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Why Can’t Euphoria Grow Up?

April 12, 2026

Zendaya as Rue sticks her head out of the driver's side window of a dirty car.

Connor Storrie Knew What SNL Viewers Wanted to See

March 1, 2026

Connor Storrie on SNL

Netflix Just Avoided a Huge Headache

February 27, 2026

A billboard of the red Netflix 'N' in front of a blue sky

SNL Aces the Heated Rivalry Meme

January 18, 2026

Finn Wolfhard and Kam Patterson in a "Saturday Night Live" promo shot

The 14 Best TV Shows of 2025

Sophie Gilbert and Shirley Li

December 17, 2025

Animated GIF of a rainbow graphic blooming out of a TV screen.

The Mad Men Streaming Debacle Is a Strange Cautionary Tale

December 6, 2025

The Comedian Dismantling the Alpha-Male Persona

November 28, 2025

The Chair Company

A Bleak World Without Women

September 17, 2025

A color still from the show "Task" showing Mark Ruffalo wearing an FBI jacket and looking at a man and a woman in the foreground.

The Emmys Speech That Captured the Hollywood Slog

September 14, 2025

Jeff Hiller at the Emmys

It’s the End of the World (And It’s Their Fault)

May 30, 2025

Screenshot from Mountainhead

The Comic Who’s His Own Worst Enemy

May 5, 2025

Nathan Fielder in The Rehearsal

The Last of Us Didn’t Soften the Blow

April 20, 2025

A Truly Macabre White Lotus Plot

April 8, 2025

Jason Isaacs as Tim Ratliff on ‘The White Lotus’

The Rich Tourists Who Want More, and More, and More

February 14, 2025

Five people stand waving on a beach

The 13 Best TV Shows of 2024

Sophie Gilbert, Hannah Giorgis, and Shirley Li

December 12, 2024

Miniature people standing and sitting on couches surround a TV with a pixelated screen

How Jimmy O. Yang Became a Main Character

December 2024 Issue

doubled photo with Jimmy O. Yang lying on desk with pen as mustache next to Jimmy adjusting a desk lamp

When the Pope Dies, the Cardinals Get Catty

October 30, 2024

Ralph Fiennes in "Conclave"

Your Individuality Doesn’t Matter. Industry Knows Why.

October 4, 2024

Harry Lawtey and Marisa Abela on “Industry”

Please Don’t Make Me Download Another App

October 3, 2024

Illustration of a grid of cartoon app icons, dancing around on a white background

How Greed Got Good Again

Spencer Kornhaber

September 2024 Issue

photo of 3 people talking and drinking pints at small round table in pub

This Show Understands the Absurdity of Modern Existence

June 5, 2024

two people sitting at dinner table laughing next to a purple puppet

The Key to Understanding HBO’s The Sympathizer

May 20, 2024

Hoa Xuande, as the Captain, sitting in the front seat of an old-fashioned car

What Makes Industry the Most Thrilling Show on TV

Spencer Kornhaber

August 16, 2022

The ensemble of "Industry" on the trading floor

You’ve Never Seen Anything Quite Like The Rehearsal

July 16, 2022

The comedian Nathan Fielder directing one of his subjects in his new show, 'The Rehearsal'

The Gen-Z Drama That Launched a Million Memes

March 3, 2022

Zendaya with a concerned expression sitting in a school theater in "Euphoria"

We’re Being Fooled Again

December 10, 2021

Promotional photo with the cast of Succession walking down a hallway.

The True Cost of Wealth on HBO’s Succession

October 17, 2021

Brian Cox and Sarah Snook near a private jet on 'Succession'

Michael K. Williams on Being Typecast

September 7, 2021

Michael K. Williams stars in a video from HBO and The Atlantic

HBO’s Woodstock ’99 Documentary Is a Dark Warning

Spencer Kornhaber

July 27, 2021

A crowd at one of the Woodstock '99 stages

What HBO’s New Crime Show Gets Exactly Right

April 21, 2021

Characters from the HBO show "Mare of Easttown" gathered around a kitchen table

A Film ‘for the 80 Percent’

April 14, 2021

A young boy in a blue shirt and glasses plays chess with a slightly older boy

Why the Our Towns Documentary Is Timely

April 13, 2021

A curly haired artist reads from a book, in front of a mural he painted.

The TV Is Too Damn Long

June 9, 2019