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Shōgun's Emmy Sweep and the Future of the Limited Series

Fifteen months after Shōgun's historic Emmy sweep, and with a second season confirmed, it's worth asking what the show changed about prestige TV, and what it didn't.

Priya Nair·2 Dec·6 min

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Dying for Sex: Michelle Williams, Jenny Slate, and the Limited Series as Vessel

Liz Meriwether's eight-episode FX series handed Michelle Williams the role of the decade and Jenny Slate the best supporting performance on television last year.

Priya Nair·18 Nov·7 min

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The Bear Season 3: The Season That Slowed Down

Eighteen months after The Bear's third season landed to the worst reviews of its run, the season has quietly become the one I most want to rewatch. An argument for the slow, prickly middle chapter.

Priya Nair·18 Nov·7 min

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Say Nothing and the Problem of Adapting a Book That Cannot Be Filmed

Joshua Zetumer's FX adaptation of Patrick Radden Keefe's Troubles-era book is a better television show than many people expected. It is also a book that perhaps should not have been adapted at all.

Lena Ashworth·25 Aug·8 min

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English Teacher: Brian Jordan Alvarez's Quiet Workplace Argument

Brian Jordan Alvarez's FX comedy arrived on Hulu in September 2024 and renewed quickly. The show is doing more than its loose register suggests, and the workplace logic is the reason.

Priya Nair·22 Apr·7 min

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Industry

Peak TV Is Over

FX's John Landgraf coined 'Peak TV' in 2015 and has been tracking the scripted-production numbers since. The 2024 numbers confirmed the inflection. We are now in Post-Peak.

Casey Winters·25 Feb·6 min