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‘The American Gladiators Documentary’ Review: ESPN Doc Is Entertaining but…
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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.'
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‘The American Gladiators Documentary’ Review: ESPN Doc Is Entertaining but Evasive
Ben Berman examines the teased hair, tight spandex and ultra-competitive phenomenon that was 'American Gladiators' in a two-part documentary airing under ESPN's '30 for 30' banner.
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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
Welcome to the 215th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as […]
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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.'
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‘Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai’ Review: Max’s Animated Origin Story Captures the Spirit of the Films
Tze Chun leads the animation team giving Joe Dante's classic '80s creature feature an origin story with the mogwai and gremlins in 1920s China.
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‘Happy Valley’ Review: Sarah Lancashire’s Haunted Cop Returns for a Satisfying Season 3 of Cat-and-Mouse Games With a Killer
Sally Wainwright's police thriller, featuring Lancashire and James Norton, moves to AMC+, Acorn and BBC America for its concluding chapter.
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ABC Scheduling Chief on the Network’s Strike-Proof Fall Schedule
Welcome to the 214th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as […]
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‘Primo’ Review: Shea Serrano’s Family Comedy Is Another Low-Key Winner for Freevee
Inspired by the journalist's youth, the series focuses on a high schooler navigating life with the help of his mother and five uncles.
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‘SisterS’ Review: Sarah Goldberg Makes Ireland-Set IFC Comedy a Sibling Journey Worth Taking
The 'Barry' favorite and Susan Stanley are the creators and stars of this series about long-lost half-sisters who bond on a road trip through Ireland.
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Chris Keyser on the WGA’s “10,000-Front War” With Studios: “They’re Hiding the Money. We’ve Got to Find It”
Welcome to the 213th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as […]
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‘City on Fire’ Review: Apple TV+ Adaptation of Much-Hyped Novel Is a Non-Event
'Gossip Girl' creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage turn Garth Risk Hallberg's doorstop book into an eight-part not-quite-murder mystery.
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‘The Muppets Mayhem’ Review: Disney+ Series Can’t Figure Out What to Do With Lilly Singh
Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, everybody's favorite Muppet classic rock sextet, take center stage in the new 10-part variety comedy featuring Singh as the human lead.
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‘Class of ’09’ Review: Kate Mara and Brian Tyree Henry in an FX Series That Strains to Transcend FBI Drama Tropes
The pair play Quantico trainees in Tom Rob Smith's limited series, which features a time-jumping, AI-heavy twist.
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‘TV’s Top 5’ Goes Into the Writers Guild’s Strike Zone
Welcome to the 212th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as […]
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‘Silo’ Review: Rebecca Ferguson in Apple TV+’s Intermittently Gripping Sci-Fi Series
Graham Yost's adaptation of Hugh Howey's books features Ferguson as a mechanic looking for answers about her dystopian society, with David Oyelowo, Rashida Jones, Tim Robbins and Common in supporting roles.
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‘A Small Light’ Review: Bel Powley Shines in NatGeo’s Sensitive Take on the Anne Frank Story
The actress plays Miep Gies, who helped hide the Franks and other families, in this eight-part limited series co-starring Liev Schreiber and Amira Casar.
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