Features
Feature articles from some of the best and brightest minds writing about television today.
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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
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 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 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.
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POSTED January 1, 2021
RuPaul's Drag Race: Get to Know the Season 13 Queens
2021 gets a queenly welcome as the flagship show returns with its first new episodes in months.
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POSTED January 1, 2021
Ten New and Returning Shows to Watch on Netflix in January 2021
New year, new stuff: Meditation, murder, Cobra Kai, and Nicolas Cage are all on streamer's January roster.
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POSTED December 31, 2020
New Year's Eve From an Empty Times Square Is a Darkly Perfect Way to End 2020
ABC, NBC, CNN, and FOX are planning to send the year out with performances, but few onlookers.
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POSTED December 30, 2020
The Ten Best TV Episodes of 2020
Shocking reveals, big laughs, and alternate realities loom large in our favorite TV episodes of the year.
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POSTED December 29, 2020
TV's Most Valuable Players of 2020
A sh*tshow of a year managed to make for some pretty great television.
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POSTED December 29, 2020
TV's Best Looks: 2020 Edition
From Moira Rose's sartorial blessing to triumphant Drag Race queens, TV was styling this year.
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POSTED December 25, 2020
Bridgerton Is Shondaland's Grand Netflix Debut
Pride & Prejudice meets Gossip Girl in this addictive costume drama.
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POSTED December 24, 2020
Five Life Lessons Learned From A Christmas Story
There's more to the perennial holiday favorite than just "you'll shoot your eye out."