The best TV shows of 2024: Small-screen sophistication
3 months, 3 weeks ago

The best TV shows of 2024: Small-screen sophistication

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Any “best of" list is intended to start arguments. But at the risk of sounding like a sports “journalist" plugging FanDuel, I think the best single purchase one can make these days is Apple TV+—where one could find “STEVE! One of 2024’s major arrivals, “Disclaimer," was not just a terrific series, with a serpentine narrative and a novelistic approach to how long-form TV can be done. It was a year of standout performances that elevated the series they were in, notably Liv Lisa Fries and Volker Bruch in “Babylon Berlin," which has the sexiness and historical sweep all such period series should have; Kate Winslet, surpassing even her usual glorious self in “The Regime"; and married stars Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead in “A Gentleman in Moscow." The real people playing themselves this year, including Mr. Martin, Mr. Simon and the titular capo of “Wise Guy: David Chase and ‘The Sopranos,’" were all treated like princes by filmmakers Morgan Neville and Alex Gibney.

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