‘The Bear’ Season 3: Tastes Great, Less Fulfilling
It’s still TV’s best and most beautiful series about work and creation. But the new season is a tease.
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It’s still TV’s best and most beautiful series about work and creation. But the new season is a tease.
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This Australian series has enough tawdry scandals to qualify as a soap and enough Shakespearean power lust to qualify as a fancy drama.
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“He has an energy that’s fun to hate,” the British actor said of his swaggering vampire character in AMC’s series-length Anne Rice adaptation.
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The star of “Ripley” and “All of Us Strangers” has become one of our most reliably excellent actors.
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Can Japan’s First Same-Sex Dating Reality Show Change Hearts and Minds?
Producers of “The Boyfriend” on Netflix hope it will encourage broader acceptance of the L.G.B.T.Q. community in Japan, which still has not legalized same-sex unions.
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This Debate, We Could Hear Biden Speak. There His Troubles Began.
The CNN presidential debate kept the volume down, for a change. That didn’t make it more intelligible.
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Yes … Who? Here Are the Chefs Who Appear in ‘The Bear.’
Last season, the FX series featured a parade of Hollywood celebrities. In the new one, it’s showing off its food-world credibility with a series of cameos from star chefs.
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‘My Lady Jane’ Asks: ‘What if History Were Different?’
A fantastical series about the very short-term 16th century queen Lady Jane Grey takes historical liberties in the name of reclamation — and fun.
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In ‘The Bear,’ Abby Elliott Follows a New Recipe
The acclaimed kitchen hit has allowed Elliott, a comic actor from a famously funny family, to embrace her dramatic side.
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This month’s picks include a superhero adventure, a dark fantasy tale and films based on beloved television series.
By Dina Gachman
Hannah Einbinder, Raanan Hershberg and Mo Welch all take tricky approaches in their quests for laughs.
By Jason Zinoman
In a video plea for help, Abdulaziz Almuzaini — a dual Saudi-American citizen — described how the authorities had accused him of promoting extremism through a cartoon franchise.
By Vivian Nereim
Subtle, and not so subtle, culinary references are sprinkled throughout the show’s third season.
By Ella Quittner
Pierre Coffin helped invent the yellow animated creatures and has supplied their voices for nearly 15 years. He’s as puckish and subversive as his mischievous creations.
By Calum Marsh
This month brings the arrival of “Lost” and the return of Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley.
By Noel Murray
In a world of bad vibes, I just want to see an actor break.
By Rob Harvilla
Netflix and Amazon are driving a small bump in the market for TV shows after a major slowdown.
By John Koblin
“Sausage Party: Foodtopia,” “Lady in the Lake,” “Love Lies Bleeding” and “Those About to Die” arrive, and “Snowpiercer” returns.
By Noel Murray
Discovery airs its annual lineup of ocean terrors. And NBC airs the annual firework show in New York City.
By Shivani Gonzalez
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