The next 12 months will feature the return of beloved series (both recent and from long ago) and a host of buzzed-about new ...

What shows are barreling down the pipeline in 2026? The short answer: a lot. 2026 will see the return of several major series ...

In the comedy special The Last Year of Television, Mitch McTaggart casts his eye over what 2025 brought to our screens.

From hairstyles to music, nearly everything about the ’80s was louder and bolder than today — and that included holidays.

Paddington Bear, Bagpuss, The Flumps, Thomas the Tank Engine and, going back even further, Bill and Ben, The Magic Roundabout ...

In celebrating trains on screen for the 200th anniversary of Britain’s passenger railways, who could forget a certain tank engine called Thomas, who debuted on television in 1984 and would later ...

Favorites include an Arctic-set heartwarmer, the second and final season of 'Andor,' a pair of new animated gems, a bold historical drama and a star-studded Hollywood satire. By Daniel Fienberg, Angie ...

In 2025, even a challenged television landscape was rife with transportive stories. From streamers to broadcast networks, these narratives immersed viewers in different time periods, alternative ...

Fourteen years ago, Emily Nussbaum, one of my esteemed predecessors in the TV-critic chair, notoriously titled her Top Ten list “I Hate Top Ten Lists.” I’ve seldom felt the same. I’m not much of a ...

Just when you thought the post-Peak TV glacier of shows had melted into a puddle of mediocre algorithm-feeders, the medium snapped back to form in 2025. We may not be in the midst of a new golden age ...

Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée. Daniel Reynolds is the ...

In real life, 2025 has been a chaotic year. We've navigated the beginning of a divisive presidential term, the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, witnessed a pope from Chicago get elected, a ...