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‘Severance’ review: In Season 2, more of the same
While "Severance" has a wonderfully creepy-compelling premise, it's a concept better suited to a movie than a multi-episode TV series.
‘On Call’ review: Another (forgettable) cop show from TV producer Dick Wolf
Amazon's "On Call" is a half-hour police procedural about patrol officers that portrays Long Beach, California, as war zone.
‘The Pitt’ review: Noah Wyle is back in scrubs in a medical drama about a very long shift in the ER
HBO's streaming platform Max is emulating network TV with a weekly medical drama. Each episode tracks an hour of a shift in the ER.
TV for winter 2025: 15 shows coming up, including the return of ‘Reacher’ and (finally) ‘Severance’
Our list also includes “A Thousand Blows” on Hulu and a new twist on the Sherlock Holmes formula centered on Watson.
Column: Feel like a British detective show for the holidays? Here are 4 to watch on Acorn
A roundup of British detective shows on Acorn that have new episodes. The shows are wry and quietly straightforward workaday procedurals.
‘No Good Deed’ review: Los Angeles real estate is murder. Literally.
Lisa Kudrow and Ray Romano play empty nesters downsizing in this Netflix comedy series. But selling their home is more complicated than anticipated.
Best TV of 2024: A modestly better lineup than usual, but why didn’t it feel that way?
Looking back, 2024 offered some fun shows, but too often, the good stuff was drowned out by endlessly rebooted IP.
Column: 40 years after it premiered, ‘The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ remains one of the best Doyle adaptations
The beloved British TV series adapted Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective stories with fidelity to their Victorian setting.
‘Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary’ review: More than an ironic musical pleasure
The HBO doc “Yacht Rock” examines the genre of soft rock that topped the charts between 1976 and 1984.
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‘The Agency’: Spy vs. spy with Michael Fassbender at the center
The espionage thriller “The Agency” on Paramount+ is gorgeously shot meditation on the toll of obscuring your identity for the CIA.