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Netflix / Paul Spella / The Atlantic The Radical Sincerity of The OA
More than two years after the surprise release of their Netflix series about an interdimensional traveler, Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij are back with an installment that’s even more ambitious than the first.
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Pop The Bombastic Matriarch of Schitt’s Creek
With her eccentric vocabulary and fashion sense, Moira Rose (played by Catherine O’Hara) deploys her words and her wardrobe as a kind of plumage.
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Willy Sanjuan / Invision / AP / Quinn ... Patricia Arquette’s Second Act
At 50, the Oscar, Emmy, and Golden Globe winner is getting some of the most exciting roles of her career.
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Ali Goldstein / Netflix One Day at a Time Taught Its Fans How to Say Goodbye
The beloved Netflix sitcom understood loss as an inevitability. But the show’s cancellation after three seasons is still difficult for many viewers to accept.
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Jeff J Mitchell / Getty / Shutterstock / ... The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann Is an Emotional, Exhaustive Project
The new Netflix documentary series revisits one of the biggest missing-child cases in history.
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Justin Stephens / CBS / The Atlantic Christine Baranski Leads the Best #Resistance Show on Television
The Good Fight, featuring the actor as the feminist lawyer Diane Lockhart, is responding to the Trump presidency by leaning way, way in.
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CBS News The Surreal Testimony of R. Kelly’s ‘Girlfriends’
The young women, living with the 52-year-old star and cut off from their families, say they love him. It’s the same story told by other women who now say Kelly abused them.
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HBO The Case Against Adnan Syed Challenges the True-Crime Playbook
The new four-part documentary series on HBO goes deeper into the story of Hae Min Lee and the ex-boyfriend convicted of her murder.
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The CW Saying Goodbye to the Most Beloved Father in Riverdale
Luke Perry, the Beverly Hills, 90210 star who died Monday, found new life on TV as the dad of Archie Andrews on The CW’s teen drama—a role that he was perfect for.
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CBS / Lazarus Baptiste The Message in R. Kelly’s Meltdown
Explosive rage, statements of persecution, and an appeal to male viewers: The singer’s CBS interview about sexual-abuse allegations seemed familiar.
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Bennett Raglin / OWN The Most Notable Part of Oprah Winfrey’s After Neverland Special
The former talk-show host’s interview focused on connecting the stories of Michael Jackson’s accusers to experiences shared by many beyond the star’s orbit.
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Everett Collection Luke Perry’s Career-Long Act of Generosity
The actor, who died on Monday at 52, continued to embrace Dylan McKay, his most iconic and beloved character, long after Beverly Hills, 90210 ended.
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Leonhard Foeger / Reuters On Not Believing Leaving Neverland
The HBO documentary provides a detailed exploration of Michael Jackson’s alleged abuses; it also hints at what happens when faith and fandom get blurred.
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Amazon The Clumsy Predictability of The Widow
Amazon’s new series stars Kate Beckinsale as a woman searching for answers in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Mike Blake / Reuters The End of an Era for HBO—And for Television
The network has lost its CEO just months after its parent company was bought by AT&T. Subscribers should brace themselves for dramatic change.
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FX Better Things Finds Magic in Change
The third season of Pamela Adlon’s FX show considers the implications of being forced into a new reality.
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HBO What the True Detective Finale Forgot
The HBO crime drama’s third season wrapped up by emphasizing character change—but left out crucial details.
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Pop The Grim, Caustic Appeal of Flack
Anna Paquin stars as a celebrity publicist specializing in scandal in Pop TV’s splashy, sporadically insightful drama.
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Netflix A Netflix Show That Captures the Surrealism of Modern Romance
As Dating Around follows New Yorkers on Groundhog Day–like blind dates, viewers may begin to lose their grip on reality.
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IFC How Documentary Now! Spoofs Male Genius
The IFC mockumentary series from Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, and Seth Meyers is better than ever in its third season.
