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Best TV Shows of 2022, from ‘Severance’ to ‘Fleishman is in Trouble’
2022 has been a ridiculously good year for the small screen. You might hear that every year, but this year production houses gave us some thrilling and heartwarming shows.  As the big-budgeted prequel House of the Dragon continued to make…
Only Murders in the Building Continues its Quirky, Character-Heavy Ways in Second Season, Despite the Freshness Having Worn Off
Only Murders in the Building had the unenviable task of continuing its excellent first season’s momentum with its sophomore outing. The second season mostly manages to do so, but sometimes it buckles under the weight of those expectations, throwing too…
Prey Delivers the Best Predator Sequel to Date, Taking the Franchise Back to its Roots
The Predator franchise has been trucking along for almost three decades now, but it has long since lost its steam. There have been sparks of hope such as Predators, but then that would be followed up by hot messes like…
The Dropout Dramatizes the Rise and Fall of an Ambitious Startup Founder Who Conned Her Investors (and Thousands of Patients) for Years
The Dropout is just one of three different shows about startup founders and their demise out right now. It’s also part of a larger trend of dramatization of real stories that are seen in other shows such as Inventing Anna,…
Hulu’s Fresh Showcases the Terrors of Modern Dating
The film took a hammer to knock down the fantasy of meeting strangers and falling in love. Satire, cannibalism, organ trafficking, and horror - Fresh incorporates it all, giving rise to a disturbing yet compelling watch. Romance is dead- it…
How I Met Your Father Gets Off to a Rocky Start Before Salvaging Itself in First Season
Everyone who watched How I Met Your Mother will know what it feels to spend nine seasons building up to the introduction of a character only to kill her off unceremoniously. Why break up everyone's favorite couple on the show…
Pam & Tommy Brings an Infamous Controversy to Life, Delving into the Life of the Celebrity Couple
Pam & Tommy takes a look back at the mid-nineties, at a historical- and infamous- moment in pop culture history that also marked the arrival of the Internet as a game-changer for society as a whole. For viewers who were…
The Great Turns into One of the Best Satires on Television in its Second Season
The Great could have stuck to the dynamic established in the first season, but thankfully it embraces the possibilities of the cliffhanger ending and pits Catherine against the world. There are even more egregious departures from history as she tries…
How Netflix Spearheaded the Streaming Revolution (and Why it Spends So Much on Original Content)
Netflix began its streaming service in 2007, but its founder, Reed Hastings, had envisioned the move much earlier. Hastings laid out his vision for the company to Ted Sarandos, head of content at Netflix, all the way back in 1999.…
Hulu’s Catch 22 Blends Satire and Brutality to Mixed Results
Joseph Heller’s seminal novel, Catch 22, has been adapted to the big screen before. This time around, George Clooney tries his hand at a mini series adaptation, focusing on both the surreal satire and brutality of war, seen through the…