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Esther Breger
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Esther Breger is a freelance writer in Brooklyn.
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April 28, 2014
Esther Breger
Some Advice for John Oliver: Stop Imitating 'The Daily Show'
April 25, 2014
Esther Breger
TV Needs to Stop Treating Mental Illness as a Superpower
April 14, 2014
Esther Breger
Unpacking the 'Mad Men' Premiere: Can Don Draper Ever Change?
April 4, 2014
Esther Breger
No Excuses, CBS: Hire One of These Outstanding Women to Replace Letterman
April 1, 2014
Esther Breger
'How I Met Your Mother''s Finale Was Infuriating
March 26, 2014
Esther Breger
'The Good Wife" Can Compete with Cable Drama, But it Shouldn't
March 19, 2014
Esther Breger
Anthony Lane's Scarlett Johansson Profile Turns The New Yorker into a Men's Magazine
March 14, 2014
Esther Breger
The 'Veronica Mars' Movie Gives Fans What They Want—And That's a Good Thing
March 7, 2014
Esther Breger
"I Think Jeffrey Tambor's Got a Kind of Gender-Queerness"
The Creator of 'Transparent' Talks Amazon, Family Secrets, and TV Sexism
February 27, 2014
Esther Breger
The Most Humane Drama on Cable Is About a Bunch of Murderous Spies
February 7, 2014
Esther Breger
The Late-Night TV Monologue is Dull and Anachronistic—And Should Retire With Jay Leno
January 22, 2014
Esther Breger
"Mindy Project" Will Be the Rare Show to Resolve Sexual Tension and Get Better
January 13, 2014
Esther Breger
Downton Abbey's Cheap Embrace of Rape as a Plot Device
Depictions of violence against women are all over highbrow TV. This was the worst example yet.
October 4, 2013
Esther Breger
Of Too Real Reality TV and Amish Journos
Plus, two other compelling details from my last few weeks of reading
July 1, 2013
Esther Breger
The Fixer Fixation
Showtime gives us a macho Olivia Pope and a new TV archetype
June 5, 2013
Esther Breger
The Death of the TV Cliffhanger
And the rise of the penultimate episode
May 16, 2013
Esther Breger
'The Office' Is Ending, and Maybe the Mockumentary Sitcom Should Go With It
December 2, 2011
Esther Breger
Teflon Newt?
November 10, 2011
Esther Breger
The Newtonians
October 27, 2011
Esther Breger
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