Alison Herman
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tv critic at variety. aherman at variety dot com
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as much as I love watching great actors do their thing, I am not convinced BEEF shouldâve become an anthology:
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âBeefâ Is Overcrowded and Unfocused in an Unnecessary Season 2: TV Review
Creator Lee Sung Jin's follow-up to the Netflix hit 'Beef' stars Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan and more stars in an overcrowded and unfocused Season 2.
https://variety.com/2026/tv/reviews/beef-season-2-review-netflix-1236722589/
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as much as I love watching great actors do their thing, I am not convinced BEEF shouldâve become an anthology:
variety.com/2026/tv/revi...
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âBeefâ Is Overcrowded and Unfocused in an Unnecessary Season 2: TV Review
Creator Lee Sung Jin's follow-up to the Netflix hit 'Beef' stars Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan and more stars in an overcrowded and unfocused Season 2.
https://variety.com/2026/tv/reviews/beef-season-2-review-netflix-1236722589/
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I spoke to DTF ST. LOUIS creator steven conrad about midlife despair and making a silly, sad, strange show about it:
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âDTF St. Louisâ Creator on Who Killed Floyd and That Heartbreaking Finale: âAll the Sweetness in the World Canât Saveâ Him
'DTF St. Louis' creator Steven Conrad breaks down the series finale, including who killed Floyd Smernitch
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/dtf-st-louis-finale-recap-who-killed-floyd-1236712971/
5 days ago
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the hacks premiere but it's just me screaming "NON-COMPETES ARE NOT ENFORCEABLE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA" for 34 minutes straight
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I spoke to DTF ST. LOUIS creator steven conrad about midlife despair and making a silly, sad, strange show about it:
variety.com/2026/tv/news...
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âDTF St. Louisâ Creator on Who Killed Floyd and That Heartbreaking Finale: âAll the Sweetness in the World Canât Saveâ Him
'DTF St. Louis' creator Steven Conrad breaks down the series finale, including who killed Floyd Smernitch
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/dtf-st-louis-finale-recap-who-killed-floyd-1236712971/
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for a show about tech barons obsessed with the future, THE AUDACITY feels like a throwback: a thoughtful original drama whose leads aren't movie stars, airing on amc. this is a good thing!
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AMC Silicon Valley Satire âThe Audacityâ Is a Sharp, Sweeping Take on What Makes Tech Moguls Tick: TV Review
Sarah Goldberg and Billy Magnussen star in AMC tech satire 'The Audacity', a sharp and sweeping look at Silicon Vally from a 'Succession' alum.
https://variety.com/2026/tv/reviews/the-audacity-review-amc-tech-satire-1236719583/
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the problem with THE MINIATURE WIFE isnât the (knowingly) silly premise, itâs all the extra padding required to turn a short story with a straightforward central metaphor into a 10-hour tv show:
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Peacock Sci-Fi Comedy âThe Miniature Wifeâ Weighs Down an Amusing Marriage Metaphor With Too Much Padding: TV Review
Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen star in Peacock comedy 'The Miniature Wife', which weighs down an amusing sci-fi premise with bloat.
https://variety.com/2026/tv/reviews/the-miniature-wife-review-peacock-1236711729/
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if EUPHORIA isnât a high school show anymore, what is it? after watching nearly half of season 3, Iâm entertained but still donât really know:
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âEuphoriaâ Season 3 Feels Like Entertaining but Disjointed Fan Fiction: TV Review
In the long-delayed Season 3 of the HBO teen drama 'Euphoria', creator Sam Levinson makes his signature show unrecognizable â if always entertaining.
https://variety.com/2026/tv/reviews/euphoria-season-3-review-hbo-1236710893/
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if EUPHORIA isnât a high school show anymore, what is it? after watching nearly half of season 3, Iâm entertained but still donât really know:
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âEuphoriaâ Season 3 Feels Like Entertaining but Disjointed Fan Fiction: TV Review
In the long-delayed Season 3 of the HBO teen drama 'Euphoria', creator Sam Levinson makes his signature show unrecognizable â if always entertaining.
https://variety.com/2026/tv/reviews/euphoria-season-3-review-hbo-1236710893/
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it's probably good THE BOYS is ending before it can get (even) bleaker:
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âThe Boysâ Ends Right on Time With a Heavy, Blood-Soaked Season 5: TV Review
The final season of Amazon Prime Video superhero satire 'The Boys' is a heavy, blood-soaked finale for the five-season hit.
https://variety.com/2026/tv/reviews/the-boys-season-5-review-final-season-1236709050/
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I really like the show SOMETHING BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN turns into. it just takes half the season to get there:
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Netflix Wedding Horror Series âSomething Very Bad Is Going to Happenâ Has a Great Hook, but Takes Too Long to Get There: TV Review
Produced by the Duffer Brothers of 'Stranger Things', Netflix wedding horror series 'Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen' takes too long to pay off.
