Robert Lloyd

Walton Goggins as Wade and Betsy Brandt as Caroline in the CBS series, "The Unicorn."

There’s life in sitcoms beyond ‘Seinfeld’ and ‘Friends.’ See: Patricia Heaton, Walton Goggins

September 27, 2019 at 2:58 p.m.

Much is made of television as a storytelling medium, but really we watch it for the people — the characters and the actors who play them. (Indeed, we're apt to...

Shoshannah Stern and Josh Feldman of "This Close" use sign language during the AMC segment of the Summer 2019 Television Critics Association Press Tour in July in Beverly Hills, California.

Can a groundbreaking deaf comedy become the next ‘Schitt’s Creek’?

September 23, 2019 at 5:09 p.m.

Before "This Close" crept quietly into television history last year, there had never been a TV series created by and starring deaf actors. Now, thanks to Shoshannah Stern and Josh...

Catherine O'Hara, left, and Eugene Levy arrive at the 24th annual Critics' Choice Awards on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif.

Love Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara on ‘Schitt’s Creek’? There’s more where that came from

September 22, 2019 at 3:26 p.m.

It is astonishing to contemplate, for someone who's followed them since they co-starred on the Canadian-import sketch comedy "SCTV" well back in the 20th century, that there may be fans...

A scene from the series, "The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance," on Netflix.

The sinister appeal of ‘The Dark Crystal’s’ bad Muppets

September 4, 2019 at 4:35 p.m.

Puppets are powerful. A sock pulled over a hand becomes a snake; a piece of wood at the end of a string learns to dance. Breathing life into the lifeless...

Kennedy Lea Slocum, left, Caleb Foote, Mary McCormack in "The Kids are Alright" on ABC.

Jennifer Aniston and Mark Hamill couldn’t save ‘The Kids Are Alright.’ Can its impassioned star?

August 21, 2019 at 6:08 p.m.

Nothing in life is permanent, least of all television. But we are creatures of the moment, and the imminent next moment: As it's happening, the loss of a TV series...

A generation later, ‘Rocko’s Modern Life’ and ‘Invader Zim’ are still ahead of their time

August 18, 2019 at 2:22 p.m.

Cartoon characters are great to have under contract. They don't age; they don't argue. They are the most reusable of beings. Mickey Mouse has had a 90-year career in show...

The misunderstood humor of Danny McBride

August 19, 2019 at 9:13 p.m.

"The Righteous Gemstones," which premieres Sunday, is the third HBO series created or co-created by and starring Danny McBride. It's not every comic actor who can make that claim. Indeed,...

‘Xena’ star Lucy Lawless is more Angela Lansbury than ‘warrior princess’ in ‘My Life Is Murder’

August 7, 2019 at 3:17 p.m.

In "My Life Is Murder," a delightful new detective show that premiered Monday on the streaming platform Acorn TV, Lucy Lawless plays Alexa Crowe, a former police investigator half-reluctantly drawn...

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 25: Bashir Salahuddin of 'Sherman's Showcase' speaks onstage during the AMC Networks portion of the Summer 2019 TCA Press Tour on July 25, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for AMC)

Forget ‘Saturday Night Live.’ In TV’s latest sketch comedies, an old form learns new tricks

August 5, 2019 at 7:16 p.m.

Sketch shows are the stealth bombers of television. Compared to the dramas and sitcoms that dominate the conversation in this Triple-Platinum Age of television, they can seem ephemeral, the well-fortified...

Review: HBO’s ‘Years and Years’ finds entertaining family drama in the dystopian near-future

June 26, 2019 at 2:30 p.m.

Russell T Davies, who in 2005 rescued "Doctor Who" from suspended animation and who last year wrote the delicious fact-based miniseries "A Very English Scandal," has a new limited series,...

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