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February 4, 2014
Laura Bennett
TV's Boring Obsession With Accidental Viral Video Stars
January 30, 2014
Laura Bennett
This Was The Best Thing About Seth Meyers's Weekend Update
January 30, 2014
Ryan Kearney
The Only Thing Worse Than the Super Bowl Is the Puppy Bowl
Against the tyranny of cuteness
January 28, 2014
Isaac Chotiner
Ignoring Fox News' Racism is Good for Democrats but Bad for the Country
January 27, 2014
Jeet Heer
Herblock Was a Fine Political Cartoonist. Liberals Don't Need to Deify Him.
January 24, 2014
Laura Bennett
Next Season, 'True Detective' Gets An All New Cast. Here's Who Should Star.
January 22, 2014
Esther Breger
"Mindy Project" Will Be the Rare Show to Resolve Sexual Tension and Get Better
January 21, 2014
Christopher Beam
The Chinese Government Is Threatened by My Dance Moves
January 20, 2014
Laura Bennett
Sasheer Zamata’s Impressive, Frustrating “Saturday Night Live” Debut
January 20, 2014
Laura Bennett
Meet the Actress Behind the Most Fascinating, Frightening New Character on "Girls"
January 17, 2014
Laura Bennett
The Best Thing to Come Out of the Romney Campaign: This Documentary Movie
January 17, 2014
David Thomson
HBO Once Again Has the Best New Show on TV
'True Detective' could be the next 'Breaking Bad'
January 16, 2014
Eric Sasson
HBO's 'Looking' Isn't 'Girls' For Gay Men, But It Is The First Truly Post-DOMA Show
January 15, 2014
Oray Egin
'Homeland' Is Sending Signals for the CIA, Say Conspiracy Theorists in Turkey
January 13, 2014
Laura Bennett
Last Night's Golden Globes Was The Best Kind of Awards Show
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.
January 10, 2014
Laura Bennett
'Girls' Has Grown Up—And Isn't As Funny
How Lena Dunham's show went from a coming-of-age story to a comedy of manners
January 6, 2014
Alexander Chee
The One Reason Downton Abbey Isn't What It Used To Be
It has no villains.
January 3, 2014
Laura Bennett
The Sad, Dark, Triumphant Return of 'Community'
December 19, 2013
Jeb Lund
Conservative Quacks Take Flight Over 'Duck Dynasty' Controversy. Hypocrisy Ensues.

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