TV Reviews8.2/10
Merlí. Sapere Aude: A Spin-Off That Earns Its Name
Merlí. Sapere Aude review: the Spanish teen spin-off follows Pol Rubio to university across two seasons, 16 episodes, on Movistar+ and Netflix.
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Television we have watched and scored.
TV Reviews7.8/10
The Magic Was in the Idea, Not the Repetition
Barbara Eden and Larry Hagman carried I Dream of Jeannie for 139 episodes on NBC. How the pilot, the Melissa cut, and a Burbank backlot built a durable sitcom.
TV Reviews5.7/10
‘Mayans M.C.’ Ran Eight Years Without Ever Settling What It Wanted to Be
Mayans M.C. ran five seasons on FX, a Sons of Anarchy spinoff with a strong cast and border setting that never quite found its footing.
TV Reviews7.6/10
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Review: The Most Confident Star Trek in Years
A review of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, the Paramount+ series with Anson Mount as Captain Pike, running four seasons and 40 episodes through 2026.
TV Reviews8.8/10
Blue Eye Samurai Review: A Bloody Path Through Edo Japan
Netflix's Blue Eye Samurai follows Mizu, a half-white onna-musha in Edo Japan hunting four men, one her father. Season 2 arrives January 2027.
TV Reviews7.5/10
30 Rock: The Sitcom That Made Its Own Parent Company the Punchline
30 Rock ran seven seasons on NBC as a sitcom about a sketch show that was really about NBC itself, with Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, and 103 Emmy nods.
TV Reviews7.3/10
Beverly Hills, 90210 at 36: The Template That Became a Machine
Beverly Hills, 90210 ran 10 seasons and 284 episodes, launching a franchise. A review of the show's craft, cast, and lasting influence.
TV Reviews8.4/10
Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Review: Cooking as Combat Across Five Seasons
Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma ran five seasons and 86 episodes from 2015 to 2020, turning Totsuki cooking duels into a sport with real stakes.
TV Reviews8.3/10
Netflix’s Unbelievable Finds the Failure in the System, Not Just the Crime
Netflix's Unbelievable turns a Pulitzer-winning rape investigation into a study of institutions, with Kaitlyn Dever, Toni Collette and Merritt Wever.
TV Reviews7.1/10
Prime Video’s Off Campus Arrived With Its Future Already Settled
Prime Video's Off Campus scored 7.1 and was renewed for season 2 before its May 13 2026 premiere, starring Ella Bright and Belmont Cameli
TV Reviews8.5/10
Berserk (1997) Review: A Mercenary’s Rise and a Kingdom’s Rot
Review of the 1997 Berserk anime: Guts, Griffith, the Band of the Hawk, Hirasawa's score, and a 25-episode arc that ends in ruin. Score: 8.5/10.
TV Reviews7.8/10
Scooby-Doo Has Been Solving the Same Mystery for 57 Years
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! premiered on CBS in 1969. A look at the cast, the unmasking formula, its three credited seasons, and why it still holds up.