TV Reviews
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‘Minority Report’ Review: Steven Spielberg Spin-Off Falls Short of Original
Futuristic crime drama series takes place 10 years after the events of the movie
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‘Life in Pieces’ Review: ‘Modern Family’ Imitator Is Less Than the Sum of its Parts
Complicated structure can’t save shaky CBS comedy
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Emmys Review: Token White Guy Andy Samberg Gives Respect Where It’s Long Overdue
Host set the tone for a night of breakthroughs
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‘Best Time Ever’ Review: Neil Patrick Harris Show Is Not as Fun as Advertised
Live variety extravaganza neuters its star’s appeal
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‘The Bastard Executioner’ Review: Bloody Kurt Sutter Drama Gets Bogged Down in Slow Storytelling
Gore comes quickly but little else does in creator’s follow-up to “Sons of Anarchy”
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‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Review: The Real One Is as Funny as the Fake One
Despite some hitches, host’s first outing proves CBS picked the right successor for David Letterman
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‘Hand of God’ Review: Amazon Drama Inspires Little Faith
A great cast including Ron Perlman, Dana Delany and Garret Dillahunt can’t save this show from feeling forced
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‘Narcos’ Review: Netflix’s Pablo Escobar Drama is Sexy, Bloody and Addictive
Actor Wagner Moura is spellbinding as the Colombian drug kingpin
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‘The Carmichael Show’ Review: David Alan Grier, Loretta Devine Bring Laughs On Promising Sitcom
Comedian Jerrod Carmichael ups his game thanks to stage and screen veterans
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‘Public Morals’ Review: Edward Burns’ Dirty Cop Drama is Ham-Fisted But Fun
TNT series explores morally gray areas of ’60s New York
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‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Review: Zombie Apocalypse Prequel is a Stealth Family Drama
The real fun of the AMC spinoff is seeing how the world reacts to the dawn of the undead
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‘The Unauthorized Full House Story’ Review: Lifetime Movie Should Cut. It. Out.
Bad storytelling is overshadowed by worse casting
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‘Blunt Talk’ Review: Starz Gets it Right Again With Patrick Stewart Comedy
Series looks behind the scenes at a fictional cable news show
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‘Documentary Now!’ Review: Seth Meyers, Bill Hader, Fred Armisen Make Movie-Nerd Magic
IFC series goes deep to parody nonfiction filmmaking
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Tim Grierson -
‘Show Me a Hero’ Review: Oscar Isaac, Catherine Keener Stand Out in Political Drama
David Simon-Paul Haggis collaboration explores politics, race and public hysteria
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Mark Peikert