Aaron Barnhart
Overwhelmed by Peak TV? Aaron Barnhart is your guide to the good, the great, and the skippable. Twice weekly on Primetimer.
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POSTED November 22, 2019
Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings Could Use More Dolly Parton
The Netflix anthology puts her iconic songs front and center — but not the country legend herself.
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POSTED November 21, 2019
Cheat Is an Excellent Reason to Get Sundance Now, Now
The British psychological thriller is very on-brand for the streaming offspring of the venerable indie-film channel.
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POSTED November 12, 2019
Disney+ May Not Look Like the Future — But Be Assured, It Is
The streaming service launches with spinoffs of Toy Story, High School Musical, and other familiar Disney franchises, with much more to come.
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POSTED November 8, 2019
Can You Tell Me How To Get To Sesame Street? Just Follow the Story — And the Money
HBO’s 50th anniversary special has all the elements of what made Sesame Street a game-changing kids’ show.
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POSTED November 2, 2019
If You Don’t Know Emily, Apple TV+’s Dickinson Won’t Be Much Help
Hailee Steinfeld plays the badass poetess who exists only in this show’s fevered imagination.
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POSTED October 26, 2019
Just When HBO's Silicon Valley Couldn’t Be More Relevant, It’s Logging Off
With Veep ending earlier this year, the final season of this biting satire marks the close of a comedy era at HBO.
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POSTED October 21, 2019
Catherine the Great Is HBO At Its Historical Best — That’s Not Necessarily a Good Thing
Helen Mirren shines just as she did 15 years ago playing another monarch on HBO, but times have changed.
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POSTED October 18, 2019
Paul Rudd Makes Living With Yourself Twice As Nice
The dark, funny Netflix series features the always bankable Avengers star taking on his fiercest adversary — himself.
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POSTED October 18, 2019
An All-Star Cast Can't Save Amazon's Unlovely Modern Love
The TV adaptation of the popular New York Times column is an unfortunate missed connection.
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POSTED October 12, 2019
Discovery’s Why We Hate Is a Depressing Catalog of Human Depravity, With a Hopeful Ending
Steven Spielberg is behind this docuseries that shows how science is unlocking the keys to overcoming tribalism and cruelty.
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POSTED October 4, 2019
Rotten’s New Season Doesn’t Score High on the Tomatometer
The return of Netflix’s series exposes shocking truths about the food industry, but may leave viewers with that empty feeling.
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POSTED October 2, 2019
In Living Undocumented, Immigrants’ American Dreams Turn to Nightmares
These stories of undocumented immigrants being detained and harassed by ICE cry out for action.
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POSTED September 28, 2019
Bless the Harts Is Strong Enough for Men But Made By Women
In the testosterone chamber of Fox's post-NFL Sunday nights, a female-centric animated comedy blooms.
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POSTED September 26, 2019
Will Sunnyside Go Where No Mike Schur Show Has Gone Before?
The comedy überproducer keeps his Twitter rants and sitcoms separate. But in this crazy world, that might change.
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POSTED September 25, 2019
Stumptown Is the Bisexual PTSD Rockford Files Remake We Didn't Know We Needed
Cobie Smulders is winning as a complicated P.I. in the promising new ABC detective series.