National Treasure
A riveting series from Britain depicting a high-profile sexual abuse case involving a celebrity comedian. Paul Finchley (Robbie Coltrane), a beloved “national treasure” in the twilight of his career, becomes…
Wells Fargo Hurts Whistleblowers
While U.S. consumers and financial institutions were still reeling in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, Wells Fargo reported record earnings only one year later, hailed as a rare…
Institutional Award: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
From That Was The Week That Was to Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update and HBO’s Not Necessarily the News, television has long found humor and absurdity in news and current…
Master of None
It could have been just another TV comedy about a 30-something guy and his buddies in Manhattan. But actor-comedian Aziz Ansari (Parks and Recreation) instead turned his Netflix series Master…
MR. ROBOT
Even now, with high-quality dramatic series superabundant, everyday real-world problems mostly go untouched thematically. MR. ROBOT is a huge exception. It’s ready to rumble with most every hot-button issue we…
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst
Director Andrew Jarecki’s stylish, detailed examination of suspicions that new york real-estate scion Robert Durst was connected to three unsolved deaths would have been notable if all he had done…
Doc McStuffins
When a toy is “injured,” young Doc McStuffins and an assortment of toy helpers open her clinic to diagnose and heal the ailing plaything. A charming show for preschoolers, created…
COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey
The updated version of COSMOS had very big shoes to fill, given the historic goodwill toward Carl Sagan’s original production, a 1980 Peabody winner which was deeply loved by a…
The Americans
Phillip and Elizabeth Jennings are small-business owners, travel agents, raising two all-American children, 14-year-old Paige and 11-year-old Henry, in a pleasant, tree-lined suburb of Washington, D.C. Neither the kids nor…
180 Days: A Year Inside an American High School
Washington Metropolitan, aka DC Met, has all the problems a modern American high school can have: truancy, teen pregnancy, homelessness, violent crime. Getting in the front door is like going…