TV Reviews

Jennie Garth and Tori Spelling play themselves in BH90210, which both is and isn't a Beverly Hills, 90210 reboot. It's complicated.

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The Old Gang Is Back Together In 'BH90210,' Sort Of

5:00am August 07, 2019

by Linda Holmes

There's certainly no need to revisit the characters from Beverly Hills, 90210. So to fill what they hope is an appetite for nostalgia, the stars are playing themselves in a showbiz story.

Gina Rodriguez and Justin Baldoni as Jane and Rafael, whose wedding was the centerpiece of the finale of Jane The Virgin.

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'Jane The Virgin' Ends On A High Note

5:15pm August 03, 2019

by Linda Holmes

It's hard to end a show as beloved as Jane The Virgin, but the Wednesday night finale was funny, sad, silly and ultimately hopeful.

Nathalie Emmanuel is the best thing about the ultimately disappointing television adaptation of Four Weddings and a Funeral.

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'Four Weddings And A Funeral' On TV Can't Live Up To A Classic Romcom

7:44am August 03, 2019

by Linda Holmes

Four Weddings And A Funeral, a new Hulu series inspired by the film and co-created by Mindy Kaling, squanders an appealing central performance on a series of bad ideas.

Review: 'A Black Lady Sketch Show'

5:15am August 01, 2019

by Eric Deggans

A Black Lady Sketch Show premieres on HBO Friday. The creation of Robin Thede, it brings together a group of talented women to perform sketches about black life which anyone will find funny.

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Final Season Of 'Orange Is The New Black' Feels Just As Vital As The 1st

1:29pm July 31, 2019

by Soraya Nadia McDonald

Set in an immigration detention center, the seventh season of the Netflix series continues to take the plight of poor and minority women seriously — and it does so with a surprising amount of humor.

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Brenda Song makes this face quite a lot in Netflix's Secret Obsession.

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'Secret Obsession': Six Unforgettable Lessons From Netflix's Imperiled Amnesiac

7:00am July 27, 2019

by Linda Holmes

Brenda Song stars in Netflix's version of the Woman In Danger thriller, in which she is sent home with a stranger by the worst hospital in the world.

From left: Butcher (Karl Urban), Frenchie (Tomer Capon), Mother's Milk (Laz Alonso) and Hughie (Jack Quaid) conduct some supersurveillance in The Boys.

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Superhero Satire 'The Boys' Doesn't Have Much New To Say, But Says It Loudly

10:49am July 26, 2019

by Glen Weldon

"What if superheroes were evil?" isn't the rich fodder for storytelling the series thinks it is, but some compelling performances keep the show from descending into depressing nihilism.

Jason Dohring and Kristen Bell as Logan and Veronica in the new season of Veronica Mars on Hulu.

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The Crowd Fundeth, And The Crowd Taketh Away: The 'Veronica Mars' Problem

10:29am July 23, 2019

by Linda Holmes

A 2013 crowdfunding campaign brought the beloved detective series back from the dead for a movie. But it also boxed in the show, and the fourth season shows some of the risks of fan-driven work.

Kristen Bell is back as the wry title detective in Hulu's new season of Veronica Mars.

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'Veronica Mars' Offers More Than Nostalgia; She's Always Been A Survivor

2:22pm July 22, 2019

by David Bianculli

Fifteen years after its debut, Veronica Mars has outlived the UPN and has aired on the CW, HBO and now Hulu. Chances are this new, excellent season won't be the last we hear of the wry detective.

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'London Kills': A Cop Series That Keeps You Coming Back For More

3:29pm July 12, 2019

by John Powers

Acorn TV's new series follows a Scotland Yard team led by a detective whose wife has gone missing. London Kills combines the reassuring closure of a network cop series with a strong forward momentum.

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