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June 2, 2015
Esther Breger
Television's Long History of Humiliating Poor People
"The Briefcase" and "Britain's Hardest Grafter" enter the annals of Misery TV.
May 19, 2015
Esther Breger
First Wives Club
Why all Hillary look-alikes don't look the same.
May 18, 2015
Esther Breger
The 'Mad Men' Finale Wasn't As Cynical As You Think
May 14, 2015
Jamie-Lee Josselyn
I Was David Letterman's Adopted Daughter (But Only for a Day)
May 6, 2015
Barrett Swanson
'Survivor' Is a Damning Illustration of America’s Distorted Class Politics
April 29, 2015
Tim Starks
Not All Boxing Fans Are Celebrating Mayweather-Pacquiao's "Fight of the Century"
April 21, 2015
Damian Lanigan
The English Channel
Imperial nostalgia invades American television
April 20, 2015
Naomi Fry
All Apologies
A new Kurt Cobain documentary reminds us of what we lost when he died
April 20, 2015
Anne K. Ream
