spread, one of my closest friends called me. I knew before I picked up that he wanted...
The Finale of “The Rehearsal” Is Outlandish and Sublime
May 26, 2025
Nathan Fielder, like Andy Kaufman before him, makes performance-art comedy that does not only poke fun at the world but experimentally perturbs it, and he plies this trade in...
How “Andor” Injects Contemporary Politics Into “Star Wars” I.P.
May 21, 2025
It’s rare to hear the word “genocide” uttered unequivocally on television, let alone on the streaming service Disney+. So it was a bit of a shock to encounter the...