Matt Roush

Matt Roush

Matt Roush's fondest professional memory is moderating a sold-out cast reunion of Buffy the Vampire Slayer at PaleyFest in Hollywood. Among his many TV appearances, recent favorites include playing Guest Programmer for Turner Classic Movies, and being a panelist on SundanceTV's The Approval Matrix. As a nationally respected television journalist, he has served on the jury for the American Film Institute's annual AFI Awards for more than a decade, selecting the best TV shows of the year. He has also served on the nominating committee for the Broadcast Television Journalists Association's Critic' Choice Awards. He was USA Today's television critic and columnist and he is currently TV Guide Magazine's Senior Critic. (PLUS: To get Matt's top TV picks in your inbox every Thursday, sign up for our What's Worth Watching e-mail newsletter.)

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RhonniRose Mantilla as Chelsea Hamilton, Clifton Davis as Vernon Dupree, and Tamara Tunie as Anita Dupree in 'Beyond the Gates' Episode 1

Go ‘Beyond the Gates’ in TV’s New Daytime Soap, ‘Bachelor’ Goes to Scotland, Charo Visits ‘Poppa’s House,’ Kyle MacLachlan’s ‘Celebrity IOU’

THE AMERICAS -- Pictured: Black bear cub.

NBC’s New Sunday Lineup (‘Americas,’ ‘Suits LA,’ ‘Grosse Pointe’), Back to ‘1923,’ ‘All Creatures’ Finale, Awards Mania

Stephen Amell as Ted Black in 'Suits LA,' Melissa Fumero as Birdie, Aja Naomi King as Catherine in 'Grosse Pointe Garden Society'
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Roush Review: Spiffy But Empty ‘Suits’ Spinoff, Giddy ‘Grosse Pointe’

Eleanor Tomlinson and Sam Heughan in 'The Couple Next Door'

‘Couple Next Door’ Finale, Bare-Knuckled ‘Thousand Blows,’ TV Pioneer Hazel Scott, Inside Major League Soccer, Streaming ‘Nosferatu’

McKinley Belcher III as Carl Otieno, Mozhan Navabi as Melissa Kornblau, Robert De Niro as George Mullen, Jesse Plemons as Roger Carlson, and Connie Britton as Valerie Whitesell in 'Zero Day' Season 1 Episode 2

Robert De Niro in ‘Zero Day,’ ‘Reacher’ Returns, ‘Matlock’ Gets Personal, Broderick and Son on ‘Elsbeth’

Robert De Niro as George Mullen in 'Zero Day' Season 1 Episode 3
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Roush Review: Robert De Niro to the Rescue in Cyber Thriller ‘Zero Day’

Clancy Brown as Big Hank, Leighton Meester as Lou, and Luke Cook as Henry — 'Good Cop/Bad Cop' Season 1 Episode 2

CW’s ‘Good Cop/Bad Cop,’ Pixar’s ‘Win or Lose,’ Night at the Museum on PBS, ‘Prime Target’ on the Run

USA and Serbia Basketball Men's Olympic Teams in 'Court of Gold'

Basketball Gold at the Olympics, a Rookie Graduates, Revolution in ‘Paradise,’ True Crime Horror in Indiana

Daphnee Duplaix as Nicole Dupree Richardson and Tamara Tunie as Anita Dupree — 'Beyond the Gates'

‘Beyond the Gates’ Preview and Black TV History, an Underdog Sports Story, New Zealand Mystery, Hunting a Killer of Hunters

Bill Hader as Stefon with Seth Meyers on SNL's 'Weekend Update'

‘Saturday Night Live’s 50th Anniversary Party, ‘White Lotus’ in Thailand, ‘Family Guy’ Takes on ‘Top Gun,’ ‘Last Week Tonight’ Returns

Juliette Lewis as Natalie and Sophie Thatcher as Teen Natalie in 'Yellowjackets' Season 2 finale - 'Storytelling'

‘Yellowjackets’ Returns, ‘SNL’s Homecoming Concert, Sara Bareilles in ‘Waitress,’ Horror in ‘The Gorge,’ ‘Dexter’ Finale

Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Mr. Walliker in 'Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy'

Romcoms for Valentine’s Day (New ‘Bridget Jones’, ‘La Dolce Villa’), ‘Elsbeth’s Scottish Admirer, ‘Cobra Kai’s Final Kick

Jason Isaacs, Parker Posey, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sarah Catherine Hook, and Sam Nivola in 'The White Lotus' Season 3
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Roush Review: All Thai’d Up in a New Season of ‘White Lotus’

The Masked Singer Season 13

‘Masked Singer’ Masks Up, ‘Mythic Quest’ Plays a New Game, ‘Simpsons’ Special, Sitcom Valentines

Adam Baldwin, Alan Tudyk, Nathan Fillion, and Gina Torres of 'Firefly'

Ask Matt: Shows That Deserved a Second Chance (and in Many Cases, a Second Season)

Kaitlin Olson, Daniel Sunjata, Javicia Leslie, and Judy Reyes in the 'High Potential' Season 1 finale - 'Let's Play'

‘High Potential’ Finale, Conspiracies in ‘Paradise,’ a College Coach’s Comeback, ‘Joe Schmo’ Flips the Script

Survivalist Competitor Anthony (C) in the series premiere of 'Extracted'

Survival Test in ‘Extracted,’ ‘Black Hawk Down’ Documentary, More ‘Origin’ Stories, Roku Romcom ‘This Time Next Year’

Travis Kelce #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs

Super Bowl LIX, Puppy and Rescue Bowls, ‘Creatures’ Comfort, Gloria Gaynor’s Survival Story

‘NCIS: Sydney’ Returns, ‘Severance’ Field Trip, Critics Choice Awards, ‘Lion King’ at the Hollywood Bowl

Saquon Barkley, Philadelphia Eagles

NFL Honors, ‘Matlock’ Goes Undercover, Double Trouble on ‘Elsbeth,’ Fakery in ‘Apple Cider Vinegar,’ Norman Lear’s Legacy Lives On

Vanessa Morgan as Max, Giacomo Gianniotti as Ellis — 'Wild Cards' Season 2

‘Wild Cards’ Returns, Amy Schumer Is ‘Kinda Pregnant,’ Strahan Family’s Medical Crisis, Science Fair at ‘Abbott’

Mekki Leeper and Allison Tolman in 'St. Denis Medical'

St. Denis Gets Bad (Yelp) Reviews, Carnival Time in ‘Paradise,’ Jocko Sims on ‘High Potential,’ Joe Schmo Smells a Rat

Rob Lowe in the series finale of '9-1-1: Lone Star' - 'Homecoming'

‘Lone Star’s Last Hurrah, Adam Levine Returns to ‘The Voice,’ Rob Lowe Pays a ‘Celebrity IOU,’ Reunions on ‘Poppa’s House’

Trevor Noah 2025 Grammys Host

Grammy Awards, Strange Bedfellows on ‘Creatures,’ 31 Days of Oscar, ‘Side Effects’ on Adult Swim

Archival photo of troops arriving in Vietnam featured in “Vietnam” The War That Changed America,” premiering globally January 31, 2025 on Apple TV+.

Vietnam War as Seen and Remembered, Grammy Preview, ‘Fire’ and ‘S.W.A.T.’ Return, a Fateful Coupling

'Vietnam: The War That Changed America'
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Roush Review: A Deeply Personal History of the Vietnam War

Kathy Bates in 'Matlock' Season 1 Episode 9 - 'Friends'

CBS Thursday Lineup Returns, More of ‘Mo’ and ‘Recruit’ on Netflix, Invitation to a Wedding, FireAid on Multiple Streamers, Gene Hackman at 95

Taylor Kinney as Kelly Severide, David Eigenberg as Christopher Herrmann, Dermot Mulroney as Chief Dom Pascal — 'Chicago Med' Season 10 Episode 11

