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Byline: James Poniewozik Fifty years ago, the TV landmark showed Gen X kids that no one else has the right to tell you who you are. 'Free to Be ⦠[...]

Fifty years ago, the TV landmark showed Gen X kids that no one else has the right to tell you who you are. ''Free to Be ... You and Me,'' [...]

Fifty years ago, the TV landmark showed Gen X kids that no one else has the right to tell you who you are. “Free to Be … You and Me,” [...]

Kate Winslet is commanding (and funny) in HBO's screwball sendup of rising authoritarianism. Of all the recent reboots of 20th-century franchises, among the hottest and most terrifying is populist authoritarianism. [...]

Kate Winslet is commanding (and funny) in HBO’s screwball sendup of rising authoritarianism. Of all the recent reboots of 20th-century franchises, among the hottest and most terrifying is populist authoritarianism. [...]

Byline: James Poniewozik The comedian returned to 'The Daily Show,' claiming the prerogative to tell his audience jokes they don't want to hear. 'Why am I back?' asked Jon Stewart, [...]

The former president's trials aren't being aired. That isn't stopping him from turning them into a political reality show. The civil-fraud case against Donald J. Trump's businesses in New York, [...]

The former president’s trials aren’t being aired. That isn’t stopping him from turning them into a political reality show. The civil-fraud case against Donald J. Trump’s businesses in New York, [...]

Netflix adds to the rap-comedy canon with five episodes that showcase the star's absurdist, deadpan sensibility. There have been enough offbeat comedies about rappers and hip-hop lately to make up [...]

Netflix adds to the rap-comedy canon with five episodes that showcase the star’s absurdist, deadpan sensibility. There have been enough offbeat comedies about rappers and hip-hop lately to make up [...]

The live arguments gave audiences a rare chance to experience a Trump court case as it happened. If you were to list the ingredients of riveting live television, you would [...]

The live arguments gave audiences a rare chance to experience a Trump court case as it happened. If you were to list the ingredients of riveting live television, you would [...]

Byline: James Poniewozik The news network that wants Taylor Swift to stick to singing has had no problem handing conservative celebrities the microphone. Taylor Swift, you may have noticed, is [...]

The news network that wants Taylor Swift to stick to singing has had no problem handing conservative celebrities the microphone. Taylor Swift, you may have noticed, is everywhere: packing arenas [...]

At the end of his 1999 HBO special, ''Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm,'' David wraps up a stand-up comedy set by telling his audience he has no more material for [...]

At the end of his 1999 HBO special, “Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm,” David wraps up a stand-up comedy set by telling his audience he has no more material for [...]

Mention ''Happy Days'' to TV viewers of a certain age (raises hand) and the first thing they remember might be not an episode or a scene or a catchphrase but [...]

Byline: James Poniewozik Mention 'Happy Days' to TV viewers of a certain age (raises hand) and the first thing they remember might be not an episode or a scene or [...]

The season finale of Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie's horror-comedy arrived on Friday. Three New York Times critics discuss the show's curses, blessings and confounding conclusion. On Friday, the first [...]

The season finale of Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie’s horror-comedy arrived on Friday. Three New York Times critics discuss the show’s curses, blessings and confounding conclusion. JAMES PONIEWOZIK Greetings, “Curse”-heads! [...]

The show’s sophomore outing is as brassy as the first, but adds layers of theme and character. Rebellion is complicated For the early punks, many of them white British blokes, [...]

''Bob's Burgers,'' ''Frontline,'' ''Killing It'' and ''A Spy Among Friends'' were among the series that gave us some of the best episodes of television this year. Great TV series can [...]

“Bob’s Burgers,” “Frontline,” “Killing It” and “A Spy Among Friends” were among the series that gave us some of the best episodes of television this year. Great TV series can [...]

The Peanuts special is the most overtly Christian TV holiday classic. So why does it speak to me so deeply? ''A Charlie Brown Christmas'' was a one-of-a-kind wonder when it [...]

The resonant-voiced actor, skilled at cerebral roles, had a gift for conveying authority and for subverting it. Good lord, did Andre Braugher have a voice. That voice was rich and [...]

The Peanuts special is the most overtly Christian TV holiday classic. So why does it speak to me so deeply? “A Charlie Brown Christmas” was a one-of-a-kind wonder when it [...]

Series like ''The Bear,'' ''Beef,'' ''Happy Valley,'' ''Reservation Dogs'' and ''Succession'' dazzled in a year when much of the TV business was in disarray. Best Shows of 2023 | Best [...]

Byline: James Poniewozik The 'All in the Family' producer made sitcoms into a form of patriotic dissent. In 1942, Norman Lear signed up to fight the fascists. He served as [...]

The ''All in the Family'' producer made sitcoms into a form of patriotic dissent. In 1942, Norman Lear signed up to fight the fascists. He served as a radio operator [...]

Ron DeSantis, Gavin Newsom and a not-exactly-neutral Sean Hannity staged a campaign debate from an alternative timeline. Thursday's made-for-TV exhibition match between Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida and Gov. Gavin [...]

Ron DeSantis, Gavin Newsom and a not-exactly-neutral Sean Hannity staged a campaign debate from an alternative timeline. Thursday’s made-for-TV exhibition match between Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida and Gov. Gavin [...]

Series like “The Bear,” “Beef,” “Happy Valley,” “Reservation Dogs” and “Succession” dazzled in a year when much of the TV business was in disarray. Best Shows of 2023 | Best [...]

''Squid Game: The Challenge'' keeps the slick design of the dystopian drama but loses the point. Late in the first season of Netflix's ''Squid Game'' -- two-year-old spoiler alert, I [...]

Byline: James Poniewozik Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie's breathtaking, uncomfortable series takes home-renovation TV into the heart of darkness. 'It's a mishegas,' Whitney Siegel (Emma Stone), a convert to Judaism, [...]

The story of death at a mogul's retreat (no, not ''Glass Onion'') has a few interesting ideas about tech within a familiar mystery scenario. An eccentric tech billionaire invites a [...]

The story of death at a mogul’s retreat (no, not “Glass Onion”) has a few interesting ideas about tech within a familiar mystery scenario. An eccentric tech billionaire invites a [...]

Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie's breathtaking, uncomfortable series takes home-renovation TV into the heart of darkness. ''It's a mishegas,'' Whitney Siegel (Emma Stone), a convert to Judaism, says to her [...]

What do we mourn when we mourn a TV companion? If you're fortunate to live long enough, eventually you get The Call. Sometimes it's an actual call, sometimes a social [...]

What do we mourn when we mourn a TV companion? If you’re fortunate to live long enough, eventually you get The Call. Sometimes it’s an actual call, sometimes a social [...]

Max's animated sci-fi saga imagines a bizarre ecosystem in which humans are the invasive species. ''Weird'' hardly begins to describe the extraterrestrial life-forms the viewer encounters on the planet Vesta [...]

Max’s animated sci-fi saga imagines a bizarre ecosystem in which humans are the invasive species. “Weird” hardly begins to describe the extraterrestrial life-forms the viewer encounters on the planet Vesta [...]

Byline: James Poniewozik One of TV's longest-lived characters gets revived, in an anticlimactic museum reproduction of the original. 'Frasier' always saw itself as something more than a mere plebeian sitcom. [...]

One of TV's longest-lived characters gets revived, in an anticlimactic museum reproduction of the original. ''Frasier'' always saw itself as something more than a mere plebeian sitcom. It delighted in [...]

In the ending of the FX comedy-drama, preserving the bonds among generations is a radical, magical act. Where do you find enlightenment? In a meditation room? On a solitary mountaintop? [...]

In the ending of the FX comedy-drama, preserving the bonds among generations is a radical, magical act. Where do you find enlightenment? In a meditation room? On a solitary mountaintop? [...]

The retiring Fox leader built a noise-and-propaganda machine by giving his people what they wanted -- and sometimes by teaching them what to want. The polite way to describe the [...]

The retiring Fox leader built a noise-and-propaganda machine by giving his people what they wanted — and sometimes by teaching them what to want. The polite way to describe the [...]

The Hollywood strikes and the trouble at ''The Tonight Show'' are a reminder that hosts are not just your TV friends. They're also people's bosses. Let's get one thing straight [...]

Two new series about young culture-industry workers, ''The Other Black Girl'' and ''Dreaming Whilst Black,'' explore how representation can be a challenge -- or even a horror story. Early in [...]

Two new series about young culture-industry workers, “The Other Black Girl” and “Dreaming Whilst Black,” explore how representation can be a challenge — or even a horror story. Early in [...]