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From “Shōgun” to “Blue Eye Samurai” to “Tokyo Vice,” Japan has been having something of a moment on American TV. Last year, Apple TV+ introduced “Drops of God,” a live-action manga adaptation about a wine empire’s succession crisis, to…

Stage adaption of hit TV drama is both amusing and moving

Join Ignition TV presenter Juliet McGuire as she tests the Land Rover Defender PHEV.

Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review.

Rashida Jones plays a woman whose life is slowly taken over by an AI robot following the death of her husband

New genre-blending A24 show on Apple TV+ sees ‘Parks and Rec’ star show her versatility

On paper, Sunny might seem like another addition to the lackluster summer TV lineup. The powers that be often assume we spend summer outdoors, prompting a lesser effort in entertainment offerings. What a naive assumption! These are…

Rashida Jones’s show about a grief-stricken woman and a mechanoid is confident, quirky TV that doesn’t put a foot wrong – even if its synopsis is dire

The actress plays an American expat in Japan who is gifted a domestic robot after losing her family in a plane crash.

With shades of Black Mirror and Doctor Who, Sunny features strong performances from Rashida Jones as grieving Suzie and the voice of Joanna Sotomura as her robot

Apple TV+’s latest sci-fi thriller sends Rashida Jones on a stylish slog through Japan.

Rashida Jones plays a grieving widow in Japan whose life is further upended by secrets about her husband and a cybernetic helper that shows up on her doorstep.

I’m lucky enough to work with some of the smartest, most in-the-know folks around, so I’m constantly filling my Zara shopping cart, Trader Joe’s list, and Netflix queue with their recommendations. One recent pick that caught my eye was a…

Sausage Party: Foodtopia is an absurd and deliciously clever political satire that serves as a sequel series to the 2016 original film

Considering the sheer volume and overall quality of films and TV series available on Apple TV+, it’s almost jarring to realize the subscription streaming service was launched just five years ago. In that half-decade, the Apple Originals…

Dare to stay at the Hotel Cecil in Los Angeles? Binge-watch reality as chilling guest reviews evoke spirits scarier than any TV ghost. Will you check in or ghost them?

Istanbul multi-millionaire Mesut (Baris Kislak), on The Turkish Detective, wasn't the sort to book a budget twin room at a three-star resort. His luxury villa was practically a private hotel for one.

Rashida Jones, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Joanna Sotomura, Judy Ongg, YOU, annie the clumsy, and Jun Kunimura star in the darkly comic Apple TV+ mystery series.

Ferociously entertaining TV that finally delivers scale and scope as well as thorny moral dilemmas.

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: During the only upbeat scene in The Night Caller, lonely taxi driver Tony decides he's going to be a bit more Clint Eastwood, live his life a bit more like John Wayne.