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In recent years, TV has increasingly turned its attention to exploring the wealthy 1%, digging beneath the seemingly idyllic surface of their pampered lives to reveal the dark undercurrents beneath. To do so effectively, show creators often leverage the tension and shock built into the mystery-thriller genre, piling up murders, betrayals, and whodunnit suspense to […]

FX has just premiered a fresh new ensemble comedy series that serves as a coming-of-age reflection for Gen Z, and the show has already picked up considerable buzz. From executive producer Nick Kroll, the show follows a group of twenty-something roommates in Queens, New York, as they struggle with the responsibilities and expectations of modern […]

Apple TV+ recently premiered an offbeat new sci-fi-action-comedy based on an award-winning book series and it already has critics and audiences buzzing. The series stars Alexander Skarsgård as a sentient and hilariously snarky security cyborg who must hide his secretly-gained free will while protecting a team of scientists as they explore a dangerous new planet. […]

Max just released an exciting new crime thriller co-created by J.J. Abrams that represents his first return to TV writing in more than twelve years. Set in the 1970s and named for its protagonist’s sporty Plymouth, the series follows a slick career getaway driver and the FBI agent intent on using him to take down […]

Netflix recently released a chilling live-action adaptation of an iconic Argentinian graphic novel, offering up another compelling addition to the current wealth of post-apocalyptic sci-fi dramas. Taking place in Buenos Aires, the show follows a group of survivors fighting back against an alien invasion after an otherworldly toxic snowstorm kills off most of the population. […]

Several weeks ago, Netflix premiered a buzzy new romantic western that puts a more heightened emotional spin on a classic American genre. The show stars Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly as longtime friends-turned-lovers against a backdrop of family feuds, power struggles, and the small-town way of life in Texas ranch country. Here’s what you need […]

Earlier this month, two compelling new anime series premiered within a few days of each other, and both offer up plenty of the action, excitement, and fantastical creativity for which their genre is known. From the creator of Cowboy Bebop, Adult Swim’s Lazarus follows the search for a lifesaving cure after an evil professor sells a lethal painkiller […]

Though released only three weeks ago, Paramount+’s newest series–a dark, gritty, star-studded crime drama partly directed by Guy Ritchie–has proven to be an offering that can’t be refused, netting the biggest global series premiere week ever on the platform. The show stars Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren as the married couple head of an at-war […]

FX on Hulu recently dropped a daring and moving new limited series dramedy that has critics abuzz and already speculating on Emmy nominations for its leads. Based on a true-story podcast of the same name, the show stars Michelle Williams as a woman diagnosed with terminal Stage IV cancer who decides to use her last […]

Audiences have long been fascinated with the White House and its most powerful occupant, and TV series spotlighting the highest levels of D.C. politics have been plentiful, even on the purely fictional plane. But while viewers have always tuned in for the benevolent (The West Wing), the schemers (House of Cards, Veep), and even the accidentally-in-change […]