If one of your resolutions for 2025 is to nurture ways of being a better person, you need not look further for inspiration than TV. All over American television this year you could land on any number of characters whose main plot was presumably a simple one: self-improvement. It may be reductive to talk about […]
Between 1945 and 1964, first on radio and then on two different TV networks, one of the most popular game shows in America was Queen For A Day— although calling it a “game show” has always been a bit of a stretch. The contestants didn’t really have to do anything to win, except to tell
After bigging up the TV shows and performances that made the strongest impressions this year, The A.V. Club sets its sights on the finest hours (and half hours) that 2024 had to offer. And those episodes, as it turns out, have a bit of everything: jaw-dropping twists, bloody battles, laugh-out-loud comedy, deceptively deep absurdism, tear-jerking
Welcome to the weekend edition of What’s On. Here are the big things happening on TV from Friday, December 27 to Sunday, December 29. All times are Eastern. [Note: The weekly edition of What’s On publishes on Sundays.] 1. Amy Adams is Nightbitch Hulu, Friday, 12:01 a.m.: Amy Adams’ latest film comes to streaming already, with Nightbitch getting
Welcome to What’s On, our weekly roundup of notable shows. Here is what’s happening from Sunday, December 29, 2024 to Thursday, January 2, 2025. All times are Eastern. [Note: The weekend edition of What’s On drops on Fridays.] The biggies Cunk On Life (Netflix, Thursday, 3:01 a.m.) 2025 begins on a high note with Philomena
There’s a moment in Bittersweet Motel, Todd Phillips’ tour documentary of the band Phish, when frontman Trey Anastasio is asked about a show from the night before that someone on the crew slighted as sloppy: “I thought it was great; I loved it. So, did somebody think because we missed a change or something, it
Welcome to the weekend edition of What’s On. Here are the big things happening on TV from Friday, January 3 to Sunday, January 5. All times are Eastern. [Note: The weekly edition of What’s On publishes on Sundays.] 1. Nikki Glaser will try to save the Golden Globe Awards CBS, Sunday, 8 p.m.: Jo Koy’s
Welcome to What’s On, our weekly roundup of notable shows. Here is what’s happening from Sunday, January 5 to Thursday, January 9. All times are Eastern. [Note: The weekend edition of What’s On drops on Fridays.] The biggies American Primeval (Netflix, Thursday, 3:01 a.m.) Friday Night Lights‘ Peter Berg reunites with Taylor Kitsch for a six-part Western
If your goal for 2025 is to spend a lot more time in front of your screen, we have a handy guide to the biggest and most promising debuts of the year. Get ready for more Marvel, more Game Of Thrones, and, yes, even more Suits. The Alien and It movie franchises will also descend
As soon as Abbott Elementary and It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia’s worlds collided, at least one outcome was inevitable: dutiful kindergarten teacher Barbara Howard (Sheryl Lee Ralph) teaching a defensive Charlie Kelly (Charlie Day) how to read. Finally. Not only does she get him to enunciate a few words from a book about birds, but
