Television

Viceland’s ’Nirvanna the Band the Show’ dares to make you laugh without Canada’s typical nepotism or warmed-over gentle populism

How Mary Tyler Moore’s defining character tapped into the early women’s rights movement, upbraiding stereotypes as she went

Jaime Weinman on the qualities that made the sitcom legend—who has died at the age of 80—revolutionary, inspiring, and special.

A new TV series shows her as a flirty teenage queen. But is there such a thing as too much royal sex?

TV has never met a zeitgeist it couldn’t embrace—so get ready for more flag-waving and backlash politics

In a crucible year for the medium, Jaime Weinman looks at the shows that resonated with audiences this year

Satire made in The Daily Show’s image made politics seem like entertainment, lulling viewers and voters into complacency

Netflix unleashes a lavish 10-part series on the Queen. Our royal watcher separates fact from fiction.

It might once have been considered a waste of money and time for actors to make their own shows; now it can elevate them to stardom

The man who plays ’Appa’ in Kim’s Convenience launches into a passionate argument about accents on TV