Sunday Special: TV's Big Night

About this episode

<p>The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony is tonight, honoring the best television shows released between June 2024 and May 2025. But before the festivities begin, Gilbert Cruz, the editor of The New York Times Book Review, would like to have a TV celebration of his own.</p><p>On today’s episode, he gathers Jason Zinoman, a critic at large for The Times, and Alexis Soloski, a culture reporter for The Times, to “channel surf” through some of their favorite shows of the past year.<br /><br />On Today’s Episode:</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/jason-zinoman" target="_blank"><strong>Jason Zinoman</strong></a>, a critic at large for The New York Times who writes a column about <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/column/on-comedy" target="_blank">comedy</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/alexis-soloski" target="_blank"><strong>Alexis Soloski</strong></a>, a culture reporter for The New York Times.<br /> </p><p>Additional Reading:</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/arts/television/white-lotus-characters.html" target="_blank">The 9 People Who Check In to Every ‘White Lotus’</a></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/arts/television/the-studio-seth-rogen-comedy.html" target="_blank">Sympathy for the Devil, er Boss: In ‘The Studio,’ the Powerful Are on Defense</a></p> <p><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily"><strong>nytimes.com/thedaily</strong></a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p><p> </p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>