From Andor to Severance, this year was another winner for TV. Find out which shows made our Best of 2022 list:
Occasionally, the conversation around television seems to come back to the question of whether we're living in the age of Peak TV — and to an extent, that's true. If it seems like there are more shows to watch now than ever before, more titles to keep track of, and even more spoilers to dodge after a primetime viewing night, that's because there are.
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Together, these two seasons show the brilliance of Atlanta, how it could thrive in being the strangest show on television, content to explore the deeper meanings of A Goofy Movie for an entire episode, or it could be superb by just focusing on these four characters desperate to get some Popeyes. Glover created a unique vision that was deeply hilarious, always unpredictable, and a profound commentary on race that united all of these distinctive stories under one umbrella.
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Cobra Kai Season 5 is the biggest and most explosive season of the series yet, raising the stakes, bringing in more call-backs, and giving us some shocking betrayals and alliances. Yuji Okumoto’s Chozen was this season’s biggest stand-out showing off some terrific comedic timing, but there really isn’t a weak link in the cast between the adults and the younger cast members. Is it goofier than ever? You bet, but that’s all part of the charm of Cobra Kai.
His Dark Materials I unabashedly adore Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials books, but when BBC and HBO announced that they were taking his first trilogy and turning it into a series, I was apprehensive. After all, 2007's The Golden Compass was disastrous in the way that it portrayed and honored the original source material of The Northern Lights.
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They don’t usually, but who says that can’t change? As someone growing up without superheroes that never looked like me, Ms. Marvel coming to life was a moment of pride and joy, particularly as it incorporated a devastating history that much of the world has forgotten with the 1947 Partition. Produced and written beautifully and most perceptively to the aches of a marginalized community across six episodes, creator and head writer Bisha K.
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