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Daniel Fienberg

Chief Television Critic

Chief TV Critic Daniel Fienberg joined The Hollywood Reporter in 2015. A former president of the Television Critics Association, Fienberg also hosts THR's weekly television podcast, TV's Top 5, with Lesley Goldberg. If that's not enough Fienberg content, subscribe to THR's Now See This newsletter, which offers recommendations, reminders and silly puns every Friday afternoon.

More from Daniel Fienberg

‘A Thousand Blows’ Review: Steven Knight’s Hulu Boxing Drama Blends Genres to Entertaining if Conventional Effect

Malachi Kirby, Stephen Graham and Erin Doherty lead the ensemble of the six-episode drama, which already has more hours in store.

‘The White Lotus’ Review: Scathingly Good Acting Helps Rescue Thailand-Set Season 3 of Mike White’s HBO Series From Fatigue

Walton Goggins, Parker Posey, Carrie Coon, Patrick Schwarzenegger and Natasha Rothwell lead the ensemble cast for the latest installment of the anthology.

Critic’s Notebook: Tom Brady’s Super Bowl Announcing Debut Is Proof of Both Potential and Pitfalls

Forced to fill dead air during the Eagles' dominant victory over the Chiefs, Brady flaunted his singular qualifications while also, at times, proving his detractors right.

‘The Z-Suite’ Review: Lauren Graham Gets Stranded in Tubi’s Tiresome Generation Gap Comedy

Nico Santos also stars in the half-hour series about a group of underqualified Gen Z social media managers who take over an ad agency from its inept Gen X leaders.

‘Clean Slate’ Review: Laverne Cox and George Wallace Lead Amazon’s Warm, Well-Meaning, Not Especially Funny Comedy

Norman Lear is credited as an executive producer on the single-cam series about a trans woman reuniting with her father in their Alabama hometown.

‘André Is an Idiot’ Review: An Unexpectedly Funny and Poignant Documentary About Life, Cancer and Colonoscopies

In his Sundance audience award winner, director Tony Benna follows his friend André Ricciardi from cancer diagnosis to treatment as he muses on mortality, family and at least one bad choice.

Critic’s Notebook: The Wildly Versatile 2025 Grammy Awards Delivered Just What It Needed To

There was something for everyone at the Trevor Noah-hosted ceremony, from heartfelt Los Angeles fire tributes to astounding musical performances to that long-overdue album of the year prize for Beyoncé.

THR Critics Pick the 15 Best Films of Sundance 2025

A sexy gay cruising thriller, an all-too-timely drama about post-wildfire recovery and a shocking doc about U.S. prisons are among our critics’ faves from the fest.

‘Deaf President Now!’ Review: Davis Guggenheim and Nyle DiMarco’s Doc Gives the Deaf Rights Movement a Compelling Spotlight

Premiering at Sundance, the film looks at the protests surrounding the hiring of a new president at Gallaudet University in 1988.

‘The Alabama Solution’ Review: Powerful New Doc From ‘The Jinx’ Duo Investigates Injustices in Alabama Prisons

Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman chronicle financial mismanagement, abuses of power and general inhumanities in a system allegedly designed for rehabilitation.

‘Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’ Review: Disney+’s New Web-Slinging Adventure Offers Throwback Charm but Little Innovation

Jeff Trammell created Marvel Animation's new 'Spider-Man' adventure, featuring the voices of Hudson Thames as Peter Parker and Colman Domingo as Norman Osborn.

‘Free Leonard Peltier’ Review: Doc About Imprisoned Indigenous Activist Is Timelier Than Ever, but Leaves Too Much Unexamined

Jesse Short Bull and David France's documentary tells Peltier's story all the way through President Joe Biden's commutation.