Judy Berman

Berman is the TV critic at TIME. Along with reviewing current television, she writes about the ways in which entertainment and pop culture intersect with our larger social and political realities. Her TIME essay on Ted Lasso and modern masculinity won a New York Press Club award in 2022.

Recent Articles

'You' Didn't Have to End This Way

Breaking down the painfully literal finale of a once-great Netflix thriller.

By Judy Berman and Eliana Dockterman

'Étoile' Is a Vindication of Art

'Gilmore Girls' and 'Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' creator Amy Sherman-Palladino returns to ballet in a lavish, messy, delightful new Amazon series.

By Judy Berman

'The Rehearsal' Season 2: TV Review

Nathan Fielder's HBO docu-comedy finds a timely metaphor in a season that applies his odd methods to the prevention of plane crashes

By Judy Berman

'The Pitt' Is About an America in Crisis

Max's hit medical drama isn't just a comforting throwback. It's a metaphor for a broken society—and a fantasy about who might fix it

By Judy Berman

'Black Mirror' Season 7 Episodes, Ranked

The seventh season of Netflix's divisive sci-fi anthology series is, relatively speaking, quite good.

By Judy Berman

'The Last of Us' Season 2: TV Review

In the inferior second season of a hit whose thematic depth rarely matches its technical virtuosity, the show centers the idea of justice.

By Judy Berman

White Lotus Season 3 Finale: Final Predictions

The season has been building up to one—or many—deaths. Here's who we think dies, and who might be behind those deaths.

By Eliana Dockterman and Judy Berman

Netflix's 'Pulse' Is DOA: TV Review

The streaming giant's foray into the emergency room arrives not only a bit late but also bereft of personality.

By Judy Berman

'The White Lotus' Chooses Violence

In the season's penultimate episode, as storylines near their climaxes, men contemplate violence and everyone has impossible choices to make

By Judy Berman

The Best New TV Shows of March 2025

From 'Adolescence' to 'The Studio' to 'Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light'

By Judy Berman

Review: Dying for Sex

The new FX series starring Michelle Williams is the rare cancer story that celebrates life in without shrinking from the specter of death.

By Judy Berman

A Close Read of the 'Adolescence' Finale

One of the few moments of levity in the grim Netflix hit has devastating implications.

By Judy Berman

Let's Discuss the Severance Season 2 Finale

Breaking down the events and stylistic choices of the series' final episode of the season, plus predictions for what could come next.

By Eliana Dockterman , Judy Berman and Megan McCluskey

Netflix's 'The Residence': TV Review

Shondaland conventions meet genre cliches in a White House murder mystery elevated by a wonderful lead performance from Uzo Aduba

By Judy Berman

Sam Rockwell's Wild 'White Lotus' Scene

The show-stopping guest appearance sets the tone for a wild episode that journeys into the dark heart of desire

By Judy Berman

'Long Bright River': TV Review

Peacock's adaptation of the Liz Moore novel illustrates the limitations of the popular fantasy that a righteous women can redeem the police.

By Judy Berman

'Love Is Blind's' Political Gender Gap

Set in the purple state of Minnesota, the season revealed a political disconnect between two brides-to-be and their fiancés.

By Judy Berman

Seth Rogen's 'The Studio' Is Must-See TV

The sharp Apple TV+ showbiz satire sends up a studio head’s desperation in the era of streaming, austerity, and IP.

By Judy Berman

'Deli Boys' Is a Crime Comedy With Heart

In this Hulu romp, a Pakistani American drug mogul dies suddenly, leaving his inept sons to save a criminal empire they didn't know existed.

By Judy Berman

Netflix's 'With Love, Meghan': TV Review

Harry and Meghan keep promising their fans authenticity but delivering impersonal performances of perfection.

By Judy Berman
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