One weekend a year, it seems everything and everyone stops to watch the Superbowl. It can be a lonely time for those who avoid sports, but there is a way to get into the spirit of things without ...

This month marks the 50th anniversary of HBO, which launched on November 8, 1972. In our "HBO at 50" retrospective, Primetimer tracks the evolution of the cabler, from fledgling network to prestigious ...

Over the past decade, few criminal cases have captivated the public’s attention quite like the saga surrounding the Murdaugh family. Once a prominent family in the South Carolina Lowcountry, the ...

"I'm not a bad person." That line, spoken with a soft grumble by Mark Strong, appeared in every trailer and TV spot for Low Winter Sun in the summer of 2013. With the final episodes of its blockbuster ...

In Hear Me Out, Primetimer staffers and contributors passionately espouse their pet theories, spicy takes, and even the occasional galaxy-brain idea. Currently, laughs-per-minute is not a requisite ...

Director Cecilia Peck is no stranger to competing docuseries on the same topic. Her last project, Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult, came on the heels of The Vow, HBO's own docuseries about the group and ...

The TV landscape is still working through a hangover period in the wake of the Hollywood strikes, but you wouldn't know it from the deluge of comedy specials that have been released in 2024. Over the ...

Long before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy bravely defended his country from a Russian invasion, he amassed a large following for his portrayal of an unlikely president in sketch comedy ...

Network TV is almost not a thing anymore. Like dial tones and VCRs, we're leaving ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox behind. There was a time when all of show business turned its gaze with great anticipation to ...

The critically acclaimed crime drama series The Sopranos by HBO aired its final episode on June 10, 2007, concluding the series after an 8-year run. The series was created by David Chase and consisted ...

The TV episode — that building block of small-screen storytelling that's been stretched to the limit, only to be trimmed back down to pithier, ever briefer forms (though "quick bites" were a bridge ...

With director and co-writer Matt Johnson’s feature film Blackberry getting an extended, limited series treatment on AMC this week, the entertainment world is abuzz with Oscar (and now Emmy) talk about ...