Tara Ariano

Contributor

@TaraAriano      

Tara Ariano is the co-founder of Television Without Pity and Fametracker (RIP). She co-hosts the podcasts Extra Hot Great and Again With This (a compulsively detailed episode-by-episode breakdown of Beverly Hills, 90210), and has contributed to New York, the New York Times magazine, Vulture, Decider, Salon, and Slate, among many others

• POSTED July 6, 2021

  
  I Think You Should Leave Season 2 Doesn't Disappoint
  Tim Robinson's absurd sketch show returns to Netflix a cultural phenomenon.
• POSTED June 29, 2021

  
  Fox Needs To Spend Its Summer Vacation Making Us More 9-1-1s
  The LA and Austin series were a good start, but it's time FOX went Dick Wolf with its star franchise.
• POSTED June 11, 2021

  
  Annie Murphy Gives Voice to the Long-Suffering Sitcom Wife in Kevin Can F**k Himself
  When it works, AMC's high-concept new dramedy ventriloquizes the "dumb guy, naggy wife" sitcom with eerie verisimilitude.
• POSTED June 10, 2021

  
  Dwyane Wade-Hosted The Cube Challenges Players to Think Inside the Box
  Another popular British game show format hops across the pond, courtesy of TBS.
• POSTED May 6, 2021

  
  The CW's Dynasty Is My Guilty Pleasure. It Should Be Yours, Too.
  It's time we all started keeping up with the rebooted Carringtons.
• POSTED April 29, 2021

  
  Peak TV Meets Its Next Manipulative Patriarch in The Mosquito Coast
  Paul Theroux's award-winning novel gets a fugitive twist for its series adaptation at Apple TV+.
• POSTED April 20, 2021

  
  Married At First Sight: Unmatchables Teaches VERY Awkward Singles How to Date
  Lifetime's latest extension of the MAFS brand gives failed applicants a second chance at love.
• POSTED April 15, 2021

  
  Showtime's Couples Therapy May Be the Best Show You're Not Watching
  The second season of this underrated series is even more gripping than its first.
• POSTED April 7, 2021

  
  ABC's Home Economics Isn't All Bad, But That Doesn't Make it Good
  Topher Grace's sitcom return tackles a family's financial struggles with all the urgency of an afternoon tea.
• POSTED April 2, 2021

  
  Hysterical Tries (and Fails) to Tell the Story of Women in Standup
  FX's new documentary film deserves to be heckled off the stage.
• POSTED March 25, 2021

  
  Invincible Turns the Superhero Origin Story Inside Out
  The Walking Dead's Robert Kirkman brings another winning creation to TV.
• POSTED March 10, 2021

  
  Game Of Talents Is a Waste of Talent
  Fox expands its slate of oafish guessing games... again.
• POSTED February 23, 2021

  
  Peacock's New Punky Brewster Is More Fuller House Than Saved By the Bell
  Soleil Moon Frye reprises her iconic role in this sweet and occasionally clever series revival.
• POSTED February 15, 2021

  
  Netflix's New Kevin James Sitcom The Crew Isn't Half Bad
  Your mileage may vary, but James and co-star Freddie Stroma shine in this new workplace comedy.
• POSTED February 12, 2021

  
  FOX's Witless Cherries Wild Is an Exercise in Product Integration — And Little Else
  TV's latest primetime game show combines trivia, a giant slot machine, and... Pepsi.