https://variety.com/2026/tv/reviews/something-very-bad-is-going-to-happen-netflix-horror-2-1236699606/
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riz ahmed's meta comedy about auditioning for james bond â courtesy of franchise owner amazon, keeping the name in the news while villeneuve works his magic â is a fun meta concept, but not much more:
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Riz Ahmedâs Meta James Bond Casting Comedy âBaitâ Is Too High-Concept for Its Own Good: TV Review
Riz Ahmed creates and stars in a meta Amazon comedy about casting the next James Bond that's too high concept for its own good.
https://variety.com/2026/tv/reviews/bait-review-riz-ahmed-james-bond-1236698438/
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and we're off!
add a skeleton here at some point
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wrote about a very fancy lunch in hong kong:
aherman2006.substack.com/p/what-i-ate...
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wrote about a very fancy lunch in hong kong:
aherman2006.substack.com/p/what-i-ate...
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the final season of THE COMEBACK is not without flaws, but Iâm so glad it exists and the core observation rings true: that in hollywoodâs diminished state, *everyone* is as desperate to be heard as valerie cherish:
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âThe Comebackâ Season 3 Is a Bittersweet Swan Song for Lisa Kudrowâs Valerie Cherish â and Hollywood as We Know It: TV Review
The final season of HBO's mockumentary spoof 'The Comeback' is a bittersweet swan song for both Lisa Kudrow's Valerie Cherish and Hollywood at large.
https://variety.com/2026/tv/reviews/the-comeback-season-3-review-lisa-kudrow-hbo-1236694655/
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bizarrely unpredictable musical chairs of individual awards only for the season-long heavy favorite to take the top prizeâŠâŠ..never change academy
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instead of watching the oscars live I am at a train station in malaysia. my transit nerd spouse is thrilled with this trade off
about 1 month ago
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free zillion dollar idea: banana leaf slop bowl concept
about 1 month ago
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sad chalamet seems like a long shot for the oscar rn. adrien brody was an inspirational case of the best performance winning despite a terminal case of annoying guy disease and I was hoping it set a precedent
about 1 month ago
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greetings from the penang, malaysia hawker center where michelle yeoh and sean baker shot a short film thatâs playing on a massive screen to a largely indifferent crowd
about 1 month ago
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flying to asia tomorrow....if anyone has recs for HONG KONG, PENANG, KUALA LUMPUR and SINGAPORE, speak now or forever hold your peace!!
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ahead of tonight's premiere of AMERICA'S CULINARY CUP, I spoke to living legend padma lakshmi about leaving TOP CHEF, moving to cbs and building her own cooking competition from the ground up:
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Padma Lakshmi on Building Her Own Cooking Competition After Being âBurnt Outâ by âTop Chefâ: âI Didnât Want to Go Back to Just Being Talentâ
Longtime 'Top Chef' host Padma Lakshmi talks leaving the Bravo show and creating 'America's Culinary Cup', her own cooking competition on CBS.
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/padma-lakshmi-interview-top-chef-americas-culinary-cup-1236678191/
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VLADIMIR is a show about sex and aging and art and the gender dynamics of inspiration that mostly made me think âman, I LOVE DICK was underratedâ
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Netflixâs Steamy Campus Sex Comedy âVladimirâ Has Chemistry Between Rachel Weisz and Leo Woodall, But Never Reaches a Climax: TV Review
Rachel Weisz and Leo Woodall have chemistry in the Netflix adaptation of Julia May Jonas' hit novel 'Vladimir', but the series never reaches climax.
https://variety.com/2026/tv/reviews/vladimir-review-rachel-weisz-netflix-1236679789/
about 1 month ago
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ahead of tonight's premiere of AMERICA'S CULINARY CUP, I spoke to living legend padma lakshmi about leaving TOP CHEF, moving to cbs and building her own cooking competition from the ground up:
variety.com/2026/tv/news...
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Padma Lakshmi on Building Her Own Cooking Competition After Being âBurnt Outâ by âTop Chefâ: âI Didnât Want to Go Back to Just Being Talentâ
Longtime 'Top Chef' host Padma Lakshmi talks leaving the Bravo show and creating 'America's Culinary Cup', her own cooking competition on CBS.
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/padma-lakshmi-interview-top-chef-americas-culinary-cup-1236678191/
about 1 month ago
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interviewed mickey down and konrad kay about a heckuva INDUSTRY season!!
