Media Bits and Bytes — July 21, 2026
Portside
Is AI riding for a fall?
Is AI riding for a fall?
Is AI riding for a fall?
tv
The Pitt Called Out ICE. But They Were Too Kind.
Esquire
I doubt these masked idiots would peacefully take orders from an ER doctor—even the indomitable Dr. Robby.
tv
The Surreality of Watching Industry During the Epstein Fallout
AV Club
This season of the frenetic HBO drama was eerily timely.
tv
The Pitt Continues To Shine a Light on the Horrors of the US Healthcare System
The Guardian
In its second season, the award-winning medical drama is a scarily reflective show for the many Americans who watch it
tv
‘There’s Nothing Better on TV’: Behind the Scenes of Industry, the High-Stakes Finance Drama That Has Everyone Hooked
The Guardian
Created by two uni mates whose last gig was a David Hasselhoff comedy, the series has become a star-making transatlantic hit. Now it’s back for an intense fourth season that heads everywhere from Ghana to Sunderland
tv
‘No One Can Know’: Heated Rivalry’s Gay Love Story Exposes Ice Hockey’s Culture of Silence
The Guardian
The surprise hit series has reopened a familiar debate: why, in the National Hockey League, visibility is still treated as a problem rather than a possibility
HBO’s ‘Mountainhead,’ From the Creator of ‘Succession,’ a Delicious Satire of the Tech Right
The New York Times
Much of the pleasure of “Mountainhead” is the way it reflects our preposterous nightmare world. It’s not fun to live in a dawning age of technofeudalism, but it is satisfying to see it channeled into comedy.
film
The Creator of Succession Populates Mountainhead With More Hilarious, Monstrous Rich Guys
AV Club
Jesse Armstrong continues being one of the best at making ice-cold comedy from an "eat the rich" mindset.
tv
How HBO’s Industry Explores the Unsatisfactory Role-Playing That Workplaces Demand of Black Women
The Guardian
The firestorm financial drama offers an incisive look into this phenomenon, and into race, more broadly
tv
The One Thing Veep Captures Better Than Any Other Political Show
Vox
The year is 2023. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who played VP Selina Meyer on the 2010s HBO comedy series Veep, visits the White House to meet President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. “Veep!” “Veep!” the two women greet one another.
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