The Latest on HBO

1. tv review Oct. 6, 2024

   

   The Franchise Isn’t Super Satire, But It Is a Fun HangVeep’s Armando Iannucci sends up superhero fatigue with a workplace comedy that thrives when it’s not succumbing to cynicism.

   By Jackson McHenry
2. do it in dc Sept. 24, 2024

   

   Make Girls SuperpoweredSome suggestions for HBO’s upcoming slate.

   By Vulture Staff
3. tv review Sept. 19, 2024

   

   Who Needs the Batman?As The Penguin’s representatives of Gotham’s underworld, Colin Farrell and Cristin Milioti can do bad all by themselves.

   By Roxana Hadadi
4. emmys 2024 Sept. 16, 2024

   

   How The Bear Lost the Best Comedy Emmy to HacksTo start, it wasn’t a comedy.

   By Joe Reid
5. nikki beach or bust Sept. 15, 2024

   

   Everything on Industry Was Building Toward ThisMarisa Abela, Myha’la, and the showrunners break down Yasmin and Harper’s biggest fight: “We were like, ‘How do we make this as hurtful as possible?’”

   By Jackson McHenry
6. battle of the bats Sept. 14, 2024

   

   Is The Penguin Better Than Joker: Folie à Deux?Critics seem to think so.

   By Alejandra Gularte
7. docu-ethics Sept. 11, 2024

   

   American Freak ShowChimp Crazy and Tiger King director Eric Goode doesn’t seem to care that his nonfiction work doubles as exploitation. Should we?

   By Nicholas Quah
8. endings Sept. 8, 2024

   

   The Double Dishonesty of Chimp CrazyThe docuseries focuses on the lengths one woman will go to keep her pet chimp but fails to acknowledge the ethical mire behind the camera.

   By Jen Chaney
9. gold rush Sept. 7, 2024

   

   Should HBO Worry About Its Worst Emmy Showing Since the ’90s?Maybe it’s simply an off year for the prestige favorite — or a portent of things to come in the post-Peak TV world.

   By Joe Reid
10. by the book Sept. 4, 2024

    

    George R.R. Martin’s Blog Was Briefly a House of the DraggingHe has removed a post that was critical of differences between House of the Dragon and his book Fire & Blood.

    By Jennifer Zhan