TV Reviews

Why The Second Season Of 'GLOW' Is Better Than The First

4:25pm June 29, 2018

by Eric Deggans

Netflix's GLOW returns for its second season with a sharper narrative and more character development. The season, the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling are creating a show for a small, local TV station.

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A Spot of Bother: Norman Scott (Ben Whishaw, L) and Jeremy Thorpe (Hugh Grant, R) face the day with stiff upper lips in Amazon's A Very English Scandal.

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'A Very English Scandal' Is Veddy, Veddy Fun, Indeed

10:39am June 29, 2018

by Glen Weldon

The stars of Paddington 2 (Ben Whishaw and Hugh Grant) reunite, under ... very different circumstances, for a 3-episode Amazon mini-series about a gay relationship that shocked the U.K. in the '70s.

Top Chef contestant Joe Sasto cooks a meal in Aspen, Colo.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: Cooking Shows Provide Food For Thought

5:00am June 27, 2018

by Linda Holmes

This week, we revisit a conversation about competitions and instructional shows, adventures and simple admirations of good cooking.

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Betrayal, Ruination And Dark Comedy Converge In 'A Very English Scandal'

1:54pm June 26, 2018

by John Powers

A new BBC miniseries streaming on Amazon and starring Hugh Grant tells the story of Britain's Thorpe affair, a 1970s tabloid fiesta that brought together politics, illicit sex and a criminal trial.

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One Stoop, Two Stupids: Sam (Sam Richardson) and Tim (Tim Robinson) are back in the second season of Detroiters.

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If The First Season Of 'Detroiters' Flew Under Your Radar, Adjust Your Settings

12:58pm June 21, 2018

by Glen Weldon

The deeply goofy and weirdly sweet comedy series about two best friends (Veep's Sam Richardson and SNL's Tim Robinson) who love their city, and each other, is back for a second season.

'Yellowstone' Is A Sophisticated Effort To Create Prestige TV For Rural America

8:47pm June 20, 2018

by Eric Deggans

The family drama Yellowstone debuts Wednesday on the newly named Paramount Network. Written by Taylor Sheridan, it stars Kevin Costner as a patriarch who owns a ranch as big as Rhode Island.

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Clusterfest: Tina Desae, Brian J. Smith, Tuppence Middleton, Doona Bae, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Max Riemelt, Jamie Clayton, Purab Kohli and Toby Onwumere in Sense8.

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'Sense8' Finale: Gorgeous, Sexy, Completely Nonsensical — Which Is To Say: Perfect

4:18pm June 10, 2018

by Glen Weldon

The finale to the Wachowskis' decidedly queer (in every sense of the word) Netflix series was a beautiful mess of a thing that gave fans everything they loved about it, one last time.

Codependent Some More: Tandy (Olivia Holt) and Tyrone (Aubrey Joseph) discover a connection linked to their respective super-powers in Marvel's Cloak & Dagger.

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'Marvel's Cloak & Dagger' Shines A Light That Flickers — And Then Glows

12:00pm June 07, 2018

by Glen Weldon

The latest Marvel adaptation — about two teens with strangely linked super-powers — is so concerned with being a character-based drama it starts out slow and talky, but sticking with it pays off.

CIA analyst Joe Turner (played by Max Irons) struggles to figure out who to trust and who wants him dead in Condor, a new series on AT&T's Audience Network.

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Though Gripping, CIA Thriller 'Condor' Falls Short Of Defining Its Era

2:12pm June 05, 2018

by John Powers

A new series on AT&T's Audience Network updates the 1975 film Three Days of the Condor. Critic John Powers says Condor is an entertaining show that lacks the cultural relevance of its forerunner.

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New York's Drag Ball Scene Strikes A 'Pose' In FX Drama

1:11pm June 04, 2018

by Eric Deggans

The new series Pose looks at how the city's drag performers created their own percolating club scene when they weren't welcome anywhere else.