‘Chicago’ 3-Way, Game’s Up on ‘Mythic Quest,’ Animated ‘Spider-Man,’ Second Gen ‘All American,’ ‘Abbott’ Field Trip

Alan Cumming in 'The Traitors'

Ask Matt: ‘Traitors’ Winning Host, Mourning ‘The Franchise,’ Rerun Fatigue & More

Sterling K. Brown in 'Paradise' Season 1

Trouble in ‘Paradise,’ FBI Lineup Returns, Henry Louis Gates Jr. on ‘Great Migrations,’ ‘Joe Schmo’ Takes the Horns

Adele performs on 'SNL' on October 18, 2008

50 Years of ‘Saturday Night Live’ Music, ‘Jeopardy!” Tournament of Champions, a New ‘Bachelor,’ Another ‘Origins’ Backstory

Morris Chestnut as Dr. John Watson — 'Watson'

‘Watson’s Medical Mysteries, NFL Conference Championships, Asia’s Natural Wonders, Paul Newman at 100

Michelle Yeoh as Georgiou and Joe Pingue as Dada Noe in 'Star Trek: Section 31'

Michelle Yeoh’s New ‘Star Trek’ Adventure, ‘Agency’ Finale, ‘Drag Race’ Memory Lane, ‘Wild Robot’ Begins Streaming

Gabriel Basso as Peter Sutherland, Luciane Buchanan as Rose Larkin in episode 203 of The Night Agent

A New Day for ‘Night Agent,’ ‘Harlem’s Final Season, C.B. Strikes Again, ‘Murder’ Finale

Leo Woodall in Prime Target

Math Genius Is a ‘Prime Target,’ Big Cats on ‘Nature,’ UFOs on ‘Nova,’ Expeditions on Discovery

Ben Frisone kissing a goat on 'The Joe Schmo Show'

Reality Fakery on ‘Joe Schmo’ Reboot, Streaming ‘Gladiator II,’ Brady vs. Belichick, Toxic Family Intrigue on ‘Will Trent’

Rob Lowe in the

‘Lone Star’s Fiery Return, College Football Championship, ‘Traitors’ in Prime Time, ‘Gone’ to New Zealand

Pittsburgh Steelers v Baltimore Ravens

NFL Divisional Playoffs, ‘SNL’s First Show of 2025, ‘Mayfair Witches’ Powwow, ‘Creatures’ Baby on Board

Adam Scott in Severance

‘Severance’ Returns, Double Duty for Sam Heughan in ‘Outlander’ Finale and ‘Couple Next Door’ Premiere, NFL Icons, Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz ‘Back in Action’

'SNL 50: Beyond Saturday Night'

Behind the Scenes of ‘SNL,’ ‘Hollywood Squares’ Delayed Premiere, NBC Restores ‘Order,’ Stream ‘A Real Pain’

'SNL 50: Beyond Saturday Night'
Review

Roush Review: Live from New York … 4 Fascinating Chapters of ‘SNL’ History

'A Real Bug's Life' Season 2 on Disney+

Bugging Out, School Daze on ABC, Early Hitchcock, Freeform’s Scam Goddess

Jean Smart in 'Hacks' Season 3

Ask Matt: Repeat Awards Winners, Shows That Got Away, Crossover Dreams & More

Mayim Bialik as Herself, Melissa Rauch as Abby Stone in 'Night Court' Season 3 Episode 5 - 'Mayim Worst Enemy'

‘Night Court’ Blossoms With Bialik, Combing Through Diddy’s Dark Past, ‘Rookie’s Vigilante Problem, Immigrant Stories

Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller of 'Taking Care' Fuse documentary

Seth Rogen’s Caretaker Story, True Crime on ID, Final NFL Wildcard Game, Living With Tourette’s

James Herriot (Nicholas Ralph) in 'All Creatures Great and Small' Season 5

‘Creatures’ in Wartime, ‘Miss Scarlet’ Minus the Duke, NFL Wild Card Weekend, Down Under at the Australian Open and With Hallmark