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âIndustryâ Bosses on That Shocking Finale and Whether [SPOILER] Was Inspired by Ghislaine Maxwell: âAll of This Was in Her From the Very First Momentâ
'Industry' creators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay break down the Season 4 finale and whether Yasmin is inspired by Ghislaine Maxwell
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/industry-season-4-finale-yasmin-ghislaine-maxwell-1236674958/
about 2 months ago
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blogged about the biggest kitchen clusterfuck Iâve ever experienced in my life, plus the miraculous comeback:
aherman2006.substack.com/p/cassoulet-...
about 2 months ago
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the first present-tense YELLOWSTONE spinoff is here and it puts the lavish streaming hit through the broadcast procedural machine:
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âYellowstoneâ Spinoff âMarshalsâ Turns Taylor Sheridan Franchise Into a Workmanlike CBS Procedural: TV Review
The Kayce Dutton-centered 'Yellowstone' spinoff 'Marshals' turns the Taylor Sheridan franchise into a workmanlike CBS procedural.
https://variety.com/2026/tv/reviews/marshals-review-yellowstone-spinoff-cbs-1236672925/
about 2 months ago
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if you are the kind of person for whom "erotic thriller in the style of tim robinson" is not a prompt to run screaming in the other direction, then DTF ST. LOUIS is for you:
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HBOâs âDTF St. Louisâ Is a Perversely Hilarious Spin on an Erotic Thriller: TV Review
Jason Bateman, David Harbour and Linda Cardellini star in HBO's 'DTF St. Louis', a perversely hilarious erotic thriller from creator Steven Conrad.
https://variety.com/2026/tv/reviews/dtf-st-louis-review-hbo-1236674805/
about 2 months ago
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I enjoyed much of BRIDGERTON s4 but ultimately the story treating one social divide (class) as insurmountable but another (race) as all but vaporized with relative ease is too much cognitive dissonance to bear!!
about 2 months ago
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this feels good and right to me!
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âIndustryâ Renewed for Fifth and Final Season at HBO
"Industry" has been renewed for Season 5 at HBO, which will be the show's final season.
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/industry-renewed-final-season-5-hbo-1236672463/
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I wish THE FALL AND RISE OF REGGIE DINKINS were a little less gentle to its characters, but it's still a damn good showcase for a stellar cast â first and foremost tracy morgan:
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NBC Sitcom âThe Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkinsâ Is Tracy Morganâs Best Star Vehicle Since â30 Rockâ: TV Review
NBC's 'The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins', a mockumentary sitcom produced by Tina Fey, is Tracy Morgan's best star vehicle since '30 Rock'.
https://variety.com/2026/tv/reviews/the-fall-and-rise-of-reggie-dinkins-review-tracy-morgan-nbc-1236670537/
about 2 months ago
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I interviewed WHITNEY HALBERSTRAM!!!
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Max Minghella on Playing the Big Bad of âIndustryâ Season 4: âI Would Almost Black Out Shooting the Showâ
Max Minghella breaks down Season 4, Episode 7 of 'Industry' and playing con man Whitney Halberstram on the HBO finance drama
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/industry-season-4-episode-7-max-minghella-interview-1236668640/
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like all emerald fennell movies, WUTHERING HEIGHTS is dumb. but it is the first emerald fennell movie to *know* it's dumb and deploy said dumbness with intention. I rest my defense
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vegas legal animated comedy STRIP LAW is a demented show about a demented place. all the fun of a lost weekend with none of the hangover:
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Netflix Animated Comedy âStrip Lawâ Is a Joke-Dense Love Letter to Las Vegas Lunacy: TV Review
Netflix animated comedy 'Strip Law' stars Adam Scott and Janelle James as a pair of Las Vegas lawyer who tackle cases with Sin City flair.
https://variety.com/2026/tv/reviews/strip-law-review-netflix-las-vegas-1236667759/
about 2 months ago
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by FAR the funniest responses to this are the ones assuming I am somehow gen z. like I didn't take enough buzzfeed quizzes to earn an honorary degree....
add a skeleton here at some point
about 2 months ago
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every time I pan something popular I'm always sent screenshots of its rotten tomatoes audience score. I find the underlying assumption fascinating: that my job is to perfectly predict and reflect aggregate opinion, and that if I don't align with it I'm somehow failing
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millennials are cringe now and so is SCRUBS
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The âScrubsâ Revival Is Millennial Cringe: TV Review
Medical sitcom 'Scrubs' reboots with a Season 10, airing on Hulu and ABC with Zach Braff returning, that typifies millennial cringe.
