The Americans

What links To Paradise author Hanya Yanagihara to the CIA and a baby-name book?

From 60s photos of New York to Darren Star and The Americans, head down the rabbit hole with the US novelist

Larry Ryan

15, Jan, 2022 @1:00 PM

'Even the Queen needed to know!' The best TV cliffhangers ever

Walter White’s standoff with neo-Nazis, JR taking two in the gut, Jack and Kate’s flash-forward ... here are the TV moments that made the world hold its breath

Lucy Mangan, Chitra Ramaswamy, Kate Abbott, Sarah Hughes, Ammar Kalia, Rebecca Nicholson, Stuart Heritage, Graeme Virtue, Jack Seale, Gwilym Mumford and Paul MacInnes

26, Sep, 2019 @1:18 PM

The 100 best TV shows of the 21st century

Where’s Mad Men? How did The Sopranos do? Does The Crown triumph? Can anyone remember Lost? And will Downton Abbey even figure? Find out here – and have your say

Kate Abbott, Hannah J Davies, Gwilym Mumford, Phil Harrison and Jack Seale

16, Sep, 2019 @5:00 AM

Streamadelica: the 30 best box sets to watch before you die

From seminal crime sagas and grim comedies to deep dramas and meta humour, here’s our writers’ guide to the best streamable shows right now

Hannah J Davies, Paul Flynn , Stuart Heritage, Julia Raeside and Jack Seale

26, Jan, 2019 @10:00 AM

Roma victory at Critics' Choice awards strengthens Oscar hopes

Alfonso Cuarón’s drama picks up four awards, while The Americans and The Marvelous Mrs Maisel dominate the TV section with three each

Andrew Pulver

14, Jan, 2019 @1:00 PM

The 50 best TV shows of 2018: the full list

Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s femme fatale takes the top spot, above political high camp, breakneck drama and the water-cooler hit of the decade

21, Dec, 2018 @11:03 AM

The best TV episodes of 2018, from Inside No 9 to Maniac

Our critics pick their 25 favourite moments from the year’s best television – including the surreal horror of Atlanta and the historical jaunts of Doctor Who

Gwilym Mumford, Kate Abbott, Stuart Heritage, Lanre Bakare, Martin Belam and Paul MacInnes

19, Dec, 2018 @10:00 AM

Emmys 2018: Game of Thrones makes triumphant return on TV's biggest night

Netflix and HBO wound up deadlocked with 23 wins each, while The Marvelous Mrs Maisel and The Assassination of Gianni Versace emerged victorious

Jake Nevins

18, Sep, 2018 @6:21 AM

Don't press the skip button! Why we need bombastic TV theme tunes

The ‘skip intro’ function looked to make the theme tune obsolete, but a new wave of scores prove why they still matter

Jack Seale

18, Sep, 2018 @5:00 AM

Emmys 2018: our predictions - who will win and who should win

An ultra-competitive year brings Game of Thrones back into the conversation but can it reign supreme against The Handmaid’s Tale?

Jake Nevins

14, Sep, 2018 @7:00 AM

From The Americans to The Handmaid's Tale: what's streaming in Australia in May

South Korean superheroes, Greta Gerwig dancing around New York, and rich teens on crime sprees are all coming to Australian streaming services

Lauren Carroll Harris

05, May, 2018 @10:33 PM

The danger of nostalgia: a tough, timely final season of The Americans

The sixth season of the hard-edged drama about Russian agents living in the US is a critical and incisive look at the problem with romanticizing the past

Arielle Bernstein

28, Mar, 2018 @11:00 AM