Alexis Soloski
Culture reporter at The New York Times
Alexis Soloski (Culture reporter at The New York Times) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include The Pitt, Heated Rivalry (TV series), The White Lotus.
In their words
Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.
The Pitt
Soloski called The Pitt impeccable television that improves on ER.
“I think that it, if anything, improves on ER in its speed, in its economy”
The Daily: Sunday Special: The Best TV of 2025 (Dec 21, 2025) · Listen from 48:42
Heated Rivalry (TV series)
Soloski argued Heated Rivalry's sex scenes are not gratuitous because the show is fundamentally about desire.
“the sex does not feel gratuitous because the sex is text. It is about sex”
The Daily: Sunday Special: The Best TV of 2025 (Dec 21, 2025) · Listen from 33:24
The White Lotus
Soloski called the Thailand-set third season of The White Lotus the worst of the series but still enjoyable.
“It was the worst of the series, but it's still enjoyable”
The Daily: Sunday Special: The Best TV of 2025 (Dec 21, 2025) · Listen from 23:12
The Hunting Wives
Soloski argued much prestige television forgets to be fun, citing The Hunting Wives as fun though not good.
“maybe entertainment should be entertaining rather than dour”
The Daily: Sunday Special: The Best TV of 2025 (Dec 21, 2025) · Listen from 19:33
Nobody Wants This
Soloski said Nobody Wants This's second season lacked narrative progress despite its appealing characters.
“I love the people in this show. I really like the vision of Los Angeles, where I am from. It makes me wonder why I left. But I wish that there had been some narrative progress”
The Daily: Sunday Special: The Best TV of 2025 (Dec 21, 2025) · Listen from 15:25
Romantic comedy on television
Soloski argued romantic comedy is hard to do on TV because the genre depends on an end point like marriage.
“But romantic comedies have been filmic because there's an end point. And that end point is typically marriage, right?”
The Daily: Sunday Special: The Best TV of 2025 (Dec 21, 2025) · Listen from 10:58
Severance (TV series)
Soloski found Severance's mystery-box element its least compelling aspect in season two, preferring its relationships and comedy.
“I tend to find the mystery box element, at least in the second season, the least compelling thing about it”
The Daily: Sunday Special: The Best TV of 2025 (Dec 21, 2025) · Listen from 6:24
Appearances
Sunday Special: The Best TV of 2025The Daily · Dec 21, 2025 · 1 h 1 min
Gilbert Cruz, James Poniewozik and Alexis Soloski review 2025's television, from conspiracy dramas and revived rom-coms to Andor, Pluribus and The Lowdown, then play a TV quiz.
Often appears with
- Gilbert Cruz · 1 shared episode
- James Poniewozik · 1 shared episode