Television

Bob Odenkirk as Hank on AMC's Lucky Hank.

Arts

'Better Call Saul' star's new series 'Lucky Hank' makes a midlife crisis compelling

9:19am March 22, 2023

by Eric Deggans

Bob Odenkirk strikes gold again in his latest TV series, Lucky Hank. Playing to type, he makes the laconic, dissatisfied and restless title character likable and relatable.

Succession has always been a sharply written show, but there is a delicious restraint in this final season that feels new. Above, Sarah Snook as Siobhan "Shiv" Roy.

Arts

'Succession' returns for a fourth and final season of family back-stabbing

3:01am March 22, 2023

by Linda Holmes

The creators are holding Season 4 close to the vest for obvious reasons. But the Roy family is back and off to an emotionally complicated, darkly funny, bantering, betraying, punch-packing start.

Billy Crudup plays a salesman marketing timeshares on the moon in the futuristic series Hello Tomorrow!

Arts

From 'Almost Famous' to definitely famous, Billy Crudup is enjoying his new TV roles

7:53am March 21, 2023

by Dave Davies

Crudup stars as a fast-talking salesman in the retro-futurist Apple TV+ series Hello Tomorrow! He won an Emmy for his role as a cynical TV executive in the series The Morning Show.

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'Swarm' is about how we're doing fandom wrong

6:38am March 20, 2023

by Aisha Harris

The bizarre new thriller created by Janine Nabers and Donald Glover serves as a spikey admonishment of celebrity worship. Dominique Fishback stars as a much too devoted fan.

Arts

The third season of 'Ted Lasso' basks in the glow of its quirky characters

5:18pm March 18, 2023

by Eric Deggans

Jason Sudeikis' Ted Lasso returns as folksy as ever, but one wonders if there is enough ah shucks personality to carry the series to a compelling end.

Directors Daniel Kwan (left) and Daniel Scheinert pose with their best director trophies for Everything Everywhere All at Once.

Arts

Let's celebrate the mistakes the Oscars didn't make

7:01am March 18, 2023

by Stephen Thompson

Just one last word about the 2023 Academy Awards, which wrapped Sunday in a manner largely free of catastrophic embarrassment: Here's an unsexy-but-crucial rundown of the mistakes that were avoided.

Trump supporters clashed with police and security forces as they stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Politics & Government

Capitol Police weren't told House GOP would give Jan. 6 video to Fox News, lawyer says

6:41pm March 17, 2023

by Barbara Sprunt

The Capitol Police's general counsel says that of the 40 clips that aired on Tucker Carlson's show, only one was reviewed and approved beforehand.

Actor Lance Reddick visits 'The IMDb Show' on June 19, 2019 in Studio City, California.

Arts

Lance Reddick, star of 'John Wick' and 'The Wire,' dead at 60

5:07pm March 17, 2023

by Ciera Crawford

Reddick was found dead at his Los Angeles home Friday. He died of natural causes.

Why are dozens of TV shows disappearing from streaming platforms like HBO Max?

5:15am March 17, 2023

by Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi

Dozens of original streaming shows have been removed from platforms in an apparent effort to cut costs. The disappearing shows may point to a more fundamental change in the business of streaming.

Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump try to break through a police barrier on Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Politics & Government

The truth is there's little the government can do about lies on cable

2:16pm March 16, 2023

by Domenico Montanaro

Tucker Carlson trying to rewrite history on the Jan. 6 riots is exposing the government's limited ability to regulate distortions on cable news.

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