https://variety.com/2026/tv/reviews/scrubs-reboot-review-abc-1236665656/
about 2 months ago
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THE MOMENT and NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE are really the two genders of mockumentaries about making music and the allure of fame versus staying true to one's roots
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NEIGHBORS is the latest safdie-produced hbo docuseries to star the kind of singular weirdos who would get cast in a safdie movie, this time with a focus on nextdoor fights come to life:
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HBOâs Josh Safdie-Produced Docuseries âNeighborsâ Is Nextdoor Brought to Life by Way of âUncut Gemsâ: TV Review
Directors Harrison Fishman and Dylan Redford, backed by Josh Safdie, expose the dark heart of American entitlement in HBO docuseries 'Neighbors'.
https://variety.com/2026/tv/reviews/neighbors-review-hbo-safdie-1236662624/
2 months ago
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DERRY GIRLS creator lisa mcgee is back with more chaotic northern irish girlfriends but this time it's set in the present day and there's also MURDER!! not all the added elements come together but it's still a delightful hang
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âDerry Girlsâ Follow-Up âHow to Get to Heaven From Belfastâ Is Another Delightful Northern Irish Romp â This Time With a Dead Body: TV Review
Netflix dramedy 'How to Get to Heaven from Belfast' is another delightful Northern Irish romp from 'Derry Girls' creator Lisa McGee.
https://variety.com/2026/tv/reviews/how-to-get-to-heaven-from-belfast-review-derry-girls-1236652592/
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Alison Herman
I interviewed SWEETPEA!!!!
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âIndustryâ Star Miriam Petche on Taking the London Finance Drama to Africa and Sweetpeaâs Big Moment: âIâm Worried for Her!â
'Industry' actor Miriam Petche discusses Sweetpea's spotlight episode of the HBO drama, including a trip to Africa and standing up to Harper.
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/industry-season-4-episode-5-sweetpea-actress-interview-attack-1236644793/
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I interviewed SWEETPEA!!!!
variety.com/2026/tv/news...
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âIndustryâ Star Miriam Petche on Taking the London Finance Drama to Africa and Sweetpeaâs Big Moment: âIâm Worried for Her!â
'Industry' actor Miriam Petche discusses Sweetpea's spotlight episode of the HBO drama, including a trip to Africa and standing up to Harper.
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/industry-season-4-episode-5-sweetpea-actress-interview-attack-1236644793/
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a few words on the TODAY team navigating an impossible, awful situation this week:
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Savannah Guthrieâs Momâs Disappearance Has Rocked âTodayâ â and Strained Morning TVâs Image of a Joyful Family
The abduction of 'Today' anchor Savannah Guthrie's mother Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Arizona has strained morning TV's image of a joyful family.
https://variety.com/2026/tv/columns/today-show-nancy-guthrie-disappearance-savannah-1236654001/
2 months ago
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jeff bezos made a deliberate choice to kneecap the washington post in favor of his other business interests and didn't even have the decency to absorb the costs himself.
2 months ago
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MONEY DIARIES BACK?!?!?
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I'm 24, I Make $55K & I Just Moved In With My Boyfriend
How much one person spends in 7 days in Chicago, IL.
https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/program-coordinator-freelance-marketer-chicago-illinois-55k-money-diary
2 months ago
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from the weekend: kaley cuoco stars in VANISHED, another globe-trotting crime thriller that's a major downgrade from THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT except for all the glamor shots of marseille
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Kaley Cuoco Thriller âVanishedâ Is a Lesser Retread of âThe Flight Attendantâ: TV Review
Marseille-set MGM+ thriller 'Vanished' stars Kaley Cuoco and Sam Claflin in a lesser retreated of Cuoco's 'The Flight Attendant'.
https://variety.com/2026/tv/reviews/vanished-review-kaley-cuoco-mgm-1236643641/
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Alison Herman
blogged a disappointing dinner and the resulting emotions about neighborhood restaurants that get too big to fulfill their stated purpose!!
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Can Hype Ruin a Restaurant?
I went to Wilde's. It was weird!
https://aherman2006.substack.com/p/can-hype-ruin-a-restaurant
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blogged a disappointing dinner and the resulting emotions about neighborhood restaurants that get too big to fulfill their stated purpose!!
aherman2006.substack.com/p/can-hype-r...
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Can Hype Ruin a Restaurant?
I went to Wilde's. It was weird!
https://aherman2006.substack.com/p/can-hype-ruin-a-restaurant
3 months ago
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a quick, inadequate tribute to catherine o'hara and the renaissance she was in the midst of, now cruelly cut short:
variety.com/2026/tv/colu...
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Catherine OâHaraâs Late-Career Renaissance on âSchittâs Creekâ and Beyond Showed the Beloved Comedianâs Enduring Range
Catherine O'Hara's late-career roles on 'Schitt's Creek', 'The Studio' and 'The Last of Us' showed the beloved comedian's enduring range
https://variety.com/2026/tv/columns/catherine-ohara-tv-shows-schitts-creek-studio-1236646363/
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