The 10 Best TV Needle Drops of 2020

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( Last chance! [Save 60% on Vulture.]( What to Read Today [The 10 Best TV Needle Drops of 2020 From Queen’s Gambit’s “Venus” to I May Destroy You’s “Something About Us,” these musical moments helped push their series to new heights.]( By Sean T. Collins [Is It a Movie or Is It TV? And Does Anyone Really Care? After nearly a year of watching everything on the same damn screen, four critics attempt to talk through an unkillable debate.]( [Here Comes Wonder Woman 1984 to Shake Up the Winter Box Office The superhero sequel was the first test of Warner Brothers’ controversial plan to debut its offerings on HBO Max the same day that they hit theaters.]( By Nate Jones [L.A. County Health Department Asks Film Industry to ‘Strongly Consider Pausing’ As COVID-19 cases continue to surge in Los Angeles, productions are being advised to “focus on lower-risk work for now.”]( By Zoe Haylock [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Wait, What’s Going on With Hilaria {NAME}? Her speaker bio now no longer includes a line about being born in Spain.]( By Rebecca Alter [Deadliest Catch’s Nick McGlashan Dead at 33 The seventh-generation fisher appeared on more than 75 episodes of the series.]( By Justin Curto [Below Deck Recap: Jackassery On a normal night out, James flirting with Elizabeth would be the major plot point, but normal nights out do not feature Rachel getting wasted.]( By Justin Curto [Aly & AJ Drop Explicit Version of “Potential Breakup Song” The emotional release we needed in 2020.]( By Zoe Haylock [Lil Pump Banned From JetBlue for Refusing to Wear a Mask During a recent flight from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles.]( By Halle Kiefer [Constance Wu Reportedly Spent Her Summer Having a Baby Girl Not the whole summer, of course. You know what we mean.]( By Halle Kiefer [His Dark Materials Season Finale Recap: With Me or Against Me John Parry and Asriel are really taking the term “deadbeat dad” to new heights.]( By Devon Maloney [Emma Roberts Welcomes Her Brand-New Holidate, a Baby Boy Named Rhodes American Labor Story.]( By Halle Kiefer [Channing Tatum Packs His Bags to Join Sandra Bullock in The Lost City of D The Logan Lucky actor is reportedly in talks to join the Paramount rom-com.]( By Halle Kiefer [Armando Manzanero, Prolific Mexican Composer, Dead at 85 He was hospitalized for COVID-19 earlier in December.]( By Justin Curto [Pretend It’s a City Trailer: Martin Scorsese Presents Fran Lebowitz’s New York A new Scorsese doc, coming to Netflix on January 8.]( By Zoe Haylock [Mariah Carey Now Has the Longest-Running Holiday No. 1 And leads the most Christmas songs in the top ten ever.]( By Justin Curto [90 Day Fiancé Recap: Instant Legend All hail Stephanie, the new queen of 90DF.]( By Ashley Ray-Harris [Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical Cooks Up a Cast of Broadway Heavy-Hitters Tituss Burgess and Andrew Barth Feldman will star.]( By Justin Curto [Why The Sopranos Has Become a Zoomer Touchstone A generation that was largely still in utero when the series premiered is turning to Tony & Co. to help make collective sense of its conditions.]( By Luke Ottenhof [Monique Samuels (and Breakout Star T’Challa) Leaving Real Housewives of Potomac “It’s not easy doing reality TV, and to be quite honest, I’m over it.”]( By Justin Curto [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read more from Vulture]( [Subscribe to New York ]( [Subscribe to New York ](   Ends soon! Subscribe for 60% off and get[ ]([unlimited access]( to more great stories from Vulture, the Cut, Intelligencer, Curbed, Grub Street, and the Strategist. [SUBSCRIBE NOW](     [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=daily)   |   [privacy notice](   |   [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on e-mail newsletters please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 11th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2020, All rights reserved