Eric Deggans

Tv and Media Critic for the Saint Petersburg Times

Eric Deggans appears in the following:

4 female reporters tackle corruption and conflicts of interest in 'Girls on the Bus'

Thursday, March 14, 2024

This MAX series focuses on four women covering a fictionalized presidential contest featuring an older politician who dies during the campaign and a female candidate brought down by a sex scandal.

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The Walking Dead spinoff 'The Ones Who Live' is an ambitious attempt to reach new eyes

Saturday, February 24, 2024

The Walking Dead will premiere one of its most anticipated new spinoffs, "The Ones Who Live," on Sunday. Two of the franchise's most popular characters return.

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Sunday's Super Bowl was the most watched telecast in U.S. TV history

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

NPR's Juana Summers talks with NPR TV critic Eric Deggans about Super Bowl viewership and the reach and dominance of NFL programming.

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A look at the game-changing platform that will transform sports streaming

Wednesday, February 07, 2024

Live sports is one of the few areas that has struggled to transition to streaming. ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery have announced a joint app that hopes to be a one stop shop for online sports.

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The TV reboot of 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' is a savvy and emotional spy story

Friday, February 02, 2024

Donald Glover's reimagining of the spy couple film Mr. and Mrs. Smith as a series for Prime Video is a quirky reboot, set when the main characters first start working together.

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A guide to the upcoming Emmys, which were delayed due to strikes

Friday, January 12, 2024

After months of delays due to Hollywood strikes, the 2023 Emmys will be held in Los Angeles on Jan. 15. We look at the confusing eligibility rules and the strikes' impact on TV's biggest awards night.

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Understanding the Resignation of Claudine Gay

Thursday, January 04, 2024

This week, embattled Harvard president Claudine Gay resigned from her post at the university.

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Prime Video movies and TV shows will include ads starting Jan. 29

Friday, December 29, 2023

Amazon will start placing advertisements in its movies and TV shows — unless customers are willing to pay more each month. What's driving the change at Amazon and other platforms?

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How entertainment media could change in 2024

Thursday, December 28, 2023

A lot is changing in the media landscape. The industry's troubles this year offer clues about the most important questions companies will face next year.

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Andre Braugher was a pioneer in playing smart, driven, flawed Black characters

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Braugher, who starred on Homicide and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, died Tuesday at age 61. Trained at Juilliard and adept at stage work, the actor had a steely authority that undergirded most of his roles.

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Norman Lear's TV shows pioneered depictions of Black families, but it's complicated

Sunday, December 10, 2023

Norman Lear transformed TV with his focus on the dynamics of Black families in shows like "The Jeffersons" and "Good Times."

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The legacy of visionary TV producer Norman Lear, dead at 101

Wednesday, December 06, 2023

Norman Lear, who addressed serious issues in humorous sitcoms, died Tuesday in Los Angeles at the age of 101. He leaves behind a legacy of hit 1970s sitcoms that revolutionized television.

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Jonathan Majors' career hangs in limbo as assault trial begins

Thursday, November 30, 2023

Before his arrest, Jonathan Majors' star was on the rise. His film Magazine Dreams has been pulled from the release calendar, and Marvel has paused upcoming projects pending the outcome of this trial.

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'Stamped From the Beginning' is a sharp look at the history of anti-Black racism

Monday, November 20, 2023

Professor Ibram X. Kendi's documentary kicks off with a provocative question: What is wrong with Black people?

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Why does Apple TV+ have so many of the best streaming shows you've never heard of?

Friday, November 17, 2023

People may grumble about Apple's higher monthly fee, but there are a lot of original series packed in their lineup that many viewers haven't yet considered.

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'The Crown' shines in its final season — just remember it's not the History Channel

Thursday, November 16, 2023

The Crown shifts seamlessly from highly accurate depictions to invented moments. In its sixth season, deeply personal scenes once again may make viewers wonder if what they're seeing really happened.

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Here's what to know on Taylor Tomlinson, one of late-night TV's newest hosts

Monday, November 13, 2023

Eric Deggans gives an intro to Taylor Tomlinson, who will soon make her debut as the late-night TV host of After Midnight.

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What the tentative SAG-AFTRA deal means for the entertainment industry

Thursday, November 09, 2023

Word spread Wednesday that the strike by Hollywood actors would end after 118 days. Here's what the tentative deal means for the entertainment industry.

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Bass Reeves deserves better – 'Lawmen' doesn't do justice to the Black U.S. marshal

Friday, November 03, 2023

As a Black TV critic who loves Westerns, Eric Deggans really wanted to like this show. But he found the first four episodes were focused on being a Modern Western Epic, at the expense of Reeves' story

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'Friends' star Matthew Perry has died at age 54

Sunday, October 29, 2023

Actor Matthew Perry, known for playing Chandler Bing on the hitNBC sitcom "Friends," has died. He was 54.

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