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How Tina Fey Wrote the Most Realistic—and Optimistic—Marriage on TV
Long before the term heteropessimism was coined, Tina Fey made the sentiment a staple of her comedy on “30 Rock.” Her…
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Kareem Rahma and the Tyranny of Web Video Shows
Everything on the internet now is a “show.” No longer can we consider selfies, pithy text posts, or even monologues on front-facing…
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In “Hacks,” Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder Gave Us an Odd Couple for the Ages
The depth of Deborah and Ava’s unlikely bond led the show, in its home stretch, to what many viewers considered its best episode. In this…
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The Stories That TV Tells About Online Sex Work
Much of the emotional potency of the show’s début season came from Levinson’s canny, perhaps even prescient, channelling of Zoomer…
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“Big Mistakes” Is a Crime Show for the Girls and the Gays
At the start of the new comedic thriller “Big Mistakes,” the lives of Nicky Dardano (Dan Levy), a quasi-closeted pastor, and his sister…
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With the Podcast “I’ve Had It,” Jennifer Welch Goes “Dark Woke” on Politics
Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You Listen Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the best of The New Yorker in…
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The Delicious Anticipation–and, Yes, Release—of “Heated Rivalry”
The show, a sexy romance between two closeted hockey players, began on a small Canadian streaming platform, but has become a huge,…
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The Best TV Shows of 2025
Fourteen years ago, Emily Nussbaum, one of my esteemed predecessors in the TV-critic chair, notoriously titled her Top Ten list “I Hate…
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Tim Robinson Finds Humanity—and Tests It—in “The Chair Company”
In this outline, “The Chair Company” could be a sketch premise: “guy loses it after embarrassing himself at a big meeting.” This was the…
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A Definitive Ranking of All of Meghan Markle’s Film and Television Roles
Again, this was an uncredited role, so it’s hard to rank it any higher than this, but good for young Meg for getting cast on this hit…
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The Comic Genius Who Pushed Television Further Than It Could Go
At its peak, “Your Show of Shows” had twenty-five million viewers, and Caesar was hailed as a genius. Albert Einstein and Leonard…
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When a Crackdown Involving the I.R.A. Backfired, Comically, in “The Ban”
In Dublin in 1981, at the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis—an annual convention for what was widely regarded as the Irish Republican Army’s political…
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Mo Amer Has Survived by Being Funny
During our conversation, which has been condensed and edited, Amer talked about his reasons for accepting the gig in Saudi Arabia, his…
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The End of the Late-Night Band
There’s a moment from a 2012 episode of Conan O’Brien’s former TBS show that I think about often. O’Brien’s guest, the comedian Eric…
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“And Just Like That . . . ,” Carrie Bradshaw Bids an Unsatisfying Farewell
On Thursday, the third and final season of “And Just Like That . . . ,” the sequel series to “Sex and the City,” came to an unceremonious…
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Watching the “King of the Hill” Revival from Texas
I came to “King of the Hill” late, during the COVID pandemic. The animated hit co-created by Mike Judge ran for thirteen seasons starting…
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“The Gilded Age” Is a Poor Man’s Period Drama
In the HBO drama “The Gilded Age,” the characters are keenly aware that they live in interesting times. Early in the series, which is set…
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ABC Says Terry Moran, Suspended for Social Media Posts, Will Not Return
ABC News is cutting ties with the correspondent Terry Moran after he wrote derisive comments on social media that attacked President Trump…
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“Mountainhead” Channels the Absurdity of the Tech Bro
Four tech billionaires walk into a mansion. It sounds like the setup for a punch line, but it also forms nearly the entire conceit behind…
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Kenny Smith Isn’t Going Fishing Yet
Last July, the National Basketball Association announced a new eleven-year media-rights agreement with Amazon, NBC, and ESPN, set to take…
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Kenneth Walker, 73, Journalist Who Bared Apartheid’s Brutality
Kenneth Walker, an Emmy Award-winning journalist whose reporting for the ABC News program “Nightline” helped bring the brutality of South…
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Trump’s Threat of ‘Foreign’ Film Tariffs Stirs Anxiety in the U.K.
President Trump’s desire to “make Hollywood great again” by wielding his preferred economic weapon — tariffs — has sent a shiver through…