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Mickey Fox has spent most of Sheriff Country acting like she can handle anything Edgewater throws at her. Criminals? Bring them on. Family drama? She'll deal with it when she feels like it. Finding out the mother she thought was dead has actually been alive this entire time? Somebody get this woman a drink. Actually, judging by the Season 2 premiere, she's already taken care of that last part. The premiere, "Cyclone," puts Mickey through the emotional wringer, and Morena Bacc

Hillman College is officially staying open for another season, and while Netflix's A Different World has introduced a new generation worth rooting for, there's still some unfinished business with the old crowd. The first season brought back several familiar faces, including Whitley, Dwayne, Ron, Freddie, Kim, Jaleesa, and Colonel Taylor, among others. Seeing these characters decades later was a reminder that the original series left behind more than a collection of memorable

Being a member of the Hollingsworth family already looks exhausting, but Clare Hollingsworth is having an especially terrible week. Her boyfriend has been murdered, her mother is suddenly working the same case from the other side, and before the hour is over she learns the man she was grieving apparently had an entire life she knew nothing about. Somehow, going back to work probably sounded like the relaxing option. That gives Kat Cunning plenty to work with in Line of Fire S

Stepping into A Different World nearly four decades after the original series premiered was always going to come with some serious expectations. Stepping into that world as the daughter of Dwayne Wayne and Whitley Gilbert? Whew, good luck with that. Maleah Joi Moon doesn't just inherit one of television's most beloved legacies as Deborah Wayne, though. She spends Netflix's new A Different World proving Deborah deserves to stand on her own, and Episode 7 gives Moon one of her

It took four seasons for me to finally sit down and watch Reacher, and apparently I have been missing out this entire time. After binging all four seasons over one weekend, I completely understand why the Prime Video series has become such a hit. It knows exactly what kind of show it is, gives viewers a leading man who feels born for the role and somehow keeps finding new ways for Jack Reacher to walk into somebody else’s mess before punching, headbutting and investigating hi

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has spent four seasons putting La’An Noonien-Singh through enough emotional trauma to make a weekly therapy appointment aboard the Enterprise feel completely reasonable. She has survived the Gorn, wrestled with the weight of her family name, fallen for a James Kirk she couldn’t keep and spent much of Season 4 wondering whether the darker parts of herself might eventually take control. This week, Christina Chong finally gets to let La’An confront

There are performers who know exactly how far they can push a character before everything falls apart, and then there is Sabrina Impacciatore, who seems determined to find that line every time Esmeralda Grand walks into a room on The Paper. For our second TV Cave Performer of the Week, Impacciatore takes the honor for her gloriously committed performance in the Season 2 finale. Esmeralda has never exactly been the quiet member of the Toledo Truth Teller staff. She is loud, dr

Every week, television gives us plenty to talk about, but sometimes there is a performance that makes you stop watching the show around the actor and simply watch the actor. Welcome to The TV Cave Performer of the Week, where each week we'll spotlight the performer who made us laugh, cry, scream at the television or simply sit there thinking, damn, that was good. We're heading straight into the DC Universe. The TV Cave's Performer of the Week is Aaron Pierre for his performa

Let’s be completely honest for a second: when was the last time you watched a television character actually deliver a blistering, table-slamming closing argument in front of a breathless jury? Not a police detective chasing a suspect down a dark alley. Not a quirky consultant solving an eccentric puzzle over brunch. A real, honest-to-goodness defense attorney or prosecutor waging absolute warfare in a sanctuary of law. If you had to scratch your head to think of an answer,

There are plenty of ways to handle a TV death, but Will Trent usually prefers the "internalize everything until you look like a human pressure cooker" method. This week, however, Ramón Rodríguez took that simmering intensity and turned it into something entirely more haunting. In the wake of Amanda Wagner’s brutal exit, Rodríguez didn’t just show up to work; he occupied the screen with the kind of heavy, silent presence that makes you forget there are other people in the scen

Move over, Mickey Fox. While the Sheriff of Edgewater County usually commands the spotlight, this week belonged entirely to Cassidy Campbell. In the latest episode of Sheriff Country , "The Lost Girls of Edgewater County," Michele Weaver delivered the kind of performance that makes you forget you’re watching a procedural and reminds you why you pay for a Paramount+ subscription in the first place. For her gut-wrenching turn as a deputy finally facing her oldest demons, Weaver

It has been a very stressful week for us Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans. First, New Sunnydale, the Buffy reboot gets the boot. Then we find out it was canceled by some lame who had never even bothered to watch the original show (who’s brilliant idea was that HULU?), only to get a slap in the face by this new Firefly animated series. No shade to Firefly, loved that show, but we NEED BUFFY! Just as we are processing our emotions, we are hit with news that Nicholas Brendon has

Valentine’s Day is here and whether you’re single, coupled or just here for the chocolates, your streaming lineup can make or break February 14. Luckily, there’s no shortage of options to fill the evening with romance, laughs, and a few dramatic twists. From heartwarming Hallmark premieres to binge-worthy streaming classics, these are the best Valentine’s Day TV shows and movies to stream this year. If you’re planning a cozy night in, a virtual watch party, or just need backg

January 2026 has already earned its place in streaming history with the Star Trek: Starfleet Academy premiere and while Trek fans are reveling in cadet drama and futuristic moral quandaries, one question is burning bright across the sci‑fi fandom: why hasn’t Hulu renewed The Orville for another season yet? It’s time to revisit this beloved space comedy‑drama and argue, loud and clear, that now is the perfect moment for Hulu to bring it back. From the moment Star Trek: Starf

If your watchlist already feels like a full-time job, 2026 is about to push it into overtime. The most anticipated TV shows for 2026 are stacking up to deliver a year packed with high-profile returns, ambitious new series, and franchise expansions designed to dominate streaming conversations. After years of delays and drawn-out production cycles, the TV industry is finally ready to unleash its biggest bets. From prestige dramas and fantasy epics to superheroes, sci-fi, and gl

If 2025 proved anything, it’s that television remains wildly unpredictable. For every prestige drama that dominated group chats and awards predictions, there was another series that launched with hype, burned through goodwill and quietly disappeared from the cultural conversation. Streaming platforms kept flooding the zone, legacy networks fought to stay relevant, and viewers were left sorting the gems from the genuine disasters. This year delivered some of the best TV shows

I always thought of Marcus Scribner as the kid from Black-ish and Grown-ish but inn Boston Blue Season 1, Episode 9, titled “Collateral Damage,” Scribner flips the script entirely, delivering a powerhouse performance that cements him as one of television’s most versatile young actors. He channels grief, rage and moral conflict in a way that is raw, relatable and impossible to ignore this week. Scribner’s portrayal of Jonah Silver, a grieving son grappling with the sudden r

Ah, Thanksgiving. The one day a year when your family gathers to judge your life choices, argue about politics and somehow eat a turkey big enough to feed a small army. TV has long been obsessed with capturing this chaos and some shows just get it . Whether it’s classic sitcom disaster, supernatural weirdness, or animated turkey carnage, these five episodes chosen by our crew are the ones you can (and should) rewatch every November. 1. The Cosby Show – “Cliff's Wet Adventure”

As a Black woman and a longtime soap viewer, I take joy in every step forward we’ve made in on-screen representation. Daytime drama has not always been a welcoming space for Black characters but the landscape is changing slowly, steadily and meaningfully. We now see more Black actors in front-burner storylines, more multidimensional characters and projects like Beyond the Gates showing that Black-led soap storytelling is not only possible but powerful. That’s why Donnell Tur

At its core, Frankenstein is a deeply romantic film—though the romance it explores is often tainted by, if not rooted in, toxicity, trauma, and cycles of abuse. Across its two-hour-and-twenty-nine-minute runtime, nearly every dynamic is poisoned by ambition, cruelty, or generational damage: from Victor and Herr Harlander’s scientific avarice to three generations of Frankensteins caught in a repeating loop of emotional and physical trauma to the Creature and Elizabeth, two im