But it did have the power to give this TV critic — this TV watcher, this TV fan — an existential crisis, a feeling of overwhelming doom. I guess that’s something! “Countdown” begins with a Homeland ...

Similarly, the action-crime series “Blue Ridge” (released in 2024) is climbing the charts because season 2 recently dropped. At the time of writing, it’s sitting in the No. 9 spot, just behind the ...