Robert Lloyd

In this Oct. 13, 2016 file photo, Ellen DeGeneres appears during a commercial break at a taping of "The Ellen Show" in Burbank, Calif.

Commentary: Surprised a ‘nice’ talk show like ‘Ellen’ is toxic? TV’s been warning you for years

August 19, 2020 at 1:58 p.m.

This week, Ellen DeGeneres attempted — successfully? who can yet say? — to turn the page on a bad chapter in the book of her career, one that began last...

Review: The Muppets redeem themselves — well, Disney does — with delightful ‘Muppets Now’

July 31, 2020 at 4:09 p.m.

Just because you own a brand doesn't mean you know what to do with it. The Muppets, which have been largely controlled by Disney since 2004, have had their ups...

Annie Murphy arrives at the 25th annual Critics' Choice Awards on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Before ‘Schitt’s Creek,’ Annie Murphy nearly quit acting. Now she’s an Emmy nominee

July 28, 2020 at 8:28 p.m.

Before she was cast as Alexis Rose in "Schitt's Creek," the little sitcom that could, Annie Murphy, finding little success, was on the verge of giving up. "I had a...

Is Peacock worth your time and money? One TV critic weighs in

July 15, 2020 at 7:44 p.m.

If television's many platforms and networks and channels were not already confusing and taxing enough, now we get Peacock, from the Comcast-owned NBCUniversal. (The name references NBC's longtime logo, born...

The eight-year run of "Adventure Time: Distant Lands" which is about love and war and play and drudgery and jealousy and generosity and birth and death and everything under the postapocalyptic sun and moon has recently fetched up to stream in its entirety on HBO Max.

Review: ‘Adventure Time’s’ magic remains intact in first ‘Distant Lands’ special for HBO Max

June 26, 2020 at 4:41 p.m.

"Adventure Time" is not done with us. The eight-year run of that lovely cartoon about love and war and play and drudgery and jealousy and generosity and birth and death...

British actress Jodie Whittaker attends a special screening of BBC America's "Doctor Who" at the Paley Center for Media on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

‘Doctor Who’ stars past and present on the challenges of taking on a beloved role

June 24, 2020 at 8:30 p.m.

Time! It has been 15 years, astonishingly, since Britain's "Doctor Who," the story of an alien Time Lord and his human traveling companions, returned to television after a hiatus of...

Matthew Rhys and Shea Whigham in "Perry Mason."

Review: HBO gives ‘Perry Mason’ a superhero’s origin story. He didn’t need one

June 20, 2020 at 1:06 p.m.

And so another old crime show is brought down from the attic, dusted off and given a fresh coat of paint. "Perry Mason," which most famously ran from 1957 to...

Victor (Michael Cimino), shown in "Love, Victor."

Review: In Hulu’s pleasing but predictable ‘Love, Victor,’ even the bully pulls punches

June 18, 2020 at 1:21 p.m.

Greg Berlanti's 2018 coming-out teen film "Love, Simon" has given birth to a pleasing television series, Hulu's "Love, Victor," which is both a sequel and a kind of spiritual remake....

Commentary: Listen up, Class of 2020! The Obamas, Beyoncé and others have something to say

June 8, 2020 at 10:31 a.m.

Dear Class of 2020, As I write these words, on a Sunday afternoon in June, YouTube, on which you have grown up, is throwing "a virtual commencement celebration" (also called...

CNN host Wolf Blitzer speaks before the start of the under card Republican Presidential Debate ,at The Venetian Las Vegas on December 15, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. AFP PHOTO / ROBYN BECKROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images

Commentary: Cable news is no match for the George Floyd moment. Here’s why it’s failing

June 4, 2020 at 12:18 p.m.

We are somewhere near the beginning, middle or end of a period that's being called civil unrest — "intensified consciousness" might say it as well — following the killing of...

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