Judy Berman

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15 Shows to Watch After Succession

From 'Empire' to 'Industry'

By Megan McCluskey , Moises Mendez II , Eliana Dockterman , Judy Berman and Annabel Gutterman

10 Questions Going Into the Succession Finale

Who will be Logan's successor? What will become of Tom and Shiv? Is anyone else going to die?

By Judy Berman

'Platonic' Is Lots of Fun, In Spite of Itself

OK, the Apple TV+ comedy allows, maybe men and women can be friends. But can those relationships survive one or both of the pals’ marriage to another person?

By Judy Berman

Succession Recap: Gotta Hear Both Sides!

It was pretty delightful to see bothsidesism come back to haunt the funeral of Logan Roy, a man who profited more than perhaps anyone in history from the peddling of false balance.

By Judy Berman

Review: Obama’s Working Is Timely But Flawed

It’s all pretty illuminating—until the bizarre finale, whose sunny portrait of the C-suite comes off as anything but representative.

By Judy Berman

Succession’s Election Was About Consequences

“America Decides” reckons with the broadest possible consequences of the bitter inter-corporate and intrafamilial power struggles that have made the show so entertaining. And it’s a case study in how the world changes slowly, then all at once.]

By Judy Berman

CNN's Desperation + Trump's Lies = Disaster

Column: Wednesday's Trump town hall was a loss for America but a win for CNN

By Judy Berman

'Class of '09' Is an Ambitious AI Thriller

Brian Tyree Henry's finely calibrated performance grounds this series that traces how a dream of a less biased justice system devolves into a surveillance-state nightmare

By Judy Berman

How Queen Charlotte Improves Upon Bridgerton

In writing the young queen’s story to fit her own favorite archetype, Shonda Rhimes fixes the biggest problem with Bridgerton: its anachronistic (or alternate-reality) Regency Britain simply doesn’t make sense.

By Judy Berman

Succession Recap: A Tale of 2 Toxic Marriages

’Twas the night before Election Day, and all through Tom and Shiv’s palatial Manhattan apartment, creatures from across the late Logan Roy’s constituency were creating quite a stir.

By Judy Berman

Pete Davidson's 'Bupkis': TV Review

The 'SNL' alum and tabloid magnet returns, opposite Joe Pesci and Edie Falco, in a dark comedy on Peacock inspired by his life.

By Judy Berman

'A Small Light' Review: Bel Powley Shines

Miep Gies did not realize, when she started working as a secretary for pectin manufacturer Opekta, that she was destined for heroism

By Judy Berman

'Succession' Recap: The Roys' Kinks Run Wild

In which the damage Logan inflicted on them comes back to bite Matsson. Alternate episode title: "Freud's Revenge"

By Judy Berman

The 6 Best New TV Shows of April 2023

From 'Mrs. Davis' to 'Dead Ringers' to 'Dear Mama'

By Judy Berman

'Citadel' Is All Spectacle, No Substance

If you set out, with a colossal budget, to make a show that would attract the broadest possible worldwide audience—and you already had a Tolkien adaptation—you might come up with 'Citadel'

By Judy Berman

Fatal Attraction Reboot Is Fatally Atrocious

You couldn’t make precisely this movie again in 2023—which goes a long way towards explaining why Paramount+'s attempt to resurrect it as a series is such a disaster

By Judy Berman

In Review: Love and Death

David E. Kelley, in his best show since Big Little Lies, paints a portrait of regular people trapped in a terrible predicament they set into motion but do not deserve

By Judy Berman

Carlson and Lemon: A Tale of Two Exits

In a matter of minutes on Monday, the face of cable news changed dramatically

By Judy Berman

'Succession': How Matsson Played the Roy Kids

“We raided the vikings!” Karl exclaims, on the plane home. Did they, though?

By Judy Berman

Review: 'Mrs. Davis' Is a Wild Allegory of AI

This Peacock sci-fi adventure might be the most prototypically Damon Lindelof show of the creator's career.

By Judy Berman
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