Review: 'Margo's Got Money Troubles' Will Make an OnlyFan of You by James Poniewozik

Elle Fanning stars in a big-hearted, open-minded dramedy about online exposure and its complications.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:04am on April 15, 2026☆⚑

'The Comeback' Review: Valerie Cherish vs. the Machine by James Poniewozik

In its third season, the HBO satire grows from cringe-comedy character study into a dark satire of labor in the A.I. era.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:03am on March 20, 2026☆⚑

Review: This is Your Grandparents' 'Muppet Show,' Fortunately by James Poniewozik

Nobody put too much thought into reinventing the gonzo variety classic for its revival. That's what makes it a delight.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 9:00am on February 3, 2026☆⚑

Two Oct. 7 Series Show the Power, and Limits, of Memory by James Poniewozik

After two years of war and acrimony, "Red Alert" and "One Day in October" focus on the horrors of a single day.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:38am on October 7, 2025☆⚑

'The Paper' Review: I Have Good News and I Have Bad News by James Poniewozik

The team from "The Office" has a new comedy of decline, but it still needs to figure out what its story is.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:30am on September 3, 2025☆⚑

'Good Night, and Good Luck' Remembers When TV Had a Conscience, and a Spine by James Poniewozik

A TV critic looks at George Clooney's play about CBS News standing up to political pressure, even as its current ownership might succumb to it.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:12am on May 30, 2025☆⚑

Richard Chamberlain Was a Mega Star in TV Mini-Series 'The Thorn Birds' and 'Shogun' by James Poniewozik

The actor, who died at 90, was the most compelling face of a maximalist, soapy television era.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 8:21pm on March 30, 2025☆⚑

I Loved 'Pee-wee's Playhouse' Enough to Marry It by James Poniewozik

Paul Reubens's oddball masterpiece celebrated the kind of anarchy that captivates kids and freaks out adults.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:51pm on July 31, 2023☆⚑

'WandaVision' Lives Inside TV. Just Like We Do. by James Poniewozik

After a year of pandemic life, the superhero show's inventive premise " television as both escape and prison " is all too relatable.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:39pm on February 25, 2021☆⚑

Review: 'P-Valley' Has All the Right Moves by James Poniewozik

Sex may sell this Starz strip-club drama, but at heart it's a potent, lyrical story about hard work.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 9:54am on July 9, 2020☆⚑

Review: 'Central Park' Is the Show We Need Right Now by James Poniewozik

This musical valentine to urban life, from the creator of "Bob's Burgers," is another TV show that has new resonance in the pandemic era. But for once that relevance is delightful, not depre…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:18pm on May 28, 2020☆⚑

Review: 'The Investigation' Makes the Mueller Report a Dark-Comic Indictment by James Poniewozik

The star-studded reading was surreal and unsubtle but somehow fitting for a political era of tragedy-as-farce.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 1:03pm on June 25, 2019☆⚑

Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes Gave Us Fox. These Shows Try to Make Sense of It All. by James Poniewozik

"The Loudest Voice," "Ink" and "Succession" map out the influential world the two men created.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:24am on June 18, 2019☆⚑

Review: In 'Fosse/Verdon,' a Portrait of the Artist as Problematic Fave by James Poniewozik

This dual Broadway biopic has style and moves but gets tripped up by an overfamiliar story of a brilliant, toxic man.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:00am on April 8, 2019☆⚑

'The Leftovers' Leads Television's Musical Golden Age by James Poniewozik

On some of best series, the song selections are as nuanced, ironic and transcendent as the acting and writing.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:46am on June 1, 2017☆⚑

Casting a Black Hermione Granger Underscores a Key 'Harry Potter' Theme by James Poniewozik

It would be the most perverse kind of fandom for any Potterphile to use the reasoning of a Malfoy.

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