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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

Critic’s Notebook: By Turns Predictable and Unhinged, Inauguration Tells a Tale of Two Trumps

The 2025 inauguration of Donald Trump featured a Comic-Con-esque official speech, followed by a longer, less filtered address to supporters.

‘The Hunting Party’ Review: NBC’s Serial Killer Procedural Is a Deadly Bore

Generic serial killers escape from a generic supermax prison and are pursued by a generic team of investigators in this drama starring Melissa Roxburgh.

‘The Couple Next Door’ Review: Sam Heughan Smolders in Starz’s Ludicrous Polyamory Thriller

Eleanor Tomlinson, Alfred Enoch and Jessica De Gouw join the 'Outlander' star in this six-episode chronicle of steamy, eventually violent misadventures.

The 10 Best Medical Shows of All Time, Ranked

Max’s Noah Wyle-led ‘The Pitt’ is the latest in a recent proliferation of medical series. THR’s chief TV critic ranks the 10 greatest examples of the beloved small-screen genre.

‘American Primeval’ Review: Betty Gilpin Leads Netflix’s Relentlessly Brutal Peter Berg-Helmed Western Miniseries

Creator Mark L. Smith's six-episode examination of scruffy, vicious people traversing the Utah Territory in 1857 also stars Taylor Kitsch and Dane DeHaan.

‘Shifting Gears’ Review: Tim Allen and Kat Dennings Are Stuck in Neutral in ABC’s Family Sitcom

Yep, it's another story of a conservative father and a somewhat more liberal daughter having to end a lengthy estrangement.

Critic’s Notebook: An Assured Nikki Glaser Boosts an Improved Golden Globes Telecast

The host was game and some of the speeches were stirring, though the Globes still struggled with pacing, presenter banter and strange production choices.

‘The Pitt’ Review: Noah Wyle Scrubs in for Max’s Effective ‘ER’-Adjacent Medical Procedural

Hailing from 'ER' vets including R. Scott Gemmill and John Wells, the 15-episode real-time series follows the doctors and nurses at a Pittsburgh trauma center.

‘Going Dutch’ Review: Denis Leary’s Fox Military Comedy Needs More Basic Training

'Brockmire' mastermind Joel Church-Cooper created this new half-hour sitcom about a military base of misfits in the Netherlands.

‘Lockerbie: A Search for Truth’ Review: Colin Firth Lends Depth to a Peacock Historical Drama That Sorely Needs It

The first of this year's two miniseries about the 1988 Lockerbie bombing focuses on a father's grief-fueled investigation.

‘Squid Game’ Season 2 Review: Netflix’s South Korean Smash Loses Its Edge

Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk and Emmy winner Lee Jung-jae are back for more death-defying games and nefariously masked villains as the series returns after a three-year absence.

The 10 Best TV Performances of 2024

THR's critics celebrate their favorite small-screen turns of the year, from character actors getting their day in the sun and relative newcomers in star-making turns to familiar faces plumbing fresh depths.