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2020
Sep
17
 
 
In the absence of the new U.S. dramas we would normally be seeing this month, the Canadian miniseries Departure fills in admirably...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
13
 
 
Piet Van der Valk has returned after an absence of almost three decades, and his people skills have not improved...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
12
 
 
In the middle of America, even in places that don't love Donald Trump, the term "coastal elites" is rarely spoken in admiration...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
10
 
 
Late-night television's overwhelming whiteness has been a topic of pointed conversation for decades, which lends considerable historical resonance to a new Peacock documentary called The Sit-In...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
10
 
 
Ask any pop culture fan under 50 about The Avengers, and you'll get a rhapsody on the whole rambunctious team from the Marvel universe and movies. Ask someone over 60, particularly if that someone is male, and you'll get a loving rhapsody about Diana Rigg in a catsuit...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
9
 
 
Being identified as "woke" – that is, finally understanding the multiple core inequities of American society – can get you admired or ridiculed these days, depending on who has done the identifying...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
8
 
 
You wouldn't think prequels would be an automatic winner in the treacherous television programming game...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
4
 
 
Regular real-life Moms are used to taking heat when they miss dinner because they had to work late at the job. Emma Green has them beat...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
3
 
 
I agree: Cancel Culture has gone too far. I don't mean boycotts and shutdowns and shaming or firing people for saying the wrong thing. Though there are certainly places where it's gone too far...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Sep
3
 
 
Rotten rich people form a cornerstone of entertaining TV drama, as any fan of Dynasty can attest. To that long and infamous list, we can now add the Cabbotts from The Sounds, a new Canadian mystery drama...