Reviews
Primetimer's reviewers weigh in on what you should (and shouldn't) be watching
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POSTED May 30, 2020
Quiz Is the Miniseries McMillion$ Should Have Been
This entertaining import takes a second look at Britain’s Who Wants To Be a Millionaire scandal.
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POSTED May 29, 2020
Netflix’s Space Force Nails the Liftoff, Then Hits Turbulence
The reunion of Office creator Greg Daniels and star Steve Carell has its moments, but doesn’t quite deliver its payload.
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POSTED May 22, 2020
FX's AKA Jane Roe Profiles the Real Woman Behind Roe v Wade
Norma Jean McCorvey was used by both sides, argues this powerful documentary.
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POSTED May 12, 2020
ABC Pays Long-Overdue Tribute to the Man Who Saved Its Bacon
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall is a lookback at the nice-guy producer who gave us the Fonz, Mork & Mindy, and Pretty Woman.
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POSTED May 4, 2020
PBS’s George W. Bush Tracks the Death of a Dynasty
The latest American Experience presidential profile offers fresh insights, but the format is a bit stale.
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POSTED April 30, 2020
NBC's Council of Dads Is a Fly Trap to Catch This Is Us Fans
The sprawling family drama returns with a promising path forward.
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POSTED April 29, 2020
Normal People Is Much More Than Its Buzzy Sex Scenes
In fact, the sex scenes may be the least interesting part of this Hulu original series.
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POSTED April 17, 2020
Kenya Barris Made Black-ish a Hit. He Makes #BlackAF a Miss.
The showrunner turns the camera on himself in a messy and ultimately unlikable new Netflix series.
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POSTED April 15, 2020
Mrs. America Is 2020's Most 2020 Show So Far
Though it's set in the 70s, FX on Hulu's Equal Rights Amendment docudrama feels perfectly timed.
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POSTED March 26, 2020
Netflix’s Unorthodox Will Make Your Quarantine Seem Like Club Med
A young woman tries to flee her suffocating ultra-Orthodox sect in this fine coming-of-age drama.
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POSTED March 20, 2020
Netflix’s Self Made Tells the Inspiring True(ish) Story of a Black Trailblazer
Octavia Spencer brings the forgotten femtrepreneur to life.
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POSTED March 16, 2020
David Simon Works His Magic on HBO’s The Plot Against America
The Wire creator makes Philip Roth’s alternate history of World War II suddenly urgent.
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POSTED March 6, 2020
FX’s The Most Dangerous Animal of All Is About the Dark Stories We Tell Ourselves
Whether they’re true or not.
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POSTED March 5, 2020
Devs Is a Chilling Thriller About the Future We’re Living Now
Nick Offerman leads a strong cast that brings our worst fears about Big Tech to life.
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POSTED February 25, 2020
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool Made My Black History Month
This beautifully made PBS film charts the famed trumpeter's impact on both music and civil rights.