“Eric” practically drips with Prestige TV trappings: a cast of great actors, a Very Serious Topic, and no doubt a primo slot coming soon on your Netflix recommendations page. It’s also all over the ...

The most idiosyncratic and striking moment on TV this summer? It could be Benedict Cumberbatch as a father running through the streets of New York in a giant, fuzzy blue monster puppet getup amid a ...

The most idiosyncratic and striking moment on TV this summer? It could be Benedict Cumberbatch as a father running through the streets of New York in a giant, fuzzy blue monster puppet getup amid a ...

McKinley Belcher III, left, Benedict Cumberbatch and Gaby Hoffmann star in Netflix's "Eric," a series set in 1980s New York. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) The most idiosyncratic and striking ...