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July 1, 2013
Esther Breger
The Fixer Fixation
Showtime gives us a macho Olivia Pope and a new TV archetype
June 28, 2013
Laura Bennett
The Reality Competition Show, Deconstructed
June 26, 2013
Laura Bennett
After Wendy Davis, the Strangeness of Watching Paula Deen
June 24, 2013
Phillip Maciak
'Mad Men' Season Six Finale, Post 2
Don realizes he's not the leading man
June 24, 2013
Lili Loofbourow
Dear TV: 'Mad Men' Season Six Finale, Post 1
The death of Don the liar
June 17, 2013
Jane Hu
Dear TV: Mad Men Season Six: Episode 12, Post 2
Everything’s different, but nothing’s changed
June 17, 2013
Laura Bennett
It’s Time to Stop Pageant Shaming
June 17, 2013
Evan Kindley
Dear TV: 'Mad Men' Season Six: Episode 12, Post 1
Don Draper as Hamlet
June 16, 2013
Laura Bennett
Betty White Is Not a Sex Machine
Our culture’s cruel obsession with dirty old women
June 14, 2013
Noreen Malone
Stephanopoulos vs. Stroumboulopoulos
Is American TV big enough for two Georges?
June 13, 2013
Laura Bennett
The TV Shows That Prepared Us for the NSA Scandal
Assessing a decade of surveillance television
June 13, 2013
Craig Fehrman
The Showrunner Fallacy
TV's auteurs matter much less than you think
June 10, 2013
Evan Kindley
Dear TV: 'Mad Men' Season Six: Episode 11, Post 2
'Mad Men' channels Freud
June 10, 2013
Phillip Maciak
Dear TV: Mad Men Season Six: Episode 11, Post 1
Sally is the secret protagonist of 'Mad Men'
June 6, 2013
Laura Bennett
John Oliver is Still an Outsider
And that's just what the increasingly insidery, decreasingly funny 'Daily Show' needs
June 5, 2013
Esther Breger
The Death of the TV Cliffhanger
And the rise of the penultimate episode
June 4, 2013
Lili Loofbourow
Dear TV: 'Mad Men' Season Six Episode 10, Post 2
The children of 'Mad Men'
June 3, 2013
Evan Kindley
Dear TV: 'Mad Men' Season Six Episode 10, Post 1
'Mad Men' does Joan Didion
May 31, 2013
Laura Bennett
Arrested Development, Indeed
It's time to say it: The Netflix format just isn't working.
May 28, 2013
Jane Hu
Dear TV: 'Mad Men' Season Six Episode 9, Post 2
Peggy no longer leans in

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