‘What Happened, Brittany Murphy?’ Degrades Its Late Subject: TV Review

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticJudy Sheindlin is back — and audiences may not have had time to miss her.In July of this year, “Judge Judy,” Sheindlin’s durable CBS-produced courtroom reality show, wrapped up. Over its 25-year run, the outspoken former family court jurist became a notably high-rated (and famously well-compensated) television personality.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticAmazon Prime’s new animated series has a zany, anything-could-happen sensibility. Which makes it a little disappointing that what usually does happen is a bleeding-edge cultural reference.To be clear, “Fairfax,” about a group of middle-school hypebeasts (which is to say, streetwear obsessives) coming of age in image-obsessed Los Angeles, is often very funny in how far it’s willing to push its media-saturated sensibility.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticApple TV Plus’ greatest success so far has been “Ted Lasso,” a show about the power of teamwork and connection, with a group of athletes led by a somewhat unlikely coach seeking a bit of redemption.Its newest drama has all those elements, remixed and transplanted into a new context. “Swagger” is inspired by the early life of NBA superstar Kevin Durant, who serves as executive producer along with Brian Grazer and showrunner Reggie Rock Bythewood.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticIn the original “The 4400,” characters who’d long been missing suddenly return from an unknown alternate dimension, all at once. As the title suggests, the group of returned individuals numbers some 4,400 strong.

Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Disney+, HBO Max, Paramount+, Netflix, Peacock, Discovery+ and even more streaming services, there’s no shortage of options when choosing your next binge-worthy show or the main event at movie night.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticThe fifth and final season of “Insecure” begins with Issa (played by series co-creator Issa Rae) looking back: Her character chats with a college-era version of herself in the mirror, with young Issa wondering what the future will hold.It’s a clever way to recap how far the character has come since the show began. Her conversation with herself takes place during a visit to her alma mater, Stanford, to speak on a panel of accomplished young alums.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic“You” began by reversing the equation of Golden Age TV dramas. And three seasons in, its act is getting tired.The show, starring Penn Badgley as Joe, a stalker and killer to whose internal monologue we have access, is difficult to compare to series like “The Sopranos” and “Breaking Bad” but for one particular.

There have been many questions surrounding Brittany Murphy since her sudden death in 2009. Murphy, who was 32 years old at the time of her death, died of pneumonia, anemia and multiple drug intoxication from prescription and over-the-counter medications, according to the medical examiner's report at the time.

Many people would know Brittany Murphy as one of the most up-and-coming actresses of the late 90s and early 2000s, having starred in some of the biggest movies of those decades.

We may never learn what really happened to Brittany Murphy, but the new HBO Max doc, What Happened, Brittany Murphy?, is bringing us closer to the truth than ever before.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticNBC’s “Home Sweet Home,” in which families swap houses in order to see how their counterparts live, is pitched to audiences as a social experiment. But it’s one that unscripted TV has conducted before.Granted, past instances of this particular genre were significantly more geared towards provocation.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVMore than a decade after Brittany Murphy died, director Cynthia Hill wants to give the actor a chance to “be something other than her death.”“We’re doing a lot of looking back to reevaluate missteps and to be able to talk about people like Britney Spears and Brittany Murphy, who have been victimized by Hollywood, by the gossip industry,” Hill tells Variety.

Brittany Murphy unexpectedly died in 2009, it was a shock to everyone. But in the days, months and years that followed, the cause of her death only became more mysterious and compounding despite the coroner stating that actresses died of pneumonia.

There has been a lot of mystery around Brittany Murphy‘s cause of death, and whether mold in her Hollywood Hills home could have contributed to why she and her husband died within six months of each other.

Brittany Murphy and her late husband, Simon Monjack, were not married long before her untimely death in 2010 — but the couple continues to garner headlines.

It’s been more than a decade since beloved actress Brittany Murphy died at age 32, but fans haven’t stopped looking for answers about the events leading up to her death.

will address some of these theories as they take a look at the life, and death of the beloved actress. will showcase new archival footage and interviews from the close friends and family of Brittany.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticThis review contains spoilers for the plot and ending of “Squid Game.”To American viewers, “Squid Game” may seem to have emerged from nowhere. But it is a pretty unsurprising smash hit.The show, which Netflix chief Ted Sarandos has said is on track to become Netflix’s most-watched series ever, has dominated charts the world over, serving as striking proof positive of the streamer’s global strategy.