May 16, 2016

While Donald J. Trump may not have been their top choice, the adherents of socially conservative ideologies believe the alternative — Hillary Clinton — would be far worse.

In this era of prestige television, “Law and Order: SVU” and other shows from Mr. Wolf prove that procedural dramas still work.

Media companies are striving to appeal to a group with scattered tastes who crave novelty and individual experiences and who do not want to be a part of the herd.

When we started using new technology to watch shows on our own terms, without ads, we threw into question the modus operandi of a roughly $70 billion industry. A reckoning seems inevitable.

Quiara Alegría Hudes’s ensemble drama, which opened at the Signature Theater on Sunday, sympathizes with Philadelphia waifs and strays.