The Definitive Voice of Entertainment News
Subscribe for full access to The Hollywood Reporter
See My Options Sign Upsite categories
site categories
The Definitive Voice of Entertainment News
Subscribe for full access to The Hollywood Reporter
See My Options Sign Up
Daniel Fienberg
Chief Television Critic
Contact or follow this author
Chief TV Critic Daniel Fienberg joined The Hollywood Reporter in 2015. A former president of the Television Critics Association, Fienberg also hosts THR's weekly television podcast, TV's Top 5, with Lesley Goldberg. If that's not enough Fienberg content, subscribe to THR's Now See This newsletter, which offers recommendations, reminders and silly puns every Friday afternoon.
‘Griselda’ Review: Sofia Vergara Lends Netflix’s Overly Soft Griselda Blanco Series Some Much-Needed Steel
The star and a team of 'Narcos' veterans tell the story of the Miami-based drug kingpin in a new six-parter.
- By
Critic’s Notebook: Emmys Telecast Overcomes Predictability With Polish, Proficiency and Emotion
Anthony Anderson sang, played the piano, bantered with his mother and wore a rubber suit for a smartly planned and well-produced night of awards honoring 'Successon,' 'Beef' and 'The Bear.'
- By
‘Death and Other Details’ Review: Mandy Patinkin Stars in a Hulu Mystery Series That’s Too Much of a So-So Thing
Patinkin and Violett Beane star in a new 10-part locked-room murder mystery set on a luxury cruise ship.
- By
‘Monsieur Spade’ Review: Clive Owen Gives AMC’s France-Set Sam Spade Series a Raison d’Etre
Creators Scott Frank and Tom Fontana take Dashiell Hammett's 'Maltese Falcon' investigator to the South of France for retirement and a new murder case.
- By
Emmys: Who Will Win, Who Should Win
Best Comedy Series WILL WIN Ted Lasso Ted Lasso, which won for its two prior seasons at the two most recent Emmys ceremonies, landed a category-best nine acting noms for what’s believed to be its last rodeo. But it’s got serious competition in the beloved network show Abbott Elementary, unique rookies The Bear and Jury […]
- By
‘Echo’ Review: Disney+’s Latest Marvel Series Is Fresh, if Not Exciting
First introduced in 'Hawkeye,' Alaqua Cox's Maya Lopez goes home to Oklahoma and plots revenge against Kingpin in this new five-episode show.
- By
Critic’s Notebook: A Flailing, Fun-Free 2024 Golden Globes Telecast
Jo Koy got the show off to a rough start, and things didn't get better from there.
- By
‘True Detective: Night Country’ Review: Alaska-Set Season Starring Jodie Foster Is Not Quite Enough of a Good Thing
The HBO franchise leaves behind Nic Pizzolatto's tormented masculinity for a new six-episode mystery costarring Kali Reis.
- By
‘Extended Family’ Review: Jon Cryer, Abigail Spencer and Donald Faison in NBC’s Amiable Low-Stakes Sitcom
Creator Mike O'Malley's new show centers on divorced parents shuttling in and out of their kids' lives in the family home while one of them embarks on a fresh relationship.
- By
Critic’s Notebook: ‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ Gives the Fanbase What They Want With Audacious Style
With the Duffer Brothers on board as "creative producers," Netflix's 'Stranger Things' arrives on London's West End with a three-hour, effects-driven stage spectacle spinning a new origin story for the nefarious Vecna.
- By
‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Review: Disney+ Series Adaptation Does Right by Youngest Viewers
Over a decade after the big-screen adaptations, Rick Riordan tackles his book series about a kid who learns that Greek mythology was all real and he is, in fact, the son of a god.
- By
The 10 Best TV Episodes of 2023
A stylish Hitchcock homage, a tender exploration of autism and a hilariously horny holiday special were among favorites of THR's TV critics.
- By
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER is a registered trademark of The Hollywood Reporter, LLC.