TV Review: ‘The Mick’ on Fox
The opening images in the first episode of "The Mick" are of a woman careening out of control. Looking like she's coming off a three-day bender, Mackenzie, a.k.a. Mickey (Kaitlin Olson), brazenly…
The opening images in the first episode of "The Mick" are of a woman careening out of control. Looking like she's coming off a three-day bender, Mackenzie, a.k.a. Mickey (Kaitlin Olson), brazenly…
We are in the era of television programming where a docuseries originally developed for Snapchat is now debuting on an HBO channel. "Outpost," a 10-episode half-hour docuseries developed by Fusion…
It is hard to take "The OA" seriously. That statement can be applied both to the new Netflix drama, a mystery-soaked excursion through time and space, and its titular character, the OA — played by…
The first season of "The Man in the High Castle," Amazon's television adaptation of Philip K. Dick's alternate-history novel, was an oddly muted exercise in reorientation — in altering the audience's…
"Star" has a number of things common with "Empire." Both music-industry dramas have Lee Daniels as a co-creator, and feature a mixture of well-known performers and newcomers in soapy sagas of…
It took about an hour for "Hairspray Live!" to find its sweet spot. The energy was a little low, a line got dropped, and the production — the most complex, it appeared, that NBC has attempted in this…
If you've ever wondered what goes on those inside storefronts that advertise the services of psychics, "Shut Eye" does a good job of breaking down their rituals and scams. Those elements of the Hulu…
For the last few decades, we have been — tragically — in a diva recession. Oh, we have balladeers and pop stars by the dozen, some of whom are sublime. But while some of our Miley-come-latelys tear…
"Incorporated" is an energetic and watchable science-fiction thriller that posits that a climate apocalypse will be followed by a swift division of survivors into haves and have-nots — all by the…
"OBJECTified: Donald Trump," an hourlong special that aired Friday night on Fox News, is the puff piece to end all puff pieces. It's a stellar example of the kind of television you can make if you…
If there is one lesson to be learned in 2016, it is that white men in media have a free pass to fail upward with impunity. Corey Lewandowski assaulted a reporter and got a job at CNN; Roger Ailes…