Nauseatingly nice ‘Ted Lasso’ doesn’t work without COVID

Nauseatingly nice ‘Ted Lasso’ doesn’t work without COVID

Thank you for your service, “Ted Lasso.” Now pack up your cleats and go home. The hit Apple TV+ comedy series about a doofy college football coach who becomes an unlikely Premier League soccer club manager in the UK debuted during the first, trying year of the pandemic — in August 2020. And the initially … Read more

Chris O’Dowd’s new series: ‘Like George Costanza trying to figure out TikTok’

Chris O’Dowd’s new series: ‘Like George Costanza trying to figure out TikTok’

Chris O’Dowd said he can relate to Dusty Hubbard, his character on his new Apple TV+ series “The Big Door Prize,” because he’s at a similar place in his life.  “It did feel like a middle-aged story, and I was feeling very f–king middle aged,” the Irish-born O’Dowd, 43, told The Post. “It felt like this … Read more

How the retro-futuristic world of ‘Hello Tomorrow!’ was brought to life

How the retro-futuristic world of ‘Hello Tomorrow!’ was brought to life

Holograms, hovering cars, ubiquitous robots, video calls — they’re all an integral part of “Hello Tomorrow!” — but with a slight twist. The Apple TV+ series, starring Billy Crudup as a slick huckster selling timeshares on the moon, is set in 1950s America — yet it’s an alternate-reality version of the decade that still feels … Read more

The weird space-age world of steampunk series ‘Hello, Tomorrow!’

The weird space-age world of steampunk series ‘Hello, Tomorrow!’

Welcome to “Hello, Tomorrow,” where everything isn’t as it seems. The new Apple TV+ series, starring Billy Crudup as a fast-talking salesman with secrets, unfolds in a weird, hybrid world mixing 1950s attitudes, clothing and lifestyles with a quasi-steampunk futuristic flavor. It’s a world in which sandwiches cost 40 cents, people tool around in tail-finned, … Read more

What to watch and stream on Presidents’ Day 2023

What to watch and stream on  Presidents’ Day 2023

Presidents’ Day is here. Whether you’re using the holiday to take a vacation or if you simply plan to lounge on your couch, there are a variety of series or movies on offer — ranging from comedy to reality to patriotic and presidential fare. Here’s a rundown of the best selections of what to watch … Read more

French-English spy thriller ‘Liaison’ recalls ‘Homeland’ at its best

French-English spy thriller ‘Liaison’ recalls ‘Homeland’ at its best

Eva Green stars in the AppleTV+ thriller “Liaison,” the streamer’s first French-English series — which should appeal to fans of shows including “Homeland,” “24” and the UK hit “Bodyguard.” The six-episode political thriller, premiering Feb. 24, is set against the backdrop of a romantic relationship between ex-lovers who are forced to work together again. It’s … Read more

Here are the hottest new shows to watch in February 2023

Here are the hottest new shows to watch in February 2023

February might be the shortest month, but it’s still jam packed with new and returning TV shows. From true crime docuseries to comedies with returning TV vets such as Joel McHale — and a new vehicle for “This Is Us” favorite Milo Ventimiglia — there are a slew of can’t-miss offerings across all genres.  Here’s … Read more

‘Dear Edward’ star Connie Britton inspired by Jersey’s ‘Real Housewives’

‘Dear Edward’ star Connie Britton inspired by Jersey’s  ‘Real Housewives’

Connie Britton reunites with “Friday Night Lights” creator Jason Katims for the new Apple TV+ drama series “Dear Edward.”  “You know, we go back,” Britton, 55, told The Post. “And ‘Friday Night Lights’ was such an important pivotal show for me [and] it set the bar really high in terms of what my values are … Read more

Jason Segel, Harrison Ford shine in funny new series ‘Shrinking’

Jason Segel, Harrison Ford shine in funny new series ‘Shrinking’

The logline for “Shrinking” posits that “a grieving therapist … starts to break the rules and tell his clients exactly what he thinks.” That’s a bit deceiving — but in a good way. “Shrinking,” premiering Jan. 27 on Apple TV+, is so much more than the sum of its parts — with a top-flight cast … Read more

Here are the 9 hot shows to watch in January 2023

Here are the 9 hot shows to watch in January 2023

The New Year is almost here and, with that, the focus turns to January and what’s new in the primetime landscape. From prestige dramas to comedies to thrillers, the first month of the year is jam-packed with offerings. Here are the nine hot shows to have on your radar for early 2023. “Mayfair Witches”  Based … Read more

Luke Evans military drama ‘Echo 3’ just meh: review

Luke Evans military drama ‘Echo 3’ just meh: review

Luke Evans stars in “Echo 3,” a serviceable Apple TV+ military thriller created by Oscar winner Mark Boal.  Premiering Nov. 23, and based on an Israeli show (“When Heroes Fly,”) “Echo 3” follows Amber Chesborough (Jessica Ann Collins) an American scientist who goes missing while she’s on a research trip near the Colombia-Venezuela border. Her brother … Read more

Selena Gomez on Justin Bieber breakup: ‘Best thing that ever happened to me’

Selena Gomez on Justin Bieber breakup: ‘Best thing that ever happened to me’

For years, Selena Gomez felt “haunted” by her on-again-off-again relationship with Justin Bieber, enduring relentless questions from paparazzi and a never-ending narrative about her Hollywood romance the world couldn’t let go of, even long after they broke up.  “Everything was so public,” Gomez, who never acknowledges Bieber by name, reveals in her forthcoming documentary, “Selena … Read more

Here are the 10 essential TV shows to watch this November

Here are the 10 essential TV shows to watch this November

November is in full swing, and with it comes a slew of new and returning series.  There’s no better time to catch up so you can wow your family with your taste in TV, come Thanksgiving. But if you’re overwhelmed by the hundreds of options out there, we’re here to help. Here’s a rundown of … Read more

‘Hockeyland’ captures high-stakes world of Minnesota high-school hockey: ‘It’s bonkers’

‘Hockeyland’ captures high-stakes world of Minnesota high-school hockey: ‘It’s bonkers’

Each weekend, Hermantown Hawks captain Blake Biondi would lace up his skates and take the ice to a packed crowd from his small Minnesota hometown. The thrills of performing and scoring top shelf in front of everyone he knows was a “larger than life” experience — games are broadcast on local radio stations and draw … Read more

Charlie Hunnam on his new Apple show ‘Shantaram’ and how he ‘went through a period of bad luck’

Charlie Hunnam on his new Apple show ‘Shantaram’ and how he ‘went through a period of bad luck’

Charlie Hunnam is back on television after an eight-year absence on his new Apple TV+ series “Shantaram.”  “I love longform storytelling, and when I finished ‘Sons of Anarchy’ I knew at some point that I wanted to get into another television show,” Hunnam, 42, told The Post.  Hunnam starred as swaggering biker Jax Teller on … Read more

Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds tap their way through ‘Spirited’ Christmas teaser

Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds tap their way through ‘Spirited’ Christmas teaser

Christmas comes early for those who asked Santa for an “Elf” and “Deadpool” crossover movie. Apple TV+ gifted the internet with the first look at Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds in the upcoming musical-comedy “Spirited” on Wednesday. The story is a retelling of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” told from the perspective of the ghosts. … Read more