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After a decade and a half, this is my series finale. Here’s a look back at a period that changed TV and changed me. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

For kids, it just means more Big Bird. For parents, it means a preview of inequalities to come. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

David Simon's miniseries makes an absorbing, and surprisingly hopeful, drama out of urban policy. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

One of TV best shows, and one of its biggest messes, show that sometimes an artist needs a team--or some time off. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

AMC's computer-business drama just finished one of the year's best TV seasons. It deserves another one. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The documentary series showing Jenner's transition proves to be more sensitive than its Kardashian counterparts [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This franchise can still be gross, surprising fun. But first, you have to swim past all the product placements. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Saying that his campaign isn't a legitimate political story may feel good, but it denies reality. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Sundance's terrific slow-burn drama explores how, solved or unsolved, a murder case never truly ends. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Yes, it was a dumb car-chase show. And it was a mythmaking story about traditionalists recasting themselves as rebels. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

I know the show might let them down in the end. That's all the more reason to watch. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In the end, was Edie Falco's pill-popping nurse good? The finale answered, true to form: it's complicated. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Donald Trump the Presidential candidate could be a disaster for Donald Trump the entertainer. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

AMC's sci-fi drama leaves us wondering whether to be more scared of the androids or their masters. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Williams will serve as a breaking news anchor for MSNBC—which sends an odd mixed message in the wake of his much-publicized scandal [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The HBO football dramedy sometimes overcomes its ESPN-Entourage tendencies. But nuclear comedy The Brink is just a bomb. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In Amazon's raunchy, honest new comedy, a sudden pregnancy comes with complications. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

HBO's noir drama relocates from Carcosa to California, losing some strengths and keeping its weaknesses. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In a television market more crowded than ever, these were the shows that kept me watching [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Spoilers for Game of Thrones follow, of course: The second episode of Game of Thrones season 5 began with Arya Stark coming to Braavos and… [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The BBC America miniseries pares down Susanna Clarke's alternative fantasy-history tome into smart fun. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Sometimes even the best shows can be too much to take. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

With a lighter touch but deep emotion, Netflix's prison show returns for season 3 as great as ever, and even bigger. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

On his new podcast, the host and writers talk about defining their comedy after "Stephen Colbert." [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Ready for "Cloud Atlas: The Series"? A gorgeous but confounding global drama takes a big swing befitting a big format. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In what may be its last word, the comedy reminds us that we are all group projects. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Lifetime's new series is an empathetic, if melodramatic, look at the dark side of a dating-show's fairytale. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

If you weren't an early adopter of this computer-biz drama, don't worry. Season 2 is easy to jump into, and it's excellent. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The ability to binge-watch the whole thing is the only thing that feels fresh about NBC's Charles Manson drama. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Who has time for summer TV when you’re still catching up on winter TV? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The reality show has been selling a sanctimonious sham [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The late-night legend's last show was emotional (but not maudlin) and very funny [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Both actor and host evolved from rebel smartasses to philosophical comedy statesmen. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Have a Coke and a smile: a rambling finale leads to either TV's saddest happy ending or its happiest sad ending. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Promising advertisers laughs and viewers, Colbert says he's found his real self--sort of [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The broadcast schedule is big on reboots, franchises and superheroes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Fox's summer miniseries is a little familiar and a lot ridiculous, but at least it keeps busy. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Once home to Seinfeld, The Office and Cheers, the Peacock will air the fewest comedies in ages. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Maligned and ill-used, flawed and fascinating, she was essential to the show's themes and its feminism. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The prolific author, former TIME contributor and meat evangelist wrote as much about why we eat as what we eat. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin are a pleasure, but Netflix's elder-singles sitcom wavers between the new and the dated. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This odd show started great, went bad, then evolved into a Darwinian sex comedy with the men as the objects. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Legitimate or otherwise, the children of Game of Thrones are taking center stage. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

As the broadcaster embraces binge-watching, the streaming giant is pitching a big tent. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A few strong performances, but little magic, in an adaption of J.K. Rowling's novel. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Spoilers for "The High Sparrow" follow: Politics, it's been said, is war conducted by other means. In Game of Thrones, so is sex, so is… [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Smarts and strong casting don't hide that there are old whines in this new bottle. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The end to a spectacular season sets up more dilemmas than it resolves. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Remaking something people liked is not the way to make something people will love. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Schumer's sketch show is a war comedy, and she's the battlefield. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]