Seitz on Bates Motel: I Dismember Mama
A&E's new show is an origin story/prequel to Hitchcock's Psycho. And yet it isn't.
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Seitz: Justified’s Fourth Season Is Great TV Without All the Fuss
No great contemporary TV series is more flat-out enjoyable.
Seitz on Community Season Four: You’re Just Some Sitcom That I Used to Know
I’m trying to give the post–Dan Harmon Community a chance. Really I am.
Seitz on Zero Hour: Dear God, What Hath Dan Brown Wrought?
Seriously, what the hell is happening in this show?
Seitz on Southland: A Mercifully Understated Look at the Unmerciful World of L.A. Cops
This cop drama prizes journalistic detail over verbal exposition and moldy cop-show tropes.
Weekend Watching: Matt Zoller Seitz on the Entire Season of House of Cards
We promised a full review of House of Cards after last Friday’s preview, and here it is.
Seitz: Smash Listened to the Hate-Watchers
It now seems to be as much a show about Smash as a show about Bombshell.
Seitz: Is House of Cards Worth a Binge Watch?
Our critic samples two episodes, and reveals whether he thinks it's worth proceeding through all thirteen.
Seitz: The 30 Rock Finale Dared Us Not to Cry, and Knew We’d Fail
Rank this send-off up there with Cheers and The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
Seitz on Do No Harm: This Dual-Personality Tale Could Use More Jekyll, Less Hyde
This new NBC show manages to be nutty and sleazy, but it's still not special enough to stand out.
Seitz on The Americans: A Dark Fantasy, Starring Mr. and Mrs. Smithsky
On FX's new KGB-in-America spy show.
Seitz on the End of American Horror Story’s Second Season: From Campy to Compassionate
It’s tempting to treat this show as one long, trashy, sick joke. But it's so much more.
Seitz on The Following: Apocalypse Story As Long-Form Nightmare
Is the serial-killer genre played out?
Seitz on Lance and Oprah: The Sadomasochistic Ritual of the Celebrity Apology
Just a couple of pop culture juggernauts protecting their brands.
Seitz on Legit: One More Trip to the Poison Testosterone Well, With Feeling
This new show is peculiar enough to stick with while its creators figure out what they're doing.
Seitz on The Carrie Diaries: Everything About This Sex and the City Prequel Feels Wrong
The CW's new show is an inept spinoff that dishonors its source.
Seitz on Girls Season Two: What a Drag It Is Being Young
Girls isn’t likable, and it doesn’t seem to lose any sleep over it.
Seitz on Justified’s Fourth Season: Suspenseful, Eloquent, Joyous
For all the suspense and violence, Justified is a laid-back series in the spirit of its inspiration, Elmore Leonard.
Seitz: Deception Has More Going on Than It Knows What to Do With
The most frustrating thing about this show is that it’s more fun to pick apart than it is to watch.
Seitz: Enlightened’s Heroine Is Still Deranged, But Not Totally Wrong
The HBO comedy's second season is brilliantly nuanced.
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