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Alison Herman

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Stranger Things: Tales From '85: Season 1 (2026) 68% EDIT “If “Stranger Things” was already a nostalgia exercise, then “Tales ‘from ‘85” caters to nostalgia for nostalgia, a recursive loop with a predictably diminished impact.” – Variety Apr 23, 2026 Full Review Kevin: Season 1 (2026) 67% EDIT “It’ll never be mistaken for a kid-friendly weekend cartoon... Yet there’s a feel-good arc to Kevin’s journey that carries through even its most absurd and over-the-top concepts.” – Variety Apr 21, 2026 Full Review Beef: Season 2 (2026) 87% EDIT “In fact, this expanded version of “Beef” has so many centers of gravity that the whole enterprise starts feeling adrift. ” – Variety Apr 16, 2026 Full Review The Audacity: Season 1 (2026) 78% EDIT “The series can be unwieldy in scope, slow to unveil its endgame and uneven in its character development. Still, these are minor faults compared to an enjoyably harsh yet perceptive look at the psychology of Silicon Valley elites.” – Variety Apr 13, 2026 Full Review The Miniature Wife: Season 1 (2026) 70% EDIT “I kept yearning for focus and concision -- a version of the show pared down to its most essential elements. For a story about a shrinking woman, “The Miniature Wife” can’t seem to recognize the virtues of staying small. ” – Variety Apr 10, 2026 Full Review Euphoria: Season 3 (2026) 42% EDIT ““Euphoria” is never not entertaining. ” – Variety Apr 8, 2026 Full Review The Boys: Season 5 (2026) 96% EDIT “Every geyser of blood and squelch of spilled guts is a tiny bit of catharsis that’s sorely needed, even if the odds of good triumphing over evil have never seemed longer on or off the screen. ” – Variety Apr 6, 2026 Full Review Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord: Season 1 (2026) 98% EDIT ““Shadow Lord” can capably move the “Clone Wars” story forward, but it’s not yet ready to serve as a “Star Wars” standard-bearer on its own.” – Variety Apr 6, 2026 Full Review Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen: Season 1 (2026) 87% EDIT “Would this work better as a movie, compressing all the events into a single weekend?... I don’t have the answers. I just enjoyed parts of “Something Very Bad” enough to crave a structure that was better suited to showing them off.” – Variety Mar 26, 2026 Full Review BAIT: Season 1 (2026) 95% EDIT “Scenes that show the texture of London’s large South Asian diaspora are especially enjoyable. But before long, it’s back to the mission at hand: poking at the Bond legend while ultimately, respectfully propping it up.” – Variety Mar 25, 2026 Full Review The Comeback: Season 3 (2026) 97% EDIT “It’s best to view Season 3 as a victory lap “The Comeback” has more than earned the right to make. ” – Variety Mar 24, 2026 Full Review Vladimir: Season 1 (2026) 74% EDIT “If “Vladimir” wants to prove erotic fixation can lead to artistic transcendence, it never fully walks the walk.” – Variety Mar 5, 2026 Full Review Marshals: Season 1 (2026) 42% EDIT ““Marshals” lacks the campy panache of a true Sheridan project... It’s a more humble, less volatile and thus potentially more durable way to expand “Yellowstone” into an even more mainstream space after it’s already taken hold of the culture. ” – Variety Mar 3, 2026 Full Review DTF St. Louis: Season 1 (2026) 89% EDIT “That the performances are all so calibrated to each other’s wavelengths, if not a bewildered viewer’s, is an indication that “DTF St. Louis” is achieving its own goals, however inscrutable they are to an outsider. ” – Variety Mar 2, 2026 Full Review The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins: Season 1 (2026) 100% EDIT ““Reggie Dinkins” is a return to form, both in style and quality. That’s great news for viewers, but also for Morgan, who finally gets a character equal to Tracy Jordan in channeling his particular charisma.” – Variety Feb 23, 2026 Full Review Strip Law: Season 1 (2026) 75% EDIT “Vegas can do a number on visitors, let alone a local -- but “Strip Law” has a fondness for vintage flair and showmanship that proves infectious. ” – Variety Feb 20, 2026 Full Review Scrubs: Season 1 (2026) 89% EDIT “In the warm glow of nostalgia, “Scrubs” is inoffensive. In the harsh light of the present, its age begins to show.” – Variety Feb 18, 2026 Full Review Neighbors: Season 1 (2026) 64% EDIT “It isn’t always fun to watch, but “Neighbors” is never not compelling.” – Variety Feb 14, 2026 Full Review How to Get to Heaven From Belfast: Season 1 (2026) 95% EDIT “Adding dual timelines, deadly intrigue and a doubled runtime to the “Derry Girls” blueprint, “Belfast” sometimes strains under the weight of all these extra elements, yet never loses the infectious appeal of the platonic chemistry at its core. ” – Variety Feb 12, 2026 Full Review Vanished: Season 1 (2026) 41% EDIT ““Vanished” often feels like a slighter redux of a mode Cuoco has already explored at greater length and depth.” – Variety Feb 2, 2026 Full Review Wonder Man: Season 1 (2026) 91% EDIT “Amid increasing signs of Marvel fatigue at the box office, the pivot is an overdue correction. With “Wonder Man,” the strategy also pays dividends.” – Variety Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Memory of a Killer: Season 1 (2026) 50% EDIT “A disappointingly flat take on its inherited premise. Angelo may be a killer, but the show he leads sure isn’t.” – Variety Jan 26, 2026 Full Review Drops of God: Season 2 (2026) 92% EDIT “Like the beverage its characters have built their life around, “Drops of God” gets more multifaceted and mature with age.” – Variety Jan 21, 2026 Full Review Ponies: Season 1 (2026) 96% EDIT “The platonic chemistry between Clarke and Richardson is the glue that binds the whole enterprise together.” – Variety Jan 15, 2026 Full Review A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: Season 1 (2026) 94% EDIT “From a 10,000 foot view, “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” is savvy IP management, acquainting fans with lesser-known corners of Martin’s intricately constructed lore while providing a more regular fix than the flagship show.” – Variety Jan 13, 2026 Full Review
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