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Vikram Murthi is a contributing writer for The Nation and the editor of Downtime Magazine. He has also written for publications like Reverse Shot, Filmmaker Magazine, and Criterion. He’s still very much for hire.
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‘Animal Control’ The Most Underrated Sitcom on TV Is Back
CHEERS!Joel McHale’s beast-heavy workplace sitcom shows even more promise in Season 2.

Amy Schumer Should Press Reset on Her Flailing Hulu Dramedy
WORK IN PROGESSThe controversial comic’s semi-autobiographical series returns to Hulu for a second season of uneven dramedy.

The Untold Story of Black Astronauts Finally Gets Spotlight
FAILURE TO LAUNCHNatGeo’s new documentary “The Space Race,” about the U.S.’s first Black astronauts, is an interesting but unfocused primer.

Mike Judge’s New Cartoon Shoots Liberal Fish in a Barrel
Stale AirZach Woods voices an insufferable liberal fraud in “In the Know,” a new stop-motion series that’s funnier around the margins.

A Delightful Netflix Cartoon…About the End of the World?!
APOCALYPSE WOWEven if a comet were heading rapidly towards Earth, the new animated curiosity “Carol & the End of the World” would be worth your time.

Bill Burr’s Cranky ‘Old Dads’ Gets Worked-Up Over ‘Wokeness’
ANGER MANAGEMENTBill Burr’s directorial debut is better at being self-righteous than it is at being funny.
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