JAMES PONIEWOZIK
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The Talk Shows Have Labor Pains
The Hollywood strikes and the trouble at “The Tonight Show” are a reminder that hosts are not just your TV friends. They’re also people’s bosses.
The First Republican Debate Starred Eight Candidates and a Ghost
A strange evening on Fox News was most passionate when it involved the contestant who didn’t show up.
I Loved ‘Pee-wee’s Playhouse’ Enough to Marry It
Paul Reubens’s oddball masterpiece celebrated the kind of anarchy that captivates kids and freaks out adults.
Why Care About Hollywood Strikes? We’re All Background Actors.
Why should you care about the strikes in Hollywood? Because they are much more than a revolt of the privileged.
Review: ‘I’m a Virgo’ Goes Big
Boots Riley’s surreal satire about a teenage giant and an authoritarian superhero is a larger-than-life achievement.
Pat Sajak Was the Center of the Wheel
For decades, the soon-to-retire “Wheel of Fortune” host was … just there. That was the whole point of him.
‘Tucker on Twitter’ Is Equal Parts Fox News and Fox Mulder
The low-fi “Tucker on Twitter” finds the former prime-time host at the intersection of Fox News and Fox Mulder.
In ‘Succession,’ the Very Rich Are Very, Very Different
The HBO drama, which ends on Sunday, updates past rich-people soaps like “Dallas.” But unlike those series, it argues that the problems of the hyper-wealthy...
In ‘Succession,’ Democracy Goes Up in Smoke
On Sunday night, the Roys pondered whether to sell out democracy in exchange for their father’s kingdom. In the real world, the going rate is...
Striking Writers Are Worried About A.I. Viewers Should Be, Too.
A.I. screenwriting, a point of contention in the Writers Guild strike, may not yet be ready for prime time. But streaming algorithms and derivative programming...
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