TV Reviews7/10
‘Succession’ Ran on Cruelty and Wit, Then Got Out Before Either Ran Out
Succession ran four seasons and 39 episodes on HBO, from 2018 to 2023. A review of the Roy family, the cast, the ending, and whether the acclaim holds up.
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TV Reviews9.5/10
True Blood Review: Alan Ball’s Vampire Drama Is a Long Argument About Citizenship
HBO's True Blood turned synthetic blood into a seven-season argument about citizenship and equal rights. A review of the 2008 vampire drama.
TV Reviews6.4/10
‘Sex and the City’ still defines how television writes about women, 28 years on
Sex and the City premiered on HBO in 1998 and ran 94 episodes over six seasons, winning 7 Emmys. A landmark and a time capsule, scored 6.4 of 10.
How HBO’s Harry Potter Series Adds New Scenes the Books Left Out
A look at seven scenes from HBO's Harry Potter that never appeared in the books, ranked by how well they hold up to canon.
TV Reviews8.6/10
The Pacific at 8.6/10: HBO’s Harder, Colder Companion to Band of Brothers
HBO's The Pacific, the 2010 WWII miniseries following three Marines through Guadalcanal, Peleliu and Iwo Jima, reviewed at 8.6/10.
Album Reviews6.8/10
Foo Fighters’ Sonic Highways Traverses Eight Cities But Its Songs Can’t Match the Concept
A record of eight cities, each a station upon the highway of sound, wherein the concept exceeds the songs themselves.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Telltale’s Game of Thrones Kills Off Its Best Idea Before It Can Grow
A review of Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series, the 2014 choice-driven adventure about House Forrester, scored 7.5/10.
Gary Oldman Argues HBO’s New ‘Harry Potter’ Series Beats the Films at Delivering What Fans Want
Gary Oldman says HBO's Harry Potter TV series will be more satisfying than the films because it can do the books word-for-word.
TV Reviews8.7/10
Band of Brothers” Review: HBO’s Ten-Episode War Drama Still Holds Up”
HBO's Band of Brothers, created by Spielberg and Hanks, follows Easy Company through WWII. A review of the 2001 miniseries, its structure, cast and score.
TV Reviews7.4/10
HBO’s Robot Theme Park Drama Peaked Before It Finished
HBO's Westworld ran four seasons and 36 episodes. A review of the sci-fi Western's rise, its park vs. algorithm problem, and its 2022 cancellation.
TV Reviews9/10
True Detective” Review: The 2014 Season That Made the Anthology Bet Pay Off”
True Detective: HBO's anthology crime drama, its four seasons, casts and settings, and why the 2014 Louisiana season still sets the standard.
TV Reviews8.6/10
The Wire: David Simon’s Five-Season Argument About the American City
David Simon's The Wire ran 60 episodes on HBO from 2002 to 2008, one Baltimore institution per season. Cast, deaths and why the argument still lands.