TV Reviews

Wait a minute, that's Lara Jean, but that's not Peter Kavinsky! (Jordan Fisher and Lana Condor play John Ambrose and Lara Jean Song Covey.)

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In 'P.S. I Still Love You,' The 'To All The Boys' Story Gets More Complicated

5:00am February 12, 2020

by Linda Holmes

The follow-up to Netflix's well-received YA romcom To All The Boys I've Loved Before finds its principals working on what happens after that closing kiss.

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Edie Falco Shines As LA's Top Cop In The CBS Drama 'Tommy'

1:36pm February 06, 2020

by David Bianculli

In addition to solving a case each week, Tommy features ongoing story lines involving the police chief's interactions with colleagues and family members. The scripts aren't fantastic — but Falco is.

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The documentary McMillions explores, using both archival footage and recreations, the story of the fraud uncovered within the McDonald's Monopoly game.

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Crooks Go All-Out To Take Home The Grand Fries In 'McMillions'

1:57pm February 04, 2020

by Linda Holmes

HBO's latest documentary series explores an enormous conspiracy to steal the winning game pieces from McDonald's' best-known promotional game.

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'Giri/Haji' Is A Story Of Cultural Cross Pollination Unlike Anything Else On TV

1:35pm January 31, 2020

by John Powers

A Tokyo police detective heads to London to bring back his gangster brother in this BBC series, which is playing on Netflix. Giri/Haji is a thriller that bursts with compelling scenes.

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Kristen Bell as Eleanor, William Jackson Harper as Chidi, Ted Danson as Michael and D'Arcy Carden as Janet.

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A Goodbye To 'The Good Place'

1:19pm January 31, 2020

by Linda Holmes

The NBC afterlife comedy ended Thursday after four seasons, and it did so in a rich, emotionally satisfying, provocative fashion.

Awkwafina, Lori Tan Chinn and BD Wong in Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens.

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'Nora From Queens' Is, And Is Not, Awkwafina

1:31pm January 23, 2020

by Linda Holmes

Awkwafina's career has ranged from rap to Crazy Rich Asians to a Golden Globe for The Farewell. Now, she's putting down a lot of her old habits in a new Comedy Central series.

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Intriguing 'Star Trek' Reboot Sends Patrick Stewart's Picard Back Into Space

1:29pm January 23, 2020

by David Bianculli

Star Trek: Picard begins in the year 2399, when the captain, long retired, is tending to his European vineyard. But Picard doesn't stay Earthbound long in this CBS All Access show.

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Captain Ryan Clark (Hugh Laurie) spends a lot of time looking aghast in HBO's Avenue 5.

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Star Boors: Humanity Is Cruising For A Bruising In Sci-Fi Comedy 'Avenue 5'

5:00am January 19, 2020

by Glen Weldon

It takes HBO's space-cruise comedy (from the creator of Veep and The Thick Of It) a while to find its footing — but that's understandable, given how wonky the ship's gravity turns out to be.

The first episode of the BBC America docuseries Seven Worlds, One Planet, which premieres Jan. 18, focuses on the wildlife of Australia.

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Filmed Before The Fires, 'Seven Worlds' Shows Off Australia's Amazing Wildlife

2:17pm January 16, 2020

by David Bianculli

BBC America's new docuseries, Seven Worlds, One Planet, uses cutting-edge technology to showcase extraordinary creatures on seven continents. It's narrated by Sir David Attenborough.

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Coma Unto Me: Pope Pius XIII (Jude Law) lies between life and death in the world's most stylish hospital in HBO's The New Pope.

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Meet 'The New Pope,' Same As 'The Young Pope'

9:26am January 12, 2020

by Glen Weldon

It's got a new title and a new lead actor, but everything else about writer/director Paolo Sorrentino's series — a soapy, deeply weird peek under the papal robes — remains intact.