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## 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 work for TIME has won two New York Press Club awards.


![Judy Berman](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8170b2c5c3c92c7/698a3ea0457a52b982d67c3b/Judy-1.jpg?branch=production&width=96&quality=75&auto=webp)

## Judy Berman


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* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte7a4850292945abc/6ada5a68779675635efcdccd/NWT_307_Unit_00626RC.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 22, 2026  
### [Does Anybody Want Morgan and Sasha?](https://time.com/article/2026/10/22/nobody-wants-this-season-3-morgan-sasha/)  
With Joanne and Noah checking off relationship milestones, 'Nobody Wants This' makes a risky bet on ...  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f6bc4117a97bfbb/6ad8f349453ab35b65058404/The_New_Stanford_Prison_Experiment_n_S1_E2_00_22_10_03_R.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 21, 2026  
### ['Stanford Prison Experiment's' Gender Trouble](https://time.com/article/2026/10/21/new-stanford-prison-experiment-women/)  
Netflix's reality-TV restaging of the notoriously unethical study incorporates women—but doesn't kno...  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3bee36b6109210ee/6ad66df9b360bf5aa73ada65/175552_1556_V2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 20, 2026  
### ['Phony' Is Something New on TV: Review](https://time.com/article/2026/10/20/phony-review-hulu/)  
Best miscategorized as a thriller, this offbeat Hulu series starring Connie Britton and Sam Nivola d...
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f67af0bce21cba1/6ace90f113db9d24a5e7462d/VisionQuest_TF_4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 14, 2026  
### [Marvel's 'VisionQuest': TV Review](https://time.com/article/2026/10/14/visionquest-review/)  
The series that finishes off Disney+'s 'WandaVision' trilogy lacks the style and energy of its two p...  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83b8cb1c4ce15f88/6ac8f98b9e734459e407c6a5/NUP_211118_00002.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 13, 2026  
### ['Crystal Lake' Is Totally Pointless](https://time.com/article/2026/10/13/crystal-lake-review-peacock/)  
Peacock reboots the 'Friday the 13th' franchise, and the result is the one thing this horror classic...  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5be52d251dc0df22/6ac547596f75d52ff081619b/3172660_Cupertino_S1_9959b.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 8, 2026  
### ['Cupertino' Is the Best Network Lawyer Show in Ages](https://time.com/article/2026/10/08/cupertino-review-cbs/)  
'The Good Wife' creators Robert and Michelle King return to CBS with an unfeasibly fun legal drama s...  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt713ba07778fe1e7c/6ac004c315869bac7ae95b37/East_of_Eden_n_S1_E3_00_28_43_09R2X.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 2, 2026  
### [How 'East of Eden' Rescues Cathy From Evil](https://time.com/article/2026/10/02/east-of-eden-netflix-cathy/)  
Zoe Kazan's Netflix series grounds its feminist perspective on one of literature's most maligned cha...  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6726ec9091b3aa98/6abd26dcd5d0d0c59679bb47/TOE1_103_101325_0831_a.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 2, 2026  
### ['Tip Toe' Captures a World Gone Mad: Review](https://time.com/article/2026/10/01/tip-toe-review-starz/)  
Alan Cumming stars in this harrowing British melodrama about queer liberation and masculinity in cri...  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ff3776cdb9efaf8/6abde7e95336d86a89edae9c/First_Look_1_3000.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 1, 2026  
### [The First Worthwhile 'Carrie' in 50 Years](https://time.com/article/2026/10/01/carrie-mike-flanagan-review/)  
Every adaptation of Stephen King's classic reflects its era. Set in the present, Mike Flanagan's Pri...  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec099b3c2d792cae/6ab5433244523f6eccb922ed/sienna-miller-dominic-west.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 25, 2026  
### ['War' Doesn't Know Which Side It's On](https://time.com/article/2026/09/25/war-review-hbo/)  
HBO's glossy billionaire divorce drama has all the elements of prestige TV but no perspective on the...  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5219565a086fddf6/6ab29f92a244413a4a821251/DIFFERENTWORLD_108_260225_EJA_00203_R2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 24, 2026  
### [Netflix's 'A Different World' Revival: Review](https://time.com/article/2026/09/24/different-world-netflix-review/)  
Familiar faces reunite at Hillman College in this reverent sequel to the generation-defining sitcom  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc604ac51300d2bd5/6aaaae973ffea4e4a0d2f4a9/Brothers_Photo_010403.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 23, 2026  
### ['Brothers' Coasts on Charm: TV Review](https://time.com/article/2026/09/23/brothers-review-mcconaughey-harrelson/)  
Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson reunite in this disjointed but endearing Apple TV comedy abo...
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt793a8279de87d98c/6aad85a2ef556f8443c2ce17/Monster_The_Lizzie_Borden_Story_n_S1_E3_00_03_27_02R.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 18, 2026  
### ['Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story' Disappoints](https://time.com/article/2026/09/18/monster-lizzie-borden-review/)  
In conflating female murderers from across history, Ryan Murphy's Netflix true-crime anthology comes...
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c4f2ca5a30072e2/6aa418bf5e6ffab928b7a43d/sharon-horgan.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 18, 2026  
### [Sharon Horgan's 'Youth': TV Review](https://time.com/article/2026/09/11/youth-review-sharon-horgan-hbo/)  
In this spiritual sequel to 'Pulling' and 'Catastrophe,' the comedy virtuoso is caught between ailin...  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt560d0a76ced3cb75/6a99e4e9e67005c7f976cb11/First_Look_-_Lola_Petticrew_as_Cushla_and_Tom_Cullen_as_Michael.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 18, 2026  
### [PBS Period Romance 'Trespasses': TV Review](https://time.com/article/2026/09/03/trespasses-review-pbs/)  
A man and a woman on opposite sides of the Troubles are drawn together in this emotional adaptation ...  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)

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