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‘Based on a True Story’ Review: Kaley Cuoco and Chris Messina Lift a Show Low on…
The stars play an unfulfilled West Los Angeles couple who decide to turn their lives around by interviewing a serial killer for a podcast in Peacock's new…
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‘TV’s Top 5’: Maureen Ryan on the Depths of ‘Burn It Down’ (Beyond ‘Lost’); Plus Finale-Mania
Rolling Stone’s Alan Sepinwall also joins this week’s podcast to break down the endings of ‘Ted Lasso,’ ‘Succession,’ ‘Barry’ and ‘Yellowjackets.’
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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.