Dennis Perkins

     

Dennis Perkins is a freelance entertainment writer with bylines at The A.V. Club, Paste, Ultimate Classic Rock, The Portland Press Herald, and elsewhere. He lives in Maine with his wife, the writer Emily L. Stephens.

• POSTED January 22, 2024

  
  The Charm of Northern Exposure, Summed Up in 10 Episodes
  Joshua Brand and John Falsey's dramedy is finally available on streaming.
• POSTED December 12, 2023

  
  The Last of Us, Station Eleven, and More of the Best TV Box Sets of 2023
  Reminder: You can always give gifts to yourself. You’ve earned it.
• POSTED November 22, 2023

  
  Oh, the Humanity! Why WKRP in Cincinnati's 'Turkeys Away' Is the All-Time Thanksgiving TV Episode
  In the tradition of the best workplace sitcoms, the episode shows how even a dingy, unpromising job can foster meaningful connections.
• POSTED November 14, 2023

  
  Glenn Howerton Is About to Have It All
  After creating one of the most memorable characters in TV history, the classically trained Howerton is on the verge of making his dramatic actor dreams come true.
• POSTED October 10, 2023

  
  New Frontline Documentary Explores What Went Wrong With Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover
  The team behind Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos takes on Musk's overhaul of the social media platform.
• POSTED September 22, 2023

  
  Dan Harmon's Krapopolis Digs Up Laughs in Ancient Greece
  A stellar voice cast and some sneaky satire elevate Fox's latest animated sitcom.
• POSTED June 11, 2023

  
  Black Mirror Is Back With More Tales of Technological Terror
  Plus: The Full Monty reveals all and The Walking Dead: Dead City brings the zombie apocalypse to Manhattan.
• POSTED June 4, 2023

  
  It's Always Sunny Returns for Its 16th Season of Sublime Awfulness
  Plus: The Idol courts controversy, and Tom Holland and Amanda Seyfried squeeze into The Crowded Room.
• POSTED May 28, 2023

  
  Ted Lasso Joins Succession and Barry in Saying Goodbye
  Plus: It's finale time for Yellowjackets, while I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson comes back.
• POSTED May 21, 2023

  
  Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan Save Another Multiverse in American Born Chinese
  Plus: The Gremlins return, and Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, and Arnold Schwarzenegger hit the small screen.
• POSTED May 14, 2023

  
  High Desert Brings Patricia Arquette's Comically Troubled Private Eye to Apple TV+
  Plus: Barry's Sarah Goldberg looks for long-lost family in Sisters, Shea Serrano and Michael Shur examine coming of age, and more.
• POSTED May 7, 2023

  
  Muppets Mayhem Gives The Electric Mayhem Its Own This Is Spinal Tap
  Plus: FX's Class of '09 battles rogue AI, the unlikely survivors of an alien invasion try to give Earth a Mulligan, and more.
• POSTED April 30, 2023

  
  Lizzy Caplan and Joshua Jackson Revisit a Fatal Attraction
  Plus: HBO’s White House Plumbers bumble their way into Watergate, Pete Davidson mines his eventful life for Bupkis, and more.
• POSTED April 23, 2023

  
  In Baby J, John Mulaney Finds Laughs in a Painful Year
  Plus: HBO Max's Love & Death dramatizes the Candy Montgomery story, From is back to scare you silly, and more.
• POSTED April 16, 2023

  
  Bill Hader Is Back (and Behind Bars) as Barry Comes to an End
  Plus: Mrs. Davis stages a fight between faith and technology, Keri Russell heads to England as The Diplomat, and more.