Reviews
Primetimer's reviewers weigh in on what you should (and shouldn't) be watching
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POSTED October 6, 2021
CSI Is Back, And There’s Absolutely No Mystery Why
Franchises are the name of the game in TV these days, and none was better at its prime than the CSI franchise.
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POSTED September 30, 2021
There’s a Problem with The Problem With Jon Stewart
The former Daily Show anchor’s new show on Apple TV+ is not like his old show — but that’s not the problem.
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POSTED September 23, 2021
Heval Is an Incredible Find from Curiosity Stream (As In, You Won’t Believe It)
The all-doc streamer’s first original film is the all-true tale of a 50-ish actor who embeds with anti-ISIS fighters in Syria.
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POSTED September 21, 2021
FOX’s Our Kind of People Reveals America’s Black Upper Class
From Lee Daniels and a showrunner on Mixed-Ish comes an unusual soap about old versus new money in Black America.
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POSTED September 17, 2021
Rise and Shine, Apple TV+’s The Morning Show Is Back
Season 2 has the enjoyable launch that Season 1 didn’t, thanks to Jennifer Aniston.
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POSTED September 14, 2021
Trevor Noah Needs His Audience Back
Without a crowd that its host can play to, late night's least entertaining home show is now the least entertaining one taped at a TV studio.
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POSTED September 9, 2021
Amazon’s LuLaRich Examines a Multi-Level-Marketing Meltdown
The most compelling parts of this docuseries are the stories of the women left broke and unhappy by LuLaRoe.
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POSTED September 1, 2021
Netflix’s Turning Point Is a Sobering Journey From 9/11 to the Kabul Airport
With the perspective of 20 years, this searing docuseries relives the Sept. 11 attacks and retraces their tragic aftermath.
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POSTED August 31, 2021
Only Murders in the Building Is a Throwback Mystery for the Hulu Age
Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez star in the Murder, She Wrote reboot we didn’t know we needed.
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POSTED August 10, 2021
Fantasy Island Is Back, and It's in Good Hands
The 1970s hit, which brought magical realism to the masses, gets a welcome refresh that’s aimed at the ladies.
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POSTED July 16, 2021
Amber Ruffin’s Special Blend of Silly And Serious Is What Late Night Needs
Her critically acclaimed late-night show is the spoonful of sugar that makes the anti-racist medicine go down.
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POSTED June 17, 2021
Think You Don't ‘Get’ Desus And Mero? Watch It Anyway.
Showtime’s TV-MA talker, featuring the comic chemistry of two longtime friends, is the hottest thing in late night.
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POSTED May 27, 2021
Pause With Sam Jay Has a Dirty Mouth and Pure Intentions
The standup comic's new HBO late-night show aims to discuss hot-button topics with more light than heat.
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POSTED May 18, 2021
Cinema Toast May Be the Best Thing Borne of the Pandemic
Concluding tonight, the experimental Showtime series has been trippy, hilarious, and even poignant.
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POSTED April 27, 2021
In The Handmaid’s Tale Season 4, the Revolution Is Coming … Any Minute Now
Will Hulu’s signature show ever stop spinning its wheels?