Grim and atmospheric to the point of dank, "The Alienist" proves so derivative as to blunt its appeal. Adapted from Caleb Carr's novel, this historical fiction is handsomely produced and smartly cast, ...

Thank you for signing up! “The Alienist opens when a series of haunting murders of boy prostitutes grips New York City. Newly appointed police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt (Brian Geraghty) calls ...

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If you enjoyed Netflix's Mindhunter, and how that series explored the late-1970s roots of FBI behavior profiling for serial killers, then your next big TV addiction/obsession just might be TNT's ...

The first trailer for the upcoming serial killer search show The Alienist from TNT just hit, and it looks pretty great: The series is based on a novel of same name by author Caleb Carr, and the ...