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Liz Hersey

Editor

September, 2018
Sex and the City, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Gilmore Girls
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About Liz Hersey

Liz Hersey is an Editor and Critic for ScreenRant's TV team, editing, reviewing, writing, and creating content about the iconic shows you love to watch. She began her editing career at ScreenRant in 2019, shortly after joining the site as a Writer that same year.


With a passion for all things books, Liz frequently attends Toronto literary events and conferences, and loves interacting with her book lover community. In addition to being an avid reader of the romance and thriller genres, Liz is a writer of several short stories, and is currently at work on a young adult witch novel.

When she's not working, reading, or writing, Liz can be found seeing movies at her local cinema, attending live jazz events, or curling up on the couch to binge her favorite TV shows.

You can reach her at liz.h@screenrant.com.

Industry Focus

As an Editor and Critic for the TV team at ScreenRant, Liz covers iconic TV shows that are off the air but still very much a part of the pop culture conversation. She draws on her expertise of female-driven shows like Sex and the City, Gilmore Girls, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, examining why it's still so important to talk about them today and how they changed society as a whole. She also specializes in current romance shows, including Bridgerton and Emily in Paris.

In addition to her editor and critic duties, Liz has interviewed creatives of popular series, including And Just Like That.

Besides getting to engage with her favorite shows, Liz's favorite part of the job is helping great writers become excellent.

Favorite Media

Liz has been a diehard fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Sex and the City, and Harry Potter for over 20 years. She also has a passion for female-driven and romance shows, including Gilmore Girls, Succession, Bridgerton, Nobody Wants This, Emily in Paris, and The Hunting Wives. 

Liz's favorite movies are Pride and Prejudice (2005), Barbie, and the Knives Out franchise. She is also an awards show fanatic and multiple Oscar pool winner.

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Florence Pugh in East of Eden
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Zoe Kazan's East of Eden Netflix miniseries took bold departures from the John Steinbeck book and movie. Here's how its ending compares.

Sydney Sweeney as Cassie Howard
Sydney Sweeney Finds Euphoria Replacement In New HBO Thriller

Euphoria may have ended, but based on a promising update about her HBO thriller series., Sydney Sweeney isn't ready to say goodbye to TV yet.

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Enid Sinclair (Emma Myers) with her claws drawn in Wednesday
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Wednesday is one of Netflix's biggest teen shows, and Disney is getting its own elite magic school series with Coven Academy. How will it compare?

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Leo Struthers (Alan Cumming) looking upset in Tip Toe
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Timothy Olyphant shone in Apple TV's hit crime thriller series Lucky, and his role as John Armstrong is reminiscent of his performance in Damages.

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Charlie Hunnam's 17-Episode Comedy Series Deserves The Same Cult Love As Freaks & Geeks

Way before Sons of Anarchy and Monster, Charlie Hunnam starred in Undeclared, a short-lived college sitcom that deserves Freaks & Geeks' cult status.

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Arnold and Patrick Schwarzenegger are one of Hollywood's most famous father-son duos, and their only project together is Prime Video's Secret Level.

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Another Matrix Star Takes On The Baba Yaga In 4 Weeks

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Breaking Bad's Best Line Is Still The Coldest 6 Words In Crime Drama History

Breaking Bad is an incredibly intense show, but it topped itself and made crime drama history with the most chilling line the genre has ever seen.

Kelly Reilly as Beth Dutton in Dutton Ranch
Dutton Ranch's Yellowstone Change Saves Season 2 From Death Sentence

Dutton Ranch is a successful Yellowstone spinoff, but after the season 1 finale, the show seemed doomed. Thankfully, it's going back to its roots.

Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) mulling something over in The Big Bang Theory season 12
18 Years Later, A Sheldon Zinger From The Big Bang Theory Has Aged Like Milk

Sheldon Cooper delivers some of The Big Bang Theory's funniest lines, but one quote early in the sitcom has aged especially poorly given what we know.

Bradley Cooper, Lisa Ann Walter, and a young child in Abbott Elementary
The Best Sitcom On Network TV Returns In 2 Weeks

The reliably excellent sitcom Abbott Elementary proves that network TV is still worth watching, and its sixth season returns in October.

Summer Bishil as Margo Hanson in The Magicians
Syfy's 5-Season Fantasy Series Deserves Kudos For Being A YA Adaptation That Pulls No Punches

The YA genre gets a bad rap, but Syfy's The Magicians is a prime example of how much deeper and more hard-hitting it is than people think.

Sarah Paulson as Aileen Wuornos in Monsters
Netflix's 4-Part Psychological Crime Series Can Easily Last Another 6 Seasons

Netflix's psychological crime series Monster, which just premiered its fourth season centered on Lizzie Borden, is practically made to be 10 seasons.

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HBO's Harry Potter Is Making The Same Mistake As The Hunger Games, The Rings Of Power & Star Wars

HBO's Harry Potter show may be an exciting prospect, but it's committing the same sin as other hugely popular fantasy genre franchises.

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Ken Marino, Brett Tucker, and Nathan Lovejoy in The Residence episode 2
Agatha Christie Meets The West Wing In Netflix's 8-Episode Murder Mystery With A Top-Tier Cast

The Residence, Netflix's hilarious murder mystery series that was canceled too soon, combines the best of Agatha Christie and The West Wing.

James Spader as Red Reddington on the phone in The Blacklist season 5
James Spader's 218-Episode Crime Thriller Spinoff Deserved At Least 1 More Season

The Blacklist may have run for 10 seasons, but its perfectly good spinoff series, The Blacklist: Redemption, was sadly canceled after just one.

James McAvoy as Lord Asriel in season 2 of His Dark Materials
The BBC's 23-Episode Fantasy Series Deserves Higher Than Its 83% Rotten Tomatoes Score

BBC and HBO co-pro series His Dark Materials is one of the best fantasy series in recent memory, which makes its 83% RT score shockingly low.

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