TV Reviews

New Documentary Explores The Spectacular Failure Of 'The Dana Carvey Show'

2:40pm October 19, 2017

by David Bianculli

In 1996, The Dana Carvey Show debuted -- then folded after producing only eight episodes. Critic David Bianculli says Hulu's Too Funny To Fail about the flop is entertaining from beginning to end.

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TV Review: Jay Pharoah In 'White Famous'

8:39am October 13, 2017

by Eric Deggans

White Famous is a new Showtime comedy series premiering Sunday. It's a satire on Hollywood race relations based on the career of Jamie Foxx. It stars Jay Pharoah, who was on Saturday Night Live.

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Jonathan Groff plays a young FBI agent with bold new ideas about how to learn from imprisoned murderers in the Netflix series Mindhunter, which becomes available on Friday.

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FBI Profilers Pursue Serial Killers And Their Motives In 'Mindhunter'

7:16pm October 12, 2017

by David Bianculli

A new Netflix series explores the formation of the FBI serial crime unit and the psychology of mass murder. Critic David Bianculli says Mindhunter's emphasis on motive results in a compelling show.

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"I'm tellin' you, that fish was yay big!": Teen Mutant Lauren (Natalie Alyn Lind) prepares to bend air like Beckham in The Gifted.

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Relax, Nerds: 'The Gifted' Knows What It's Doing

5:18am October 02, 2017

by Glen Weldon

A great premise, fun performances, a cool sensibility and excellent special effects make FOX's new mutants-on-the-lam series a solid bet. (Are you listening, Marvel's Inhumans?)

The Z-Files: Adam Scott and Craig Robinson in Ghosted.

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'Ghosted': A Skeptic And A True Believer Investigate The Paranormal; It's Para-Funny

7:01am October 01, 2017

by Glen Weldon

In this FOX sitcom, Adam Scott and Craig Robinson play two men thrown together to uncover the uncanny. It involves chasing glowy things through warehouses at night.

"Take me to my agent, boy!": Crystal (played by Isabelle Cornish) and Lockjaw the teleporting bulldog (played by A Bunch of Pixels) in Marvel's Inhumans.

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Introducing ... The Inept, Inert 'Inhumans'

10:44am September 29, 2017

by Glen Weldon

Look, it's not good. The series about Marvel's moon-dwelling not-mutants gets off to a two-hour start Friday that'll leave you scowling more than Black Bolt (Anson Mount). Which is saying something.

Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally once again play Jack McFarland and Karen Walker in NBC's Will & Grace.

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'Will & Grace' Is Back, But Will Its Viewers Be?

9:54am September 28, 2017

by Linda Holmes

NBC is bringing back Will & Grace for at least two revival seasons, more than 10 years after it went off the air the first time. But the show has some work to do to get its viewers back.

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Sterling K. Brown as Randall, still being the best thing about the season premiere of This Is Us.

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Death Watch: 'This Is Us' Kicks Off Its Second Season, Teary As Ever

9:19am September 27, 2017

by Linda Holmes

NBC's surprise hit of last fall, the drama This Is Us, began its second season with an episode that stayed mostly in the here and now before dipping dramatically back to the past.

'Will & Grace' Returns To TV

4:58am September 27, 2017

by Linda Holmes

Will & Grace was groundbreaking television when the show first hit prime time back in 1998. Now NBC has brought the gang back for a series reboot that starts Thursday night.