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News Articles: TV Reviews

Tracy Morgan, left, and Daniel Radcliffe star in <em>The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins.</em>

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  • TV Reviews

'The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins' falls before it rises — but then it soars

The unlikely pairing of Tracy Morgan and Daniel Radcliffe isn't quite what makes the show work — it's the exquisite, perfectly-timed jokes that just keep coming.

February 28, 2026
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By:
  • Glen Weldon
<em>Man on the Run</em> is filmmaker Morgan Neville's new documentary about former Beatle Paul McCartney. Above, Linda and Paul McCartney in an undated photo.

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  • TV Reviews

A new film follows Paul McCartney's 2nd act after The Beatles' breakup

While previous documentaries captured the frenzy of Beatlemania, Man on the Run focuses on McCartney in the years between the band's breakup and John Lennon's death.

February 27, 2026
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By:
  • David Bianculli
Jon Bernthal and Tessa Thompson in a promo image from the show "His & Hers" (2026). (Credit: Netflix via IMDb)

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  • TV Reviews

'His & Hers' lacks a cohesive tone, leaving its small-town mystery in the lurch

Netflix’s new Georgia-based mystery mini-series is full of twists and turns, but it has an identity crisis on the kind of thriller it wants to be.

February 24, 2026
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By:
  • Susannah Broun and
  • The Daily Yonder
Noah Wyle as Dr. Robby in <em>The Pitt.</em>

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  • TV Reviews

This season, 'The Pitt' is about what doesn't happen in one day

The first season of The Pitt was about acute problems. The second is about chronic ones.

February 07, 2026
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Sabrina Carpenter guest stars in the new revival of <em>The Muppet Show, </em>alongside Miss Piggy, Kermit the Frog and friends.

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  • TV Reviews

A new generation revives 'The Muppet Show' and it's as delightful as ever

This isn't the first reincarnation of Jim Henson's crew, but it's one of the best in a very long time. Seth Rogen is an executive producer, and Maya Rudolph and Sabrina Carpenter guest star.

February 03, 2026
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By:
  • David Bianculli
Sandro Rosta as Caleb Mir and Zoë Steiner as Tarima Sadal in <em>Star Trek: Starfleet Academy</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

'Starfleet Academy' interrogates the values at the center of 'Star Trek' itself

It's not quite clear what the latest Trek series wants to be: a rollicking adventure, a college coming-of-age story, or a bizarre blend of both?

January 16, 2026
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By:
  • Eric Deggans
Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell in <em>A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.</em>

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  • TV Reviews

'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' is 'Game of Thrones' for the haters

There are no dragons, no maps and no internecine family trees in this Game of Thrones prequel about an underdog knight and his would-be squire.

January 16, 2026
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By:
  • Glen Weldon
Idris Elba returns as an extraordinarily unlucky traveler in the second season of <em>Hijack</em>. Plus Tom Hiddleston is back as hotel worker/intelligence agent in <em>The Night Manager.</em>

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  • TV Reviews

'Hijack' and 'The Night Manager' continue to thrill in their second seasons

Idris Elba returns as the world's most unlucky traveler in Season 2 of the Apple TV series Hijack. And Tom Hiddleston is back as a hotel worker/intelligence agent in The Night Manager on Prime Video.

January 12, 2026
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  • John Powers
Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield.

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  • TV Reviews

What worked — and what didn't — in the 'Stranger Things' finale

Between the final battle and some key needle drops, there was a little too much talking.

January 02, 2026
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  • Linda Holmes
Owen Cooper stars as Jamie Miller in <em>Adolescence</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

A top-10 list can't contain all the great TV of 2025

TV critic David Bianculli says 2025 offered so many great shows he couldn't narrow them down. But in a year of intense TV, Netflix's haunting series Adolescence, stands apart.

December 23, 2025
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  • David Bianculli

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  • Arts & Life

The best movies and TV of 2025, picked for you by NPR critics

Whether you plan to head out to the theater or binge from the couch, our critics have gathered together their favorite films and TV shows of 2025.

December 17, 2025
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By:
  • Bob Mondello,
  • Linda Holmes,
  • and 3 more
Lena Headey as Fiona Nolan in <em>The Abandons</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

'The Abandons' is a sudsy soap opera dressed up in spurs and a cowboy hat

On the surface it's a gorgeous, hardscrabble Western, awash in stark landscapes, grubby faces, bar fights and banditry. But scratch away the grime, and you expose the pure, glitzy soap opera beneath.

December 06, 2025
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By:
  • Glen Weldon
The first batch of episodes in <em>Stranger Things</em>' final season are out on Wednesday. Above: Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson, Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair, and Noah Schnapp as Will Byers.

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  • TV Reviews

'Stranger Things' is back. Does everything old still feel new?

The first episodes of the show's fifth and final season are out on Wednesday night. Critic Eric Deggans says the Duffer Brothers keep the plot moving along — even though, so far, many of the storylines feel familiar.

November 27, 2025
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By:
  • Eric Deggans
The Beatles (Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon and Ringo Starr) appear in a scene from the 1967 TV film <em>Magical Mystery Tour, </em>which was shown on British TV at Christmas and panned by the critics.

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  • TV Reviews

'The Beatles Anthology' remasters the Fab Four — with great results

In 1995, an eight-part documentary series told the story of The Beatles and their music. Now, 30 years later, The Beatles Anthology is back, with a fresh sound and a brand-new ninth episode.

November 26, 2025
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By:
  • David Bianculli
Brittany Snow as Nina Jarvis and Claire Danes as Aggie Wiggs in <em>The Beast in Me.</em>

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  • TV Reviews

The best TV to catch up on over the Thanksgiving weekend

It's impossible to keep up with TV options. These shows are worth catching up on — or revisiting.

November 26, 2025
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By:
  • Eric Deggans
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