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Based on a True Story: The Best TV Created from Real-Life Events
Inspiration can strike at any time and from any source. For some TV, the idea comes from true events throughout history. While the storyline may get dramatized or include events that didn't occur, the...
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Essential Viewing: 11 Olivia Munn Movies and TV Shows You Must See
We've covered quite a few actors and actresses here at TV Fanatic, and while some of them have fallen into the "familiar face in the background" roles, none have snuck up on audiences like Olivia...
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What Generation Was "Friends" Anyway? GenX, Boomers, or Millennials?
Jerry Seinfeld is still haunted by his TV mother's words -- "How could anyone not like him?" No wonder Seinfeld has been all over social media in recent months. He forgoes his usual stoicism and...
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The Fall of the House of Usher Gave Us What We Wanted -- And We Hated It
Director and showrunner Mike Flanagan has always been a "listener" when understanding the human condition. While his genre of choice has been horror, and primarily psychological horror at that, he has...
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Elsbeth Season 1 Episode 10 Spoilers: Fashion turns fatal in the finale of...
The finale is finally upon us! It's been a good season of sleuthing for the Chicago transplant turned unofficial homicide detective. But all things, good or bad, meaning Elsbeth's functional floral...
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TV Shows Should Make Stars, Not Depend On Them
Before the debut episode of Friends aired on NBC in 1994, director Jimmy Burrows took the cast on a trip to Las Vegas. "He handed us each a couple hundred bucks and said, ‘Now go into the casino and...
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Hero or Smooth Criminal? These TV Characters Make It Hard to Tell
There is no shortage of criminal characters on television, most of whom we are meant to root against and revile. However, a select few are so charismatic and good at their jobs that they make us...
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The Righteous Gemstones: The Funniest Scenes So Far
With Walton Goggins becoming the internet's newest man-crush following his turn as Cooper Howard/Ghoul in the Fallout TV series, fans are also ready for his return in The Righteous Gemstones....
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Blue Bloods Spring Report Card: Strong Stories Among The Heartbreaking...
Blue Bloods isn't quite done yet. CBS' beloved police/family drama still has eight episodes left that will air in the fall, though they've wrapped up the first part of their final season and will...
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Will Trent Season 2 Episode 10 Review: Do You See the Vision
What looked like a predictable season finale ended on a devastating cliffhanger. The GBI and the APD were stumped in Will Trent Season 2 Episode 10 as more sex offenders were murdered. The team...
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The Rookie Season 6 Episode 10 Review: Escape Plan
The Rookie has yet to meet a villain or antagonist it doesn't love to bring back. Seriously, this formula of theirs, well, it's getting old. Not only did we have Oscar and Monica wreaking havoc during...
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The Good Doctor Season 7 Episode 10 Review: Goodbye
I don't know how to feel now that The Good Doctor is over. The last five minutes of The Good Doctor Season 7 Episode 10 were everything I'd hoped for in the finale, but most of the hour was so...
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FBI Season 6 Episode 13 Review: Ring of Fire
This made sense as a season finale. The team, especially Tiffany, got justice (revenge) for Hobbs on FBI Season 6 Episode 13. The more significant news was that Maggie returned from her forced hiatus...
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Evil Cast Talks the Baby Anti-Christ, Remote Viewing, and Hope for Another...
A virtual press day with the leads of Evil was bittersweet, and this wasn’t lost on any of us who participated. TV Fanatic chatted with Katja Herbers, Mike Colter, and Aasif Mandvi about the upcoming...
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Dark Matter (2024) Season 1 Episode 4 Review: The Corridor
Finally, a little bit of clarity emerges. Jason1 and Amanda got a bit of a handle on how this dimension-hopping thing works on Dark Matter (2024) Season 1 Episode 4. Also, we got a peek at Jason's...
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Why We Need More Mockumentary-Style Shows Like The Office & Modern Family
Some folks prefer to spend their TV hours soaking up procedural dramas. Others prefer a soapy historical fiction (no, I haven't seen Bridgerton season 3 yet, so no spoilers). As for me, I will die on...
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The Bear, Which Demands Discussion, Is Dropping All Episodes at Once. Here’s...
The advent of streaming television a little over a decade ago changed TV forever. One of those was the idea of releasing entire television seasons simultaneously. Traditionally, on network television,...
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Essential Viewing: 11 Jessica Biel Movies and TV Shows You Must See
What connects the daughter of a pastor, a resistance leader, and a vampire hunter? They're all the same person. From a 90's tween star to a full-blown worldwide movie star, Jessica Biel has paved her...
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Will Movies and Shows of Today Be Classics Tomorrow?
Everywhere on social media, you read comments from readers lamenting our modern culture. They long for the good old days when comedy was offensive, antiheroes said whatever they were thinking, and...
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When Going Off the Rails Makes Excellent TV
When you think about shows that have gone off the rails, Riverdale, Dexter, Game of Thrones, How I Met Your Mother, or Glee usually come to mind. The majority of the time, it isn't enjoyable. The...
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