TV Reviews

Zahn McClarnon plays Lt. Joe Leaphorn and Jessica Matten is Sgt. Bernadette Manuelito in Season 2 of Dark Winds.

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Back for Season 2, 'Dark Winds' is a cop drama steeped in Navajo culture

5:01am July 27, 2023

by John Powers

Set in New Mexico in the 1970s, Dark Winds stars, is written by, and is largely directed by Native Americans. The resulting series treats Navajo culture not as sociology but as lived experience.

FX's limited series revival Justified: City Primeval offers the return of a beloved character — Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant). But that alone isn't enough. We take a look back at reboots that worked ... and those that didn't.

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TV reboots have to answer one question: Why now? Just look at 'Justified'

4:56pm July 18, 2023

by Eric Deggans

FX's limited series revival Justified: City Primeval offers the nostalgic return of a beloved character. But that alone isn't enough. We take a look back at reboots that worked, and those that didn't.

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Lawman Raylan Givens returns in this daring, totally 'Justified' reboot

2:12pm July 17, 2023

by David Bianculli

Timothy Olyphant once again plays Elmore Leonard's quick-tempered U.S. marshal in Justified: City Primeval, an eight-part sequel brimming with colorful, volatile characters.

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Tyler Hoechlin as Superman and Elizabeth Tulloch as Lois Lane. The season finale of The CW's Superman & Lois airs on Tuesday.

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Even heroes feel helpless sometimes — and 'Superman & Lois' is stronger for it

3:44pm June 27, 2023

by Eric Deggans

Superman faces a challenge that reveals the show's beating heart and turns him into an average guy with a battleship-size nemesis: cancer that has stricken his beloved. The season finale airs Tuesday.

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'Morimoto's Sushi Master' is as tasty as reality TV cooking can get

2:40pm June 23, 2023

by David Bianculli

Eight sushi chefs compete at specific, well-designed challenges for head judge Masaharu Morimoto and celebrity chef judges in this six-part competition show on the Roku Channel.

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Season 2 of The Bear is still Carmy's story, but the focus widens to the ensemble even more than before. Above, Jeremy Allen White as "Carmy" Berzatto.

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'The Bear' deftly turns the 'CORNER!' into Season 2

1:16pm June 23, 2023

by Linda Holmes

These 10 new episodes maintain all the heat of the first season — skillfully avoiding common pitfalls and successfully pushing the story forward. Plus, there are some great guest stars.

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In Marvel's 'Secret Invasion,' it's a human hero who's the cure for superhero fatigue

6:22pm June 21, 2023

by Eric Deggans

Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury never forgets he's a Black man navigating the world, which makes him feel like James Bond meets Shaft.

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In episode "Demon 79" an employee at a department store (Anjana Vasan) is visited by an apprentice demon (Paapa Essiedu).

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5 new 'Black Mirror' episodes have dropped — and there's not a dud in the bunch

1:52pm June 16, 2023

by David Bianculli

These are the first new Black Mirror episodes since before the pandemic. The show continues to be among the best anthology TV series ever made.

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Ethan Peck as Spock and Rebecca Romijn as Una.

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'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' season 2 is a classic sci-fi adventure

4:28pm June 15, 2023

by Eric Deggans

Beloved characters and eye-popping special effects return in this adventure-of-the-week format.

Endeavour — a prequel to the Inspector Morse series — ran for nearly a decade. Its ninth and final season is airing on PBS's MASTERPIECE Mystery! Above, Shaun Evans as Endeavour Morse

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In its ninth and final season, 'Endeavour' fulfills its mission to 'Inspector Morse'

3:11pm June 14, 2023

by John Powers

Just as Better Call Saul is, in some ways, more interesting than Breaking Bad, so Endeavour offers more emotional richness than the series that inspired it.

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