Kelly Lawler

TV Critic at USA Today

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Articles

Shows to watch with your mom this Mother's Day (besides 'Gilmore Girls')

1 week ago | usatoday.com | Kelly Lawler

"Gilmore Girls" is great, but have you ever cackled with your mammy over the Northern Irish shenanigans of the "Derry Girls"? May 11 is Mother's Day, and if you are looking for something easy, fun and rewarding to do with your mom, it can be oh-so cozy and comforting to snuggle on the couch and binge-watch a TV show together.
Our obsession with 'The Pitt' and other medical shows, explained

1 week ago | shelbystar.com | Kelly Lawler

Dr. Michael "Robby" Robinavitch can't save everyone in his overcrowded Pittsburgh emergency room, but maybe he can save all of us watching at home. Played with a gruff smolder by longtime medical drama veteran Noah Wyle, the hero of Max's new series "The Pitt" (Season 1 now streaming) stitches up wounds, pumps donated blood into veins and prescribes medicine, but inevitably he doesn't heal anything. Certainly not the broken system in which he is stuck.
Our obsession with 'The Pitt' and other medical shows, explained

1 week ago | usatoday.com | Kelly Lawler

Dr. Michael "Robby" Robinavitch can't save everyone in his overcrowded Pittsburgh emergency room, but maybe he can save all of us watching at home. Played with a gruff smolder by longtime medical drama veteran Noah Wyle, the hero of Max's new series "The Pitt" (Season 1 now streaming) stitches up wounds, pumps donated blood into veins and prescribes medicine, but inevitably he doesn't heal anything. Certainly not the broken system in which he is stuck.
The best medical TV shows of all time, ranked, from 'ER' to 'The Pitt'

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Kelly Lawler

Your presence is required in the emergency room, stat. In the history of TV, a few genres always call out to us: The cop show. The lawyer show. And yes, the doctor show, too. The 2024-25 TV season, ending this month, saw a resurgence of medical dramas, from Max's "The Pitt" to Netflix's "Pulse," all packed with camera-ready doctors and nurses in scrubs ready to heal patients and romance their fellow residents.
The best medical TV shows of all time, ranked, from 'ER' to 'The Pitt'

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Kelly Lawler

Your presence is required in the emergency room, stat. In the history of TV, a few genres always call out to us: The cop show. The lawyer show. And yes, the doctor show, too. The 2024-25 TV season, ending this month, saw a resurgence of medical dramas, from Max's "The Pitt" to Netflix's "Pulse," all packed with camera-ready doctors and nurses in scrubs ready to heal patients and romance their fellow residents.
Tina Fey's 'The Four Seasons' remake should be so much better than this: Review

2 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Kelly Lawler

Tina Fey's 'The Four Seasons' remake should be so much better than this: ReviewWhen actors of that caliber get tother, you expect greatness. You expect to be doubled over in laughter as deep characters engage in high jinks and tomfoolery, but in a thoughtful way.
Amazon expands 'Shop the Show' Prime Video tie-in store: What you should know

2 weeks ago | usatoday.com | Kelly Lawler

Amazon is making it easier for fans of its Prime Video streaming service shows to buy, buy, buy. The streamer and mega-retailer are expanding their "Shop the Show," initiative, which easily links U.S.-based viewers of Prime series and films to tie-in merchandise ready to put in their Amazon carts. Watching "The Boys" and yearning for a Homelander figurine?
My European trip reminded me of one more way America hates kids

2 weeks ago | salon.com | Kelly Lawler

“Car seat or booster?”When the kind, patient English-speaking taxi dispatcher outside Berlin Brandenberg Airport asked me this, I was shocked into momentary silence. Was he offering what I thought he was? “A car seat,” I said, daring to hope. A minute or so later a large van pulled up, with an age-appropriate car seat ready to go for my 3-year-old daughter, Evie, who was as giddy to see it as I was.
How 'You' ends in series finale: Does Joe survive? Is justice served?

3 weeks ago | usatoday.com | Kelly Lawler

Spoiler alert! The following contains details from the series finale of "You" on Netflix. There was only one way for Joe Goldberg's story to end. After five seasons, countless murders, half a dozen stalking victims and way too many lucky breaks, Penn Badgley's killer protagonist of Netflix's hit "You" has finally been given his just desserts, sentenced to a lonely life behind bars.
'Matlock' boss talks finale twists, Season 2 shocks: 'Secrets will be revealed'

1 month ago | usatoday.com | Kelly Lawler

Spoiler alert! The following contains spoilers for the Season 1 finale of CBS's "Matlock."Madeline "Matty" Matlock (Kathy Bates) can go back to practicing law in her 70s, can win over juries and uncover injustice with her eyes closed. But can she survive losing a friend or opening up her family? Those are the big questions left hanging for CBS' remake of "Matlock," which aired its Season 1 finale April 17.