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‘The American Gladiators Documentary’ Review: ESPN Doc Is Entertaining but…
Ben Berman examines the teased hair, tight spandex and ultra-competitive phenomenon that was 'American Gladiators' in a two-part documentary airing under…
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Critic’s Notebook: The ‘Succession’ Series Finale Was a Brilliant Family Nightmare
Jesse Armstrong and Mark Mylod explored what made the Roy family so relatably unrelatable in the vicious, funny and haunting ultimate episode of the sublime HBO show.
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“We Want to Disrupt as Much as We Can”: How Warren Leight Is Leading the WGA East’s Push to Shut Down Filming
The strike captain, dubbed the writers strike’s “Air Traffic Controller” by David Simon, joins the ‘TV’s Top 5’ podcast to discuss how he’s working to force the AMPTP back to the bargaining table: “The quickest way to empty the pipeline is not to wait until all the shows are shot but to stop the shows from shooting.”
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‘FUBAR’ Review: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Netflix Series Is Mediocre in Very Familiar Ways
The star and former governor of California headlines an eight-episode action comedy that feels like the spring's second attempt to remake 'True Lies.'