Sam McCarthy, Jayden Bartels, and David Schwimmer in Goosebumps: The Vanishing

Getting ‘Goosebumps’ Again, New Kids on the ‘Silo’ Block, Making Friends With Animals, Dexter’s Date with Destiny

Preston Mota as Devin Rowell, Taylor Kitsch as Isaac, and Betty Gilpin as Sara Rowell in Episode 101 of American Primeval
Review

Roush Review: Brutal ‘American Primeval’ Reveals the West at Its Wildest

Isa Briones as Santos, Tracy Ifeachor as Collins, Noah Wyle as Robby — 'The Pitt' Season 1 Episode 1

Noah Wyle in ‘The Pitt,’ West Is Wild in ‘American Primeval,’ Scheming With the ‘Traitors,’ ‘Hollywood Squares’ Revival

Noah Wyle in 'The Pitt'
Review

Roush Review: ‘ER’ Meets ’24’ in ‘The Pitt’

Shifting Gears – Tim Allen, Kat Dennings

Tim Allen Shifts Gears, ‘Abbott’ and ‘Sunny’ Philly Crossover, Remembering Elvis at 90, Celebrity Boot Camp

Harvey Guillen and Kayvan Novak in the 'What We Do in the Shadows' Series finale

Ask Matt: Reflections on Series Finales, ‘Abbott’ Crossover & More

Adam Scott in 'Severance' Season 2
Review

Roush Review: ‘Severance’ Just Keeps Getting Wilder and Weirder

Molly Parker and Omar Metwally in the series premiere of Doc

Molly Parker Is ‘Doc,’ ‘Will Trent’ and ‘Rookie’ Join ‘High Potential,’ Finding More Celebrities’ Roots

Teddy Sears as Dr. Josh Nichols, Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Wolf in 'Brilliant Minds' Season 1 finale

‘Brilliant Minds’ Finale, ‘Antiques Roadshow’ Returns, TMZ Tracks Luigi Mangione, Kids Baking Championship

Nikki Glaser for Golden Globes 2025

Golden Globes, Classic Saturday Night Comedy, ‘Mayfair Witches,’ ‘When Calls the Heart,’ ‘Vienna Blood’

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Wallace & Gromit’s New Adventure, ‘Outlander’ Goes to Battle, RuPaul’s Drag Race, Returning ‘Home’ to Hallmark

Denise Leary in Going Dutch

‘Going Dutch’ With Denis Leary, ‘Extreme Makeover’ Returns, ‘Only Murders’ on ABC, ‘Lockerbie’ on Peacock

Singer Luther Vandross performs at the Mandalay Bay Resort September 20, 2002 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Remembering Luther Vandross, Celebrating Rock Legends, ‘Missing You’ on Netflix, College Football Playoff Quarterfinals

ABC's “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2025” stars Ryan Seacrest and Carrie Underwood

New Year’s Celebrations on Times Square, Nashville and Beyond, Shudder Celebrates ‘Horror’s Greatest,’ Michelle Buteau at Radio City

Greta Scacchi and Bryan Brown in 'Darby and Joan' Season 2 Episode 1

Acorn’s ‘Darby & Joan,’ Monday Night Football Rematch, Conflict at the ‘Last Resort’ and ‘Below Deck,’ Night of the ‘Jackal’

'The Simpsons'

New Fox Toons, ‘Home Town’ on HGTV, BritBox Provides ‘Protection’

Sam Heughan in 'Outlander' Season 7

George Washington Ate There on ‘Outlander,’ Dexter Meets Joey Pants, Grammy Greats, ‘Silo’s Deep Dive, TCM In Memoriam

'Squid Game' Season 2 cast

‘Squid Game 2,’ 2024 in Review, 24 Hours of Andy Hardy

Lee Jung-jae in 'Squid Game' Season 2
Review

Roush Review: Playing the ‘Squid Game’ Again With Diminishing Results

Ncuti Gatwa and Nicola Coughlan in 'Doctor Who' Christmas special 2024

‘Doctor Who’ Brings Christmas Joy, NBA Gets Animated, Football on Netflix, ‘Call the Midwife’