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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.

‘God Save Texas’ Review: Richard Linklater Leads Powerfully Personal HBO Docuseries About the Lone Star State

Linklater, Alex Stapleton and Iliana Sosa examine the death penalty, the oil industry and strained relations on the El Paso/Juarez border in this potent anthology.

‘Masters of the Air’ Review: Austin Butler in an Apple TV+ ‘Band of Brothers’ Follow-Up That Frequently Soars, Occasionally Stalls

Butler, Barry Keoghan and Callum Turner lead a vast ensemble in Apple TV+'s World War II epic from the executive producers of 'Band of Brothers' and 'The Pacific.'

‘Daughters’ Review: A Potent Documentary Nearly Undone by Its Anticlimactic Structure

Directors Angela Patton and Natalie Rae look at a program that reunites girls with their incarcerated fathers for an emotional daddy-daughter dance.

‘A New Kind of Wilderness’ Review: A Small but Stirring Portrait of a Family in Transition

Silje Evensmo Jacobsen's doc spends time with a Norwegian family after the death of their blogging matriarch, when they leave their life of rural isolation but try to hold on to her ideals.

‘Union’ Review: A Smart, Compellingly Complicated Documentary About the Amazon Union Struggle

Stephen Maing and Brett Story follow Chris Smalls and the fledgling Amazon Labor Union in the quest to organize workers at Amazon warehouses in Staten Island.

‘Love Machina’ Review: Provocative but Unfocused Doc Tackles Romance and Robotics

Peter Sillen's documentary follows Martine and Bina Rothblatt in their efforts to transfer Bina's consciousness into a creepy robot.

‘Ibelin’ Review: An Inspirational but Facile Documentary About Life, Death and Gaming

Benjamin Ree's documentary revolves around parents who learn about their son's rich social life as an avid player of 'World of Warcraft' after he dies of a degenerative neuromuscular disease.

‘Girls State’ Review: A Worthy, if Not Wholly Satisfying, Companion Doc to ‘Boys State’

Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine follow their 2020 Sundance favorite by spending a week with the young women of Missouri Girls State.

‘Griselda’ Review: Sofia Vergara Lends Netflix’s Overly Soft Griselda Blanco Series Some Much-Needed Steel

The star and a team of 'Narcos' veterans tell the story of the Miami-based drug kingpin in a new six-parter.

Critic’s Notebook: Emmys Telecast Overcomes Predictability With Polish, Proficiency and Emotion

Anthony Anderson sang, played the piano, bantered with his mother and wore a rubber suit for a smartly planned and well-produced night of awards honoring 'Successon,' 'Beef' and 'The Bear.'

‘Death and Other Details’ Review: Mandy Patinkin Stars in a Hulu Mystery Series That’s Too Much of a So-So Thing

Patinkin and Violett Beane star in a new 10-part locked-room murder mystery set on a luxury cruise ship.

‘Monsieur Spade’ Review: Clive Owen Gives AMC’s France-Set Sam Spade Series a Raison d’Etre

Creators Scott Frank and Tom Fontana take Dashiell Hammett's 'Maltese Falcon' investigator to the South of France for retirement and a new murder case.