Reviews
Primetimer's reviewers weigh in on what you should (and shouldn't) be watching
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POSTED October 5, 2022
Reginald the Vampire Adds Some Joy to the Undead Canon
It’s a treat to spend time with the bumbling bloodsucker in Syfy’s new series
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POSTED October 3, 2022
20 Years Later, The Mole Is Still Reality TV's Best Active-Watching Experience
Revived by Netflix, this endlessly engaging competition asks players to find the saboteur in their midst.
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POSTED September 30, 2022
AMC Gives Interview With the Vampire Extra Bite
This thrilling adaptation foregrounds what was often suggested in Anne Rice’s classic
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POSTED September 27, 2022
The Rookie: Feds and East New York Put a New Spin — or Two — on Copaganda
ABC's Rookie spinoff borders on situation comedy, while the CBS procedural takes a much more earnest route.
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POSTED September 21, 2022
A First Date Gets the Groundhog Day Treatment in Peacock’s Meet Cute
Kaley Cuoco and Pete Davidson's new movie challenges rom-com tropes... until it doesn't.
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POSTED September 20, 2022
Good News: Andor Isn't For Star Wars Fanboys
The Disney+ show is thrilling because it ignores what we think we want.
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POSTED September 19, 2022
NBC's Quantum Leap Reboot Is the Best Kind of Bad TV
The world needs shows that are good enough to half-watch.
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POSTED September 13, 2022
Freeform's The Come Up Spotlights Young Creatives Too Busy To Make an Interesting Show
These 20-somethings are lighting up NYC … but not this docuseries.
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POSTED September 8, 2022
The Good Fight Is Going Out the Way It Came In
Trump's America remains the Paramount+ drama's central theme in its final season, and it's never been more unnerving.
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POSTED September 7, 2022
Rosie O'Donnell Brightens Showtime's Otherwise Dreary American Gigolo
If only she were the show's lead.
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POSTED September 2, 2022
Netflix's Dated & Related is a Reality TV Misfire
The most interesting thing about Netflix's new dating competition is its title.
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POSTED August 20, 2022
Netflix's John McAfee Doc Is as Dishonest as Its Subject
The filmmaking may get your heart racing, but it's an empty thrill.
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POSTED August 19, 2022
Tyson May Not Like It, But Hulu's Mike Lionizes Him All the Same
In hewing so closely to the former heavyweight champion's perspective, the new docudrama does itself a disservice.
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POSTED August 19, 2022
House of the Dragon Review: A Blonder (But Just as Brutal) Return to Westeros
The fall of the house of Targaryen begins with a matter of succession.
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POSTED August 16, 2022
Netflix Puts a Human Face on the Manti Te'o Catfishing Saga
Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist takes a fresh look at the 2013 scandal and the collateral damage left in its wake.