Quick Hits
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POSTED June 18, 2020
HBO's Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story Of Roy Cohn is About More Than Roy Cohn
33 years after his death, the 20th-century power broker is still controlling the narrative.
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POSTED June 17, 2020
How One Day at a Time's Animated Special Came Together
Co-showrunner Mike Royce explains how a live-action "politics episode" got cartoonized during the pandemic.
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POSTED June 17, 2020
Hulu's Love, Victor Puts a New Face on the Gay Coming-of-Age Comedy
A new closeted gay boy roams the halls of Creekwood High, but the "romantic AF" tendencies of Love, Simon remain.
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POSTED June 16, 2020
Perry Mason: Who’s Who in the New HBO Series
Matthew Rhys leads a star-studded ensemble cast
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POSTED June 15, 2020
Dream Casting the New Season of Big Brother: All-Stars
Still set for this summer, Season 22 will reportedly feature a new set of returning favorites.
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POSTED June 15, 2020
Jon Hein's TV Picks — Week of June 15, 2020
A new kid in town, a surprising reboot and back to Big Sky Country.
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POSTED June 12, 2020
COVID-19 Has All But Erased the Line Between Movies and TV
Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods hitting Netflix is the latest reminder that movies are really just TV right now.
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POSTED June 12, 2020
Hulu's Crossing Swords Narrowcasts to the Robot Chicken Crowd
This foul-mouthed story of a stop-motion squire isn't likely to win over many new fans.
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POSTED June 11, 2020
How the SNL Cast Fared in a Strange, Truncated Season 45
Who will stay and who will they go? Let the speculation begin.
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POSTED June 11, 2020
ABC’s Don’t and the Rise of the Low-Stakes, High-Comedy Game Show
The latest entry in a burgeoning reality TV subgenre sticks with the silly.
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POSTED June 10, 2020
In Praise of TV Sign-Language Interpreters
Those animated signers for the deaf are the result of a half-century struggle to make TV accessible to all.
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POSTED June 10, 2020
Netflix's Lenox Hill Shows Doctors on the Front Lines in a Pre-COVID World
Grey's Anatomy it isn't, but this eight-part docuseries is gripping nonetheless.
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POSTED June 9, 2020
Tracing the Roots of Standup Comedy's TV Resurgence
How Peak TV suddenly made the standup comedy special ubiquitous.
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POSTED June 9, 2020
This Original Twilight Zone Episode Is Chillingly Apt for Quarantine Times
If you ever had the thought that quarantine might give you time to catch up on TV, movies, and books, this episode is for you.
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POSTED June 8, 2020
Jon Hein's TV Picks — Week of June 8, 2020
Family Time, Medieval Pegs and Belfast Undercover.