Television

All 21 episodes of ‘Dark Angel’ Season 1 (2000-01), ranked

I had forgotten – or maybe not even fully realized – how good “Dark Angel” Season 1 (2000-01, Fox) is. When it aired, it was overshadowed

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‘Cobra Kai’ shows no mercy to the competition, stays badass in Season 2 (TV review)

With Season 2 (April), which recently wrapped its free-to-all run on YouTube Premium, “Cobra Kai” has secured its spot as the best continuation of a

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All 18 episodes of ‘Roswell’ Season 3 (2001-02), ranked

As “Roswell” fans, we often lament that we only got three seasons. But a positive way to look at it is that we got two

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Eulogy for a trope: ‘Looking for Alaska’ turns its Manic Pixie Dream Girl into a full-fledged character (TV review)

The eight-episode Hulu series “Looking for Alaska” shatters the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope while also being one of the best MPDG stories ever told.

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First episode impressions: ‘Nancy Drew’ (TV review)

Similar to what The CW did with “Riverdale” a few years ago, “Nancy Drew” (Wednesdays, CW) has been updated for modern times, and out of

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CW DC universe finally goes to Gotham for ‘Batwoman’

“Batwoman” (Sundays, CW) is the 17th current show produced by Greg Berlanti – that’s not a joke for the sake of exaggeration, he really does

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First episode impressions: ‘Almost Family’ (TV review)

A dramedy starring Brittany Snow and produced by Jason Katims should be at the top of my list of must-see fall shows, but the preview for

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Storytelling with soul: The 20 best ‘Angel’ episodes

When “Angel” premiered on Oct. 5, 1999, with “City of,” it was nominally a darker, more adult show than “Buffy,” its parent series and Tuesday

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First episode impressions: ‘The Unicorn’ and ‘Perfect Harmony’ (TV reviews)

In this age of easily accessible TV, there’s no such thing as timeslot battles anymore, but for the sake of fun, let’s pit “The Unicorn”

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‘Unbelievable’ takes advantage of binge format to tell a gripping, personal story of a landmark serial rape case (TV review)

When TV scholars look back years from now at trends in storytelling structure, I suspect “Unbelievable” (Netflix) will be seen as a pivotal show. The

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