Aaron Barnhart
Overwhelmed by Peak TV? Aaron Barnhart is your guide to the good, the great, and the skippable.
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POSTED September 14, 2021
Trevor Noah Needs His Audience Back
Without a crowd that its host can play to, late night's least entertaining home show is now the least entertaining one taped at a TV studio.
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POSTED September 9, 2021
Amazon’s LuLaRich Examines a Multi-Level-Marketing Meltdown
The most compelling parts of this docuseries are the stories of the women left broke and unhappy by LuLaRoe.
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POSTED September 1, 2021
Netflix’s Turning Point Is a Sobering Journey From 9/11 to the Kabul Airport
With the perspective of 20 years, this searing docuseries relives the Sept. 11 attacks and retraces their tragic aftermath.
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POSTED August 31, 2021
Only Murders in the Building Is a Throwback Mystery for the Hulu Age
Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez star in the Murder, She Wrote reboot we didn’t know we needed.
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POSTED August 10, 2021
Fantasy Island Is Back, and It's in Good Hands
The 1970s hit, which brought magical realism to the masses, gets a welcome refresh that’s aimed at the ladies.
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POSTED August 2, 2021
The 25 Most Impactful People in Late-Night TV History
All the hosts, execs and funny lady writers who helped shape the late-night landscape.
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POSTED July 27, 2021
James Corden's Late Late Show Is Living on Borrowed Time
Neither he nor CBS needs the 12:35 a.m. time slot anymore.
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POSTED July 20, 2021
Gutfeld! Is The Right's Inevitable Answer to Stephen Colbert
Partisanship has poisoned the one hour when it used to be OK to be politically incorrect.
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POSTED July 16, 2021
Amber Ruffin’s Special Blend of Silly And Serious Is What Late Night Needs
Her critically acclaimed late-night show is the spoonful of sugar that makes the anti-racist medicine go down.
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POSTED July 6, 2021
America Has Changed Since 2014. The Tonight Show Hasn’t.
Why Jimmy Fallon is no longer No. 1, or even No. 2, in late night.
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POSTED June 29, 2021
How Stephen Colbert Became the New Jay Leno
His turnaround from near-extinction to No. 1 in late night followed a trail blazed by NBC’s former star.
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POSTED June 23, 2021
Conan O’Brien Was a Late-Night Survivor Who Helped Quirkiness Go Mainstream
He's signing off after 28 years of the nightly grind — but he’s not going anywhere.
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POSTED June 17, 2021
Think You Don't ‘Get’ Desus And Mero? Watch It Anyway.
Showtime’s TV-MA talker, featuring the comic chemistry of two longtime friends, is the hottest thing in late night.
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POSTED June 9, 2021
How Jimmy Kimmel Became the Grand Old Man of Late Night
ABC’s late-night Everyman didn’t just survive — he’s evolved.
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POSTED June 3, 2021
Later, Later: After 33 Years, NBC’s 1:30 A.M. Talk Show Franchise Is History
Why make viewers stay up late when you can just send them to Peacock?