Elsbeth vs High Potential: both earned a season 3 — only one kept the person running the show
CBS and ABC both found a hit in an odd woman who's smarter than the cops around her. Both shows made it to season 3. Only one of them made it there with the same person in charge.
Is The Lowdown a true story? The real man died in 2015 — and his family says FX is 'muddying fact and fiction'
Ethan Hawke's Tulsa "truthstorian" is built on a real local journalist. His sister loved the idea of the show, and then she saw what it did with her brother's life.
The Diplomat vs Homeland: is Kate Wyler a worthy Carrie Mathison replacement? Only one of these shows got better every season
Homeland gave TV its most famous unraveling CIA officer. The Diplomat gave it an ambassador who never wanted the job. One of them aged better than the other, and it isn't the one that won best drama.
The Get Jiro ending Bourdain wrote 14 years ago — and what the Adult Swim series keeps of it
In 2012, Anthony Bourdain imagined a Los Angeles where chefs run the city like crime bosses. In 2026, Adult Swim turned his sushi chef into a man on a revenge mission.
The Terminal List vs Reacher: fans say Chris Pratt's thriller beats Prime's action king in one department
Prime Video has two shows about very large men solving problems violently. One of them gets the reviews. The other gets something critics can't give it.
Tulsa King vs Landman: critics and IMDb voters crown different winners in Sheridan's heavyweight matchup
Taylor Sheridan has two kings on Paramount+: Sylvester Stallone's mobster in Oklahoma and Billy Bob Thornton's oilman in West Texas. Ask the critics who wins and you get one answer. Ask IMDb and you get the other.
