TV Reviews

Super Bowl's commercials are overshadowed by the big game and halftime show

5:05am February 14, 2022

by Eric Deggans

The Los Angels Rams beat the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 in Sunday's Super Bowl. The game and halftime show eclipsed a collection of uninspired commercials.

'Inventing Anna' showcases Shonda Rhimes' talent for stories about women and power

5:31pm February 12, 2022

by Eric Deggans

Netflix's new show Inventing Anna tells the story of how a magazine journalist unraveled the real-life saga of con artist Anna Sorokin, who posed as a wealthy German heiress named Anna Delvey.

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Dramatic reboot 'Bel Air' proves sometimes, you should be careful what you wish for

4:25pm February 11, 2022

by Eric Deggans

Bel Air, a reboot of the 90s classic The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, starts this weekend on Peacock. But in dramatizing the sitcom, the creators lost what made The Fresh Prince so fun in the first place.

Arts

'Pam & Tommy' asks smart questions about gossip, sexism and technology

1:30pm February 08, 2022

by David Bianculli

Hulu's new series tells the story of Baywatch actress Pamela Anderson and Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee, whose private sex tape was stolen in 1995 and subsequently distributed over the Internet.

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Review: Hulu's miniseries 'Pam & Tommy' should have learned from its own storylines

4:51pm February 02, 2022

by Eric Deggans

Hulu's Pam & Tommy tells how Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee's sex tape became public. The limited series focuses on the men who made it happen more than the compelling woman at the heart of the story.

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Willa Fitzgerald and Alan Ritchson are on the hunt for justice in Reacher.

Arts

Psychopath or hero? 'Reacher' presents a vigilante who walks the line

12:31pm February 02, 2022

by John Powers

Based on Lee Child's best-selling novel, this eight-part series by Amazon Prime Video features Alan Ritchson as an ex-military policeman on the hunt for a murderer in small-town Georgia.

Tommy (Sebastian Stan) and Pam (Lily James) in Pam & Tommy.

'Pam & Tommy' are sympathetic figures in an infamous culture war

11:02am February 02, 2022

by Aisha Harris

A new mini-series starring Seth Rogen, Lily James, and Sebastian Stan seeks to reassess the spectacle surrounding the infamous Pam Anderson and Tommy Lee sex tape.

Janet Jackson speaks in her new docuseries, Janet Jackson.

Lifetime and A&E's Janet Jackson docuseries promises more than it delivers

4:50pm January 28, 2022

by Eric Deggans

The famously private music legend has the opportunity to open up in a two-part docuseries. But the show leaves many stories left untold.

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Arts

W. Kamau Bell asks all the right questions in 'We Need to Talk About Cosby'

1:28pm January 28, 2022

by David Bianculli

Nothing is sensationalized or trivialized in Bell's four-part documentary, which reckons with Bill Cosby's legacy both as a barrier-breaking Black star and as a sexual predator.

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Sam Richardson and Ben Schwartz play best buddies in the comedic murder mystery The Afterparty.

Arts

On 'The Afterparty,' a high school reunion really can kill you

5:00am January 28, 2022

by Linda Holmes

The Apple TV+ show might not be as riotous as its roster of comedy stars would suggest, but it's an entertaining murder mystery.