television

‘The Sit-In’: The week Harry Belafonte hosted ‘The Tonight Show’

September 25, 2020 By Anthony Mangos

The camera sweeps over an applauding audience. Ed McMahon announces his familiar introduction—with a twist.

‘The Boys’ take on corporate superheroes for hire in comic TV adaptation

September 9, 2020 By Floyd Kermode

The Boys is rip-roaring action fun, but also a very dark comedic look at U.S. corporate capitalism and mass-media politics.

‘Fearless’ and ‘Perry Mason’: How to end and not end a season

August 27, 2020 By Dennis Broe

There was a lot of fanfare recently around the wrapping up of HBO’s remake of Perry Mason, which unfortunately has a botched ending.

‘Little Fires Everywhere’: Slow burn uncovers layers of the family archaeology

August 18, 2020 By Michael Berkowitz

But it is hard to argue with a product that through its brilliant acting and writing confronts values and choices of all of its protagonists in such a painful, unblinking sweep.

Unregulated capitalism drives ‘The Business of Drugs’

August 7, 2020 By Brian W. Major

CIA analyst shares background on the big money industry of illegal drugs in new Netflix docu-series.