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December 26, 2016
MagazineSarah Marshall
The Rise of the Telenovela
How soap operas remade TV in their own image.
December 20, 2016
Alex Shephard
Who will be the Glenn Beck of the left? Glenn Beck!
December 5, 2016
Clio Chang
Did Reddit ruin Westworld?
November 25, 2016
Michelle Dean
Search Party: A Millennial’s Quest for Meaning
TBS's new comedy pours existential angst into a noir thriller plot.
November 21, 2016
Michelle Dean
The Frustrations of The Affair’s Third Season
Two seasons of angst have only made Noah Solloway seem shallower.
November 11, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump reportedly threatened Megyn Kelly before the first Republican debate.
November 10, 2016
MagazineSarah Marshall
Queens of the Stone Age
Can women in stoner comedies overthrow the social order?
November 7, 2016
Malcolm Harris
Better Call Brenda
Why did "Queen of the South" kill its best character?
November 4, 2016
Alex Shephard
Don’t make me like Brian Williams, Mark Halperin.
November 2, 2016
Alex Shephard
Apprentice producer and man responsible for American decline Mark Burnett may have stopped the flood of damaging Trump leaks.
November 1, 2016
Michelle Dean
The Triumph of The Fall
The show’s third season turns male-led serial killer narratives on their head.
October 28, 2016
MagazineJeet Heer
Westworld’s Trigger Warnings
The robots of HBO’s new drama wake up to the trauma of humanity.
October 25, 2016
Lovia Gyarkye
The Authentic Black Female Friendship of Insecure
On Issa Rae’s new show, black women are bonded, not divided, by their insecurities.
October 21, 2016
MagazineAlex Shephard
The UFC’s Dirtiest Move Yet: Union Bashing
Can the league's fighters win the same rights as other professional athletes?
October 18, 2016
Jeet Heer
Citizen Pain
After he loses the election, Donald Trump will enter a world of hurt.
October 18, 2016
Brian Beutler
Donald Trump’s Media Conglomerate Already Exists
Right-wing media is already Trumpified. That's bad news for Trump TV—and for the Republican establishment, too.
October 17, 2016
Alex Shephard
Report: Jared Kushner is setting the stage for a post-election Trump TV network.
October 12, 2016
Graham Vyse
Stop Salivating Over More Trump Tapes
We have more than enough evidence that he's vile and unfit for the presidency.
October 10, 2016
MagazineEmily Gould
What’s Love Got To Do With It?
On television, marriage enters the twenty-first century.
October 7, 2016
Michelle Dean
Netflix’s Amanda Knox Documentary Indicts the Media
But the show falls into the same ethical quandaries as 'Serial' and 'Making a Murderer.'

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