The Top 10 Lists of 2017
As much as I’m honored to be among the 55 TV critics participating in the 2017 Uproxx TV Critics Poll of what’s best on television and streaming, I really have my…
‘Mrs. Maisel’ Begins Marvelously
The pilot episode for “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon, streaming) is so fresh and entertaining, I almost started tearing up my (premature, yet due tomorrow) Year End Top 10 list.…
Rolling Stone Pages Through 50 Years
The 50th anniversary of Rolling Stone is being marked a number of ways, from a biography that publisher Jann Wenner has already disavowed (and is being well-reviewed) to this two…
Another Live Night for Chris Gethard
At a time when huge teams of writers script nearly every moment of late night comedy shows, with filmed bits are carefully shot in advance and even the nightly “live”…
A Few Thoughts on the Emmys
You may notice from my lack of Emmy picks, red carpet attention or speculation on how Stephen Colbert will do as host, that the results of the 69th Academy of…
Homework for a Nation: ‘The Vietnam War’
There is something undoubtedly daunting about “The Vietnam War” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings), the Ken Burns and Lynn Novick epic that begins the first of its 10 episodes…
McCain and Kerry Agree on Vietnam
There will be scores of community talk-backs associated with the Ken Burns-Lynn Novick opus "The Vietnam War" that starts Sunday on PBS. Perhaps none will be as prestigious as the one…
‘Better Things’ Gets Even Better
As good as the first season was, "Better Things" (FX, 10 p.m.) gets even better as its second season starts tonight. Pamela Adlon, who stars, co-writes and directs each episode…
Two Documentaries on D.C.’s NFL ’80s
For the fifth year in a row, the Washington NFL team began its season with a loss Sunday. No news here: it looks like it might be another long season.…
Another Steve Harvey Show, for Daytime
While prime time will dribble out its fall schedule over the next couple of months, many daytime shows start up immediately after Labor Day. Such was the case last week…