Joe Reid

Senior Writer

@joereid      

Joe is the senior writer at Primetimer and co-host of the This Had Oscar Buzz podcast. His work has appeared in Decider, NPR, HuffPost, The Atlantic, Slate, Polygon, Vanity Fair, Vulture, The A.V. Club and more.

• POSTED January 5, 2024

  
  Let The Great North Be Your Respite From Wintry Murder Mysteries
  Fox's peculiar family sitcom returns January 7 with some special guests.
• POSTED January 5, 2024

  
  Daughters of the Cult Tells One of the Bloodiest Cult Stories Since Jonestown
  ABC News takes a deep dive into the Mormon fundamentalist cult founded by Ervil LeBaron.
• POSTED January 4, 2024

  
  A Decade Ago, Low Winter Sun Pushed Prestige TV Too Far
  Looking back at its critical reception, the AMC drama marked a breaking point for self-important shows about grim subjects.
• POSTED January 3, 2024

  
  Everything We Know About Feud: Capote vs. The Swans
  Ryan Murphy's gossipy anthology series is back, with a star-studded take on Truman Capote's exile from high society.
• POSTED January 3, 2024

  
  The Ariana Madix Backlash Is Inevitable
  Tom Sandoval is the pariah now, but don't expect things to stay that way forever.
• POSTED December 29, 2023

  
  I Am Burt Reynolds Remembers the Last (Straight, Male) Movie Star
  The legendary actor gets the standard biography treatment, which insists on reminding you what a monument to masculinity he was.
• POSTED December 29, 2023

  
  More Romance, Less Brand Extension: Primetimer's Wish List for TV in 2024
  We make TV-related resolutions for ourselves, as well any executives and writers who might be reading this.
• POSTED December 24, 2023

  
  How Dolly Parton Became TV's Patron Saint of Christmas
  Unravelling the country legend's holiday TV universe.
• POSTED December 24, 2023

  
  5 Life Lessons Learned From A Charlie Brown Christmas
  From the value of real Christmas trees to the wide world of phobias, the annual Peanuts holiday special has so much to teach us.
• POSTED December 22, 2023

  
  In 2023, No TV Home Was Formidable Enough to Keep the World Out
  From luxury apartments to tech-money fortresses, no space was truly safe.
• POSTED December 22, 2023

  
  The Best TV Episodes of 2023
  A romantic confession, a brutal farewell, and an epiphany over forks — these moments and more make up the year's best stories.
• POSTED December 21, 2023

  
  House of Villains Winner on Not Just Being Another Baddie: "I Was the Best of Both Worlds"
  We spoke with the Ultimate Supervillain about their greatest rival and why no one expected a jury vote in the end.
• POSTED December 21, 2023

  
  Seinfeld's 'The Pick' Is a Christmas Movie (Er, TV Episode)
  Sorry, Die Hard debaters, we're moving on to a new unconventional holiday masterpiece.
• POSTED December 20, 2023

  
  Do Moral Victories Mean More Than Actual Victories in Survivor’s New Era?
  Survivor ends a great season with a worthy winner whose story was too often put on the back burner.
• POSTED December 19, 2023

  
  11 Survivor Alums Tell Us Who Should Win Season 45
  This might be the most likable final five ever, but one contestant has emerged as the favorite among the show's veterans.