Features
Feature articles from some of the best and brightest minds writing about television today.
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POSTED January 15, 2021
A Taxonomy of TV Shows Replacing Their Leads
Batwoman's Ruby Rose is one in a long line of stars who walked away.
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POSTED January 14, 2021
Amazon Hopes to Play Spoiler at the Pandemic Oscars
Netflix is the big kahuna, but it's not the only streamer in play.
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POSTED January 13, 2021
Netflix's Bling Empire Is Your Next Reality TV Obsession
Escapist TV has rarely been this fun.
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POSTED January 13, 2021
Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer Brings a Chilling Tale Back to Life
The Richard Ramirez case gets the Netflix docuseries treatment.
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POSTED January 13, 2021
Why We Need Kyra Sedgwick on TV
The former star of The Closer is back with a new sitcom about an empty-nest mom.
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POSTED January 12, 2021
WandaVision: Who's Who in Disney+'s First MCU Series
Wanda and Vision are living their sitcom fantasy. Here's who's joining them.
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POSTED January 11, 2021
Jon Hein's TV Picks — Week of January 11th, 2021
TV takes its chances with Ken Jennings, Chris Rock and WandaVision.
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POSTED January 8, 2021
Everyone Is Doing Great Portrays Life After Fame For Two Former TV Heartthrobs
Seth and Jeremy were the stars of a teen-targeted vampire drama. Five years later... things kind of suck.
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POSTED January 8, 2021
HBO's Tiger Gets Lost in the Woods
Riveting as its subject is, HBO's new Tiger Woods doc feels unfocused and incomplete.
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POSTED January 7, 2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Could Be a Celebrity Schadenfreude Bonanza
Two dozen stars are set to compete — and the potential for embarrassment is high.
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POSTED January 6, 2021
How Celebrities Killed the Career Game Show Host
Alec Baldwin, Leslie Jones and Jane Krakowski have replaced the Gene Rayburns, David Ruprechts and Bill Cullens of the world.
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POSTED January 6, 2021
The Chase: What You Need to Know About ABC's New Primetime Game Show
Three Jeopardy! legends take on (and trash-talk) trivia mavens.
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POSTED January 5, 2021
Mr. Mayor: Who's Who in the New NBC Comedy
Ted Danson leads a stellar cast as he joins forces with the 30 Rock team in his new series.
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POSTED January 5, 2021
Nicolas Cage Is Disturbingly Genteel in Netflix's History of Swear Words
Netflix's semi-serious exploration of expletives is engagingly strange but slight.
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POSTED January 4, 2021
Jon Hein's TV Picks — Week of January 4th, 2021
TV rings in 2021 with a week of premieres and a final farewell.