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A new world. A new order. A new Blade Runner. Blade Runner 2099, a new limited series, premieres November 25th on Prime Video.» SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/Prim...
The piece is a newsletter argument that The Shield deserves more esteem than it gets, positioning it as the blueprint that Breaking Bad and other prestige dramas later refined, and arguing that its ugly, pulpy style and unflinching brutality explain why it is routinely ranked below them (the NYT placed it 70th on its 21st-century list). Its case rests on the show's escalating shocks, Michael Chiklis's Vic Mackey as a morally indecipherable antihero, and its role in popularizing movie stars slumming on television.
An analysis of the cookbook collection visible on the shelves of the main character in the TV series 'The Bear,' revealing details about his culinary background and character development.
A Netflix science fiction series depicting a dark, dystopian world where characters struggle to survive against intense odds.
The Ringer updated its 2018 ranking of the 100 best TV episodes of the century to reflect seven years of new television, a period during which streaming services fundamentally changed how shows are made and consumed. The revision added 27 new episodes while maintaining the original list's commitment to representing television's full range of genres rather than limiting itself to prestige dramas. The methodology remained consistent: staff submitted favorites, with one episode per show allowed and only episodes released after July 2018 eligible for inclusion or replacement.
Apple TV is launching Nocturne, a thriller series based on Lars Kepler's novel "The Sandman," starring Liev Schreiber as a former soldier-turned-detective and Stephen Graham as a serial killer terrorizing a small Pennsylvania town. The series premieres October 30 with two episodes, followed by weekly releases through December 25.
A curated list of the best television shows from the 2000s onward, recommended by The New York Times.
This is a roundup of television shows from 2026 recommended by Esquire editors, covering a range of genres from prestige dramas like *Furious* (a psychological thriller about an FBI agent hunting a female serial killer) and *The Bear*'s final season to comedies like *Chad Powers* and *Ted*, as well as sci-fi shows such as *Silo* and *Lanterns*. The piece highlights both new series and returning favorites, with particular emphasis on *Widow's Bay* as the year's standout hit and discussions of why various shows succeeded or disappointed viewers. It serves as a viewing guide for people overwhelmed by streaming options and looking for curated recommendations across multiple platforms.
A New York Times guide recommending television shows and films to watch during the fall season.
An article comparing the TV series Longmire and Yellowstone, explaining why Longmire is considered superior and where to watch it.
Murder, clues, red herrings, and one last question: EW ranks the 30 greatest detective shows of all time.
This is Entertainment Weekly's fall preview guide, highlighting 20 new scripted series launching between September and December across Netflix, HBO, Prime Video, and other streamers. The piece offers brief plot synopses and cast information for each show, ranging from reboots like "A Different World" and "Harry Potter" to original dramas like "War" and "The Altruists," helping readers decide which upcoming releases deserve their attention.
Bari Weiss, hired as CBS News editor-in-chief in 2025 to modernize 60 Minutes, clashed with the show's insular, hierarchical culture and ultimately engineered a purge of its long-standing leadership—firing executive producer Tanya Simon, several producers, and correspondents including Scott Pelley in what staff called "Black Thursday." Weiss and her replacement for Simon, tech journalist Nick Bilton, are rebuilding the show with new hires like conservative columnist Ross Douthat and are pursuing innovations in digital strategy and story formats, while critics argue she was either exercising political interference on behalf of the Trump administration or simply mismanaging a complex institution she didn't understand. The piece suggests that whether this overhaul vindicated Weiss's vision or exposed a show worth dismantling will only become clear as the reshuffled 60 Minutes moves forward.
This piece traces Kyle Chandler's four-decade TV career—from the overlooked Homefront and Early Edition through his iconic Friday Night Lights turn to the darker Bloodline and now Lanterns—arguing he embodies a specifically televisual kind of stardom, relatable rather than mythic, that has never quite translated to film. It contends Chandler's genius lies in exploiting audiences' accumulated intimacy with him across hundreds of hours of viewing, letting him subvert or deepen his everyman persona in later roles. The piece is really a case for Chandler as the medium's premier actor, using his new HBO role as Hal Jordan to revisit and reframe his whole body of work.
This three-part HBO documentary traces model Hoyt Richards' 15 years inside Eternal Values, a New Age cult run by self-proclaimed alien prophet Frederick von Mierers, who bled followers of millions before dying in 1990 while concealing his AIDS diagnosis. Because almost nothing exists online about the group or its leader, the series stands as the fullest account yet of the cult and its eventual collapse around 1999, tied partly to Richards' escape from its North Carolina compound. It's notable as HBO Max's best-reviewed current release, sitting at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes even while lower in the platform's viewership rankings than Euphoria and Hacks.
This How-To Geek piece runs through five quick fixes for new smart TVs whose factory defaults prioritize showroom appeal and data collection over actual viewing quality: disabling motion smoothing (the "soap opera effect") by switching to Filmmaker/Cinema Mode, swapping Wi-Fi for a wired Ethernet connection to cut buffering, recalibrating oversaturated Vivid/Dynamic picture presets, and turning off Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) — the tracking feature that fingerprints what's on-screen up to twice a second and sells viewing profiles to data brokers, hidden under brand-specific names like Samsung's Viewing Information Services or LG's Live Plus. It closes with a tip on setting up manufacturer remote apps (SmartThings, LG ThinQ, etc.) as a faster, Wi-Fi-based backup to physical remotes. Worth keeping as a practical, brand-agnostic checklist for de-junking a new TV in a few minutes.
This piece makes the case for The Imperfects, a canceled-too-soon Netflix supernatural drama about three people—a banshee, a chupacabra, and a succubus—created by an experimental gene therapy gone wrong, who band together to hunt down the scientist responsible. It frames the show as a horror-tinged hybrid of The Boys and The Umbrella Academy, all wrapped into a single bingeable 10-episode season that ended on an unresolved cliffhanger. The real hook, though, is that it was Iñaki Godoy's breakout English-language role before he landed Luffy in One Piece, making the show a notable footnote in the career of one of Netflix's current biggest stars.
Coax turns a personal Plex library into a simulated cable-TV experience, auto-sorting movies and shows into themed channels (by genre, decade, actor, studio) and slotting them into a live EPG-style schedule you can channel-surf rather than endlessly browse. The piece argues this solves "decision fatigue" from on-demand grids and makes forgotten titles in a large library more likely to get watched, though it flags Coax's Apple-only availability and steep $70 price, and briefly compares it to cheaper alternatives (NostalgiaTV, QuasiTV).
"The Lazarus Project," a British sci-fi series now on Netflix, follows George as he discovers he's part of a secret organization that rewinds time to prevent extinction-level catastrophes, forcing him and others to repeatedly relive trauma and make impossible choices. The show distinguishes itself by grounding its high-concept premise in character-driven storytelling and emotional consequences rather than relying on CGI spectacle or genre clichés. Though canceled after season two with no renewal prospects, it holds a perfect 100% on Rotten Tomatoes and represents the kind of ambitious, smart sci-fi that rivals prestige offerings on competing platforms.
Norm Macdonald, the deadpan comedian who died at 61, built a legendary career on presenting everyday absurdities with pragmatic understatement rather than exaggeration, delivered in his distinctive nasal voice while maintaining the persona that everyone around him had lost their minds. The piece highlights memorable moments across his three decades in comedy, including his spot-on impressions (Letterman, Bob Dole), iconic SNL sketches (Celebrity Jeopardy's "Turd Ferguson," the gang war bit "Cobras vs. Panthers"), his nearly three-minute shaggy-dog story about a moth at a podiatrist, his deliberate bombing at the Bob Saget roast to satirize celebrity roasts themselves, and his charming on-air flirtation with Courtney Thorne-Smith. Throughout these clips and appearances, Macdonald demonstrated an unmatched ability to build comedy through patience and timing, often finding humor in the audience's confusion or discomfort rather than relying on obvious punchlines.