TV Reviews

Encore: HBO's hit dark comedy 'Succession' returns for its final season

5:21pm March 25, 2023

by Eric Deggans

HBO's hit Succession returns for its fourth and final season Sunday, offering episodes filled with tart and biting humor while exploring the dysfunctions of a powerful family still trying to connect.

HBO's hit dark comedy 'Succession' returns Sunday for its final season

4:48pm March 24, 2023

by Eric Deggans

HBO's hit Succession returns for its fourth and final season Sunday, offering episodes filled with tart, biting humor while exploring the dysfunctions of a powerful family still trying to connect.

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Netflix's political thriller 'The Night Agent' sticks to the formula

2:13pm March 23, 2023

by John Powers

An FBI agent in a dead-end job suddenly finds himself in the middle of a huge conspiracy. This new 10-part series is a cross between a paranoid thriller from the '70s and a twisty TV show like 24.

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Bob Odenkirk as Hank on AMC's Lucky Hank.

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'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.

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'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.

'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.

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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.

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Mel Brooks serves up more delightful surprises in 'History of the World: Part II'

1:24pm March 06, 2023

by David Bianculli

In 1981, Brooks wrote, directed and starred in a collection of short comedy sketches, called History of the World: Part I. Forty-two years later, he's presenting an eight-episode TV sequel for Hulu.

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Matthew Rhys plays the unbeatable defense attorney Perry Mason in HBO's series.

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'Perry Mason' returns for Season 2, but the reboot is less fun than the original

2:12pm March 03, 2023

by John Powers

The HBO series starring Matthew Rhys lures us in with the Perry Mason brand. But it ultimately overlooks the shark-like courtroom demeanor that made the character more legend than lawyer.

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The Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal) and Grogu in Season 2 of The Mandalorian.

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'Table setting' backstory burdens 'The Mandalorian' Season 3 debut

4:35pm March 02, 2023

by Eric Deggans

In the first few episodes of the new season there is way too much tell and not enough show — but it's too early to abandon the series.