- John Hansen
- December 30, 2025
John’s top 10 TV shows of 2025
I found my TV habits changing in 2025. I met the fall season with a Gen-Z-style “meh,” and I was fine delaying viewings of even
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- John Hansen
- November 8, 2025
‘The Paper’ is worth a subscription as it nails modern journalism
“The Paper” (Peacock) isn’t breaking new ground with style: It’s precisely like “The Office” (2005-13), from which it spins off. But it’s also so precisely
- John Hansen
- November 23, 2024
Teen TV looks to the past with ‘Cobra Kai,’ ‘Hysteria!,’ ‘Cruel Intentions’
Some Gen-Z teen TV shows have original premises and say something specific about this point in history … but I’m not reviewing those here. Instead,
- John Hansen
- November 20, 2024
Fall TV premieres continue with ‘Disclaimer,’ ‘Day of the Jackal,’ ‘Creep Tapes’
My look at fall TV’s premieres continues into November with a trio of streaming offerings. Although these series have several episodes out now (I miss
- John Hansen
- October 19, 2024
‘Teacup’ extends the ubiquity of Puzzle Box shows
There have been so many Puzzle Box (as in “Where the hell are we?” and “What the heck is going on?”) shows since “Lost” (2004-10)
- John Hansen
- September 23, 2024
Fall TV preview 2024: 10 shows I wouldn’t mind watching
Is Fall TV still a thing in this era when new stuff starts and ends at all points on the calendar, seemingly at random? It
- John Hansen
- April 25, 2024
Utterly generic nature leaves ‘Night Swim’ all wet
A lot has been made about the coming age of AI-generated scripts, but a movie like “Night Swim” (Peacock) makes me wonder if anyone will
- John Hansen
- December 30, 2023
John’s top 10 TV shows of 2023
We’re not exactly at a stable point in TV history, so it’s fitting that my list of 2023 favorites includes various types of series. Two
- John Hansen
- December 9, 2023
‘Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie’ is not only for obsessives
Revivals often invoke nostalgia for the bygone series, if enough time has passed. It’s been 14 years since “Monk” (2002-09, USA) ended its run as
- John Hansen
- October 13, 2023
‘The Continental’ is a tasty supplement to ‘John Wick’
The four “John Wick” films are about gun-fu action, with the story being a mere excuse for said action. That’s OK when the gunplay and