American Gods is filled with personifications of some of history's most recognizable mythological figures and gives offers up new kinds of gods of media and technology for the 21st century, yet the most interesting character so far may just be a…

Starz' proudly sexual sci-fi Now Apocalypse splashed onto television with a style and a voice entirely its own. But fans who were dreading the week-long wait between episodes have received an unexpected surprise on March 22 when the entire series…

A string of related murders that occurred in the Atlanta area from 1979 to 1981 still hang heavy over the city. Many of these murders, which are known as the Atlanta Child Murders, were attributed to Wayne Williams, but he was only convicted for…

You're The Worst has always been adept at depicting mental health, and as it nears its series finale, it's closing out strong. Though Jimmy has been aware of Gretchen's depression on You're The Worst for several seasons now, he hasn't been the most…

Hulu's The Act doesn't pull punches when it comes to portraying the harrowing, real-life relationship between Dee Dee Blanchard and her daughter Gypsy Rose Lee. While the series is an exercise in turning a true story into a dramatic series, not…

The tale of Dee Dee and Gypsy Rose Blanchard told in The Act can seem difficult to believe, but while there are parts of the show that are fictionalized, the events that transpired between the mother and daughter pair are true. The Act depicts the…

Hulu's new series, The Act, tells the shocking true story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who is currently serving out a 10-year prison sentence for the 2015 stabbing death of her mother, Dee Dee. The nature of the crime — and all that led to it — lends…

You may be a master at trivia and puzzles, but can you do them while being flung through the air in some kind of 360-degree spinny-chair contraption? Fox's new game show, Mental Samurai, is putting that question — which really, no one was asking —…

Five years after Serial ignited national attention surrounding the 1999 murder case of Hae Min Lee, HBO's The Case Against Adnan Syed is picking up the torch. The new docuseries, which premiered earlier this month, catches up with many key figures…

Spoilers ahead for Queer Eye Season 3. Part of the excitement of the Queer Eye reboot is that unlike its predecessor, the show is not limiting itself to applying a Queer Eye to a Straight Guy in most of its episodes. While many of the show's early…

A lot happened in the world during the six-year gap between Arrested Development Season 4 and Part 2 of Season 5, but one question loomed large in the minds of AD fans: what happened to Lucille 2? The very first episode of the show's fourth season…

Spoilers ahead for Queer Eye Season 3. Those mini-recaps the Fab Five watch after making over each hero are a nice way to end the episode, but inevitably, viewers want to see more. It's hard not to fall in love with every person featured on the show…

From bona fide movies stars like Charlize Theron and Ben Stiller to comedy icons like Julia Louis-Dreyfuss and Martin Short, Arrested Development has always featured plenty of celebrity guest stars. And while Season 5 Part 2 doesn't feature quite as…

Season 3 of The Good Fight will see the arrival of a while new group of characters, but as more and more characters come in, others leave to make room. The biggest departure of The Good Fight Season 3 will be Justin Bartha, whose role as Colin…

The Good Fight is famous for spinning modern-day politics into a surreal legal drama, but that's only a small part of what makes the show special. While some of the show's plots and characters are pulled from the headlines, The Good Fight's…

The Good Fight doesn't hesitate to tackle real-life topics, or drop real-life names in the process — which might cause one to wonder if the series' newest character, Michael Sheen's Roland Blum, is an entirely fictitious creation or if this…

After a long hiatus and an overhaul in the creative team behind the series, American Gods is finally back. However, the Season 2 premiere doesn't ease viewers back into the series, starting with the image of a New God-carrying limo mowing down an…

When Rabia Chaudry reached out to This American Life contributor Sarah Koenig about her friend Adnan Syed, she couldn't have predicted the cultural phenomenon that Serial would become. In the five years since the podcast aired, Chaudry has continued…

At the beginning of 2014, Serial transformed high schooler Hae Min Lee's 1999 murder from an aging case into a topic of national discussion. Now, five years later, HBO's The Case Against Adnan Syed is picking up the story and reconnecting with some…