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Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook We’re just 10 days into the month of December, but in order to get out ahead of the busy holiday ...

In 2025, even a challenged television landscape was rife with transportive stories. From streamers to broadcast networks, these narratives immersed viewers in different time periods, alternative ...

December is upon us, which means it's time to take stock of the year in TV. And what a year it was. From long-running series celebrating landmark final seasons, to new players making their mark on the ...

Fourteen years ago, Emily Nussbaum, one of my esteemed predecessors in the TV-critic chair, notoriously titled her Top Ten list “I Hate Top Ten Lists.” I’ve seldom felt the same. I’m not much of a ...

Just when you thought the post-Peak TV glacier of shows had melted into a puddle of mediocre algorithm-feeders, the medium snapped back to form in 2025. We may not be in the midst of a new golden age ...

Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles wi... Daniel Reynolds is the editor-in-chief of Out and ...

In real life, 2025 has been a chaotic year. We've navigated the beginning of a divisive presidential term, the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, witnessed a pope from Chicago get elected, a ...

Many of the year’s best series seemed to be in conversation with one another, including “Severance,” “The Pitt,” “Andor,” “Pluribus,” “The Lowdown” and others. By James Poniewozik and Mike Hale James ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. After the eye strain, the greatest occupational hazard of being a TV critic is people asking what’s good on ...

There are a lot of streaming services out there, all with acclaimed, interesting TV shows to watch. But if you start subscribing to them all — Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu, Disney+, Prime Video, and more — ...

Hey TV watchers! My name is Michel Ghanem, and I’m a freelance television critic and writer based in Vancouver, Canada. Some of you may know me by my Instagram moniker, TVScholar, where I’ve been ...