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What to watch on TV this week (December 15-19, 2024)

Welcome to What’s On, our weekly roundup of notable shows. Here is what’s happening from Sunday, December 15 to Thursday, December 19. All times are Eastern. [Note: The weekend edition of What’s On drops on Fridays.]   The biggies What We Do In The Shadows (FX, Monday, 10 p.m.) The freakiest, funniest vampires to grace Staten Island […]

The 25 best TV shows of 2024

2024 was a weird year for TV. Which is not to say out there or underwhelming. It was more…all over the place. But although the medium’s output over the past 12 months may not have been as consistently strong as those of recent years, one through line was that it always felt like there was

The best TV of 2024: The ballots

The A.V. Club’s list of the best TV shows of the year is here, people. To concoct that countdown, we asked our staff and go-to contributors to rank their 15 favorite shows of 2024. As long as a series aired a new episode of television in 2024, it was fair game to be included. Our

Kayvan Novak, Kristen Schaal on WWDITS’ series finale

[Editor’s note: This piece contains spoilers for What We Do In The Shadows.] What We Do In The Shadows closes with a wonderfully weird shot of Nandor The Relentless (Kayvan Novak) and Guillermo (Harvey Guillén) descending into a tunnel on Ashley Street in the former’s upgraded coffin. The two go on this fun ride together after

Starstruck’s Rose Matafeo on new special, holiday movies

It probably won’t surprise you to hear that a standup special called On And On And On is “about repeating behaviors and it’s about trying to learn yourself out of these cycles,” as writer and performer Rose Matafeo puts it. Even some of the jokes from the new show, premiering  December 19 on Max, echo

What to watch on TV this weekend (December 20-22 2024)

Welcome to the weekend edition of What’s On. Here are the big things happening on TV from Friday, December 20 to Sunday, December 22. All times are Eastern. [Note: The weekly edition of What’s On publishes on Sundays.] 1. Martin Short closes out 2024 for SNL NBC, Saturday, 11:30 p.m.: Saturday Night Live welcomes former cast member

What to watch on TV this weekend (December 22-26, 2024)

Welcome to What’s On, our weekly roundup of notable shows. Here is what’s happening from Sunday, December 22 to Thursday, December 26. All times are Eastern. [Note: The weekend edition of What’s On drops on Fridays.]    The biggies Doctor Who: Joy To The World (Disney+, Wednesday, 12:10 p.m.) Ncuti Gatwa resumes his duties as the

The best TV performances of 2024

As The A.V. Club continues to toast the very best TV had to offer this year, it turns now to the performances that really made their respective series sing, be it of a total creep bilking his way into high society, a single mother scraping by during World War II, or a committed (and occasionally

Get Millie Black ends with a Dickensian twist

[Editor’s note: This piece contains spoilers for the Get Millie Black season finale, “Curtis.”] Marlon James’ Get Millie Black has come to an end with all the twists and turns we’ve come to expect from a crime drama—and a few that are unique to the genre, like meaningful consequences for the dedicated detective at the

The actor walks us through her storied career

Actors around the world can only envy Tabu’s filmography. Not only is the decorated Indian artist renowned for her complex, layered performances in critically acclaimed films in multiple languages, she has also worked with directorial heavy hitters like Mira Nair, Ang Lee, Mani Ratnam, and Gulzar. Though she occasionally dabbles in mainstream Hindi comedies and

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