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September 1, 2016
Alex Shephard
The Trump-Peña Nieto meeting increasingly looks like it should be called the Jerk Store Summit.
September 1, 2016
Ryan Kearney
A rabbi and a Playboy model walk into a newspaper office.
August 25, 2016
Moira Donegan
Wife Rage
Jill Soloway's 'I Love Dick' puts female humiliation and fury at the center of a feminist classic.
August 23, 2016
Clio Chang
Stranger Women
How "Stranger Things" channels the female frustration of being disbelieved.
August 4, 2016
Aaron Duncan
What the Favorite TV Shows of Trump Supporters Can Tell Us About His Appeal
July 25, 2016
Michelle Dean
Where The Night Of Went Wrong
The show relies on an implausible plot and a primal fear of women.
July 21, 2016
Michelle Dean
Mr. Robot: Rebel Without a Cause
Why the hacker show fumbles in its attempts at social critique.
July 20, 2016
Michelle Dean
Stranger Things: A Dose of Goonies-Inflected Nostalgia
The new Netflix series aims to deliver something as simply pleasing as 'E.T.'
July 19, 2016
Alex Shephard
Report: Megyn Kelly has accused Roger Ailes of sexually harassing her.
July 18, 2016
Alex Shephard
Report: Roger Ailes is done at Fox News.
July 15, 2016
Eric Thurm
Vice Principals: Love and Toxic Masculinity
The new HBO series from the creators of Eastbound and Down is a meditation on homosocial desire—with poop jokes.
July 11, 2016
Sarah Marshall
The Night Of: Welcome to Dead Girl Town
The eight-part miniseries keeps a tight focus on the perpetrator as protagonist.
July 1, 2016
Pan Wang
How TV Dating Shows Changed Love and Marriage in China Forever
As TV became more commercialized, so did marriage.
June 27, 2016
Clio Chang
Game of Thrones has a travel-time problem.
June 21, 2016
Michelle Dean
UnREAL: The Drama of Meaningless Work
The spoof reality show doesn't depict female empowerment, but a toxic office culture.
June 20, 2016
Alex Shephard
Game of Thrones has chosen violence.
June 15, 2016
Alex Shephard
ABC helpfully reminds everyone why interviews with TV actors are usually so boring.
June 10, 2016
Joyce Millman
Maya & Marty: A Courageous Throwback
Don't dismiss the variety show as "old person" TV.
June 8, 2016
Esther Breger
Netflix released a “Binge Scale,” but it still won’t tell us how many people watch its shows.
June 3, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump and Morning Joe is daytime TV’s worst on-again, off-again romance.

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