Best and worst Emmy moments, Fargo finishes strong, and more from the week in TV

Primetime Emmy Awards: The best, worst, and weirdest moments

There’s a lot to appreciate about how the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards went down. While the ceremony—which was originally supposed to take place in September but was pushed to January because of the Hollywood strikes—had plenty of predictable winners, it also included a lot of surprising moments. Sprinkled between big wins for Succession and The Bear there was a surprise appearance by Christina Applegate, a teary acceptance speech from Quinta Brunson, and heartwarming TV reunions with the casts of The Sopranos, Grey’s Anatomy, and more. Read on for The A.V. Club’s look back at the most unforgettable moments. And if you need more, be sure to check out our rundown of all the winners from TV’s biggest night. Read More

Fargo season 5 finale: Dinner and a show

It takes less than 15 minutes into Fargo’s season-five finale, “Bisquik,” for the FBI to cuff up Sheriff Roy and put an end to the Siege of Tillman Ranch. “Your son gave you up, by the way,” gloats Joaquin. It’s less the defeat for Roy, who knew in his heart he was going down that day and more the ignominy of how he was defeated. “Belly shot, can you believe it? By a female,” he laments to Witt, pointing to the rifle wound Dot stuck in him minutes earlier. Sensing the sun setting on his kingdom above ground, he uses his last rush of adrenaline to drive a hunting knife into Trooper Farr’s heart. One final meal for this asshole’s ego. Read More

True Detective: Night Country premiere: Chillingly good TV

It’s been a long time since True Detective was on TV—and even longer since it was Much-Watch TV. A whole five years after the third edition of the HBO crime anthology, we’ve got a fresh new chapter of True Detective tales, with the first episode of Night Country bringing with it many of the elements that made the McConaughey-Harrelson original so addictive. There’s a starry detective duo with fraught pasts, both separate and mutual; a “dead” investigation mysteriously given new life; a setting simmering with tension and turmoil; and a healthy dose of supernatural spooks to top it all off. Read More

The Woman In The Wall review: Ruth Wilson is a marvel in this intense psychological mystery

“Do not stand / By my grave, and weep. / I am not there, / I do not sleep.” So begins the well-known bereavement poem by Clare Harner used to bookend The Woman In The Wall—lines that accrue layers of meaning as this intense psychological mystery plays out. Per the title of this new series, which premieres January 19 on Paramount+ with Showtime, a lady is immured, but whether she stays put is another question. There’s also a staggering number of babies recorded deceased at an Irish convent, whose graves are nowhere to be found. Then there’s Lorna Brady (Ruth Wilson), a wary loner whose long-term grief and chronic sleepwalking has left her stranded between life and death. She scrawls “STAY AWAKE” on her palm; bad things happen when Lorna dozes. Read More

How Fargo star Richa Moorjani found a new level of confidence—and that Minnesota accent

Anyone who’s seen Netflix’s Never Have I Ever knows Richa Moorjani is a breakout star, and she proves it again in the latest season of Fargo. Moorjani stars as police officer Indira Olmstead in the fifth installment of Noah Hawley’s FX anthology, and she holds her own alongside Juno Temple, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Jon Hamm. – Saloni Gajjar Read More

The Great North should be the flagship cartoon of Fox’s Sunday lineup

Fox officially had too many adult-animated sitcoms for its regular Sunday night “Animation Domination” lineup to handle. Relative newcomer Krapopolis and actual newcomer Grimsburg have joined The Simpsons, Bob’s Burgers, and The Great North on Sundays. And Family Guy is getting bumped to Wednesdays, a night it can call its own, far from The Simpsons’ big shadow. This all gives Bob’s Burgers a chance to recenter itself as the top-tier animated show on the network that evening, which is well-deserved. But there’s actually a show in that night’s lineup that deserves it more: The Great North. – Sam Barsanti Read More

Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin is now the dark beating heart of Marvel’s TV shows

Marvel Studios released Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld’s Hawkeye in November 2021 as a little holiday treat for superhero fans, but the real joy was the way the show gradually teased the return of Vincent D’Onofrio’s Wilson Fisk—with D’Onofrio reprising his role from Netflix’s Daredevil show, where he was one of the undeniable highlights. Though Hawkeye was much cheerier than Daredevil ever was, D’Onofrio hadn’t lost a step in his performance and was just as compelling in the Disney+ series as he was when he was trading punches with The Devil Of Hell’s Kitchen on Netflix (though it was seemingly left intentionally unclear if the events of Daredevil were meant to have happened before the events of Hawkeye, if at all). – Sam Barsanti Read More

Hazbin Hotel review: Vivid and stylish animated series lacks writing flair

The age of the scripted web series, when DIY projects like Broad City, High Maintenance, and Insecure leaped from a browser window to TV, has long passed. That is until Hazbin Hotel. Conceived by Salvadoran-American cartoonist Vivienne Medrano (aka VivziePop), Hazbin is an adult animated musical set in a technicolor vision of Hell where the demons are as likely to break out into song as barter for your eternal soul. It started as a YouTube pilot released in October 2019, crowdfunded via Patreon, and created by freelance animators. The video went viral overnight (it currently has a whopping 93 million views), winning Medrano a devoted fanbase. – Jenna Scherer Read More

Griselda review: Sofia Vergara anchors a gripping, if formulaic, Netflix crime drama

Let’s state the obvious first: Sofia Vergara is practically unrecognizable in Griselda, which premieres January 25 on Netflix. Shedding the persona of her well-known Emmy-nominated performance as Modern Family’s Gloria Delgado-Pritchett, the actor approaches her heavily dramatic turn with guns blazing. She embodies the titular notorious drug dealer in a subdued yet powerful manner. And while it takes her a couple of episodes to hit this stride, she provides a steadfast anchor for an enjoyable but predictable TV show. – Saloni Gajjar Read More

6 things you have to watch on TV this weekend

Welcome to the weekend edition of What’s On. Here are the big things happening on TV from Friday, January 19 to Sunday, January 21. All times are Eastern. [Note: The weekly edition of What’s On publishes on Sundays.] – Saloni Gajjar Read More