Robert Lloyd has been a Los Angeles Times television critic since 2003. Previously, he held that position at L.A. Weekly, whose music editor and critic he also was for some years, and was the author of the Today column at the late Los Angeles Herald-Examiner. His oral history of “Freaks & Geeks” appeared in the January 2013 issue of Vanity Fair. Sometimes, usually after dark, he masquerades as a musician (credits available on request).
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Winter Olympics opening ceremony was a sleek Italian spectacle, as only that country could deliver
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In this week’s Screen Gab, a conversation with ‘Bridgerton’ boss Jess Brownell, plus streaming suggestions for your weekend.
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