fb-pixel Skip to main content

Season 3 of ‘Shtisel’ premieres this month on Netflix

The nine-episode season was filmed during lockdown.

Turning on the TV doesn’t mean turning off your brain

To the Globe commenter who exclaims "go read a book": It's time to turn the page.

Next up on the series revival list: ‘Party Down’

Starz is developing a revival of the show, in the form of a six-part limited series.

For a housebound nation, foreign-language TV shows offer escape and connection

For many viewers, the search for something good to watch no longer stops at the water’s edge.

TELEVISION REVIEW
Teens on the edge in HBO Max’s ‘Generation’
Questions of gender, sexuality, and sex are in the foreground of the new series, which is not here to judge or ridicule the high schoolers.

TELEVISION
‘It’s a Sin’ and ‘The Great Believers’ deserve to be watched and read
The five-part miniseries, currently on HBO Max, brings back some of the rage and sorrow of the AIDS crisis — as does the novel by Rebecca Makkai.

Latest Headlines in Television

TELEVISION

‘Behind Her Eyes’ and that bizarre ending

The six-part British miniseries became available on Netflix Feb. 17.

COMFORT ZONE

GBH’s ‘Masterpiece’ reflects on 50 Years with a new podcast

The three-part series is "a superhero origin story," according to host Jace Lacob.

‘American Horror Story’ begins two weeks of shooting in Provincetown

Series returnee Finn Wittrock was spotted during the first day of filming in town.

TELEVISION

The line is blurrier, but there’s still a big difference between TV and movies

Artistically speaking, series TV and film exist in different time zones.

TELEVISION

‘The Real World’ returns to N.Y. for a reunion

MTV’s “The Real World” began, in May 1992, as something of an experiment. Seven young people were stuffed into a loft in SoHo, filmed all the time, and then edited down into a nonfiction soap opera of sorts.

John Oliver argues for an end to drug raids

On “Last Week Tonight,” John Oliver tackled the topic of police raids — arguing that drug raids should be permanently stopped, and the general practice only used as a last resort to “save lives that are in immediate danger.”

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: Meghan and Harry talk, a look back at Biggie, and a ‘Real World’ reunion

Globe critic Matthew Gilbert navigates the week in TV.

MATTHEW GILBERT

At this Golden Globes, glitches and mea culpas

The technical difficulties at the outset of the broadcast gave the night a bit of live energy, but it was irritating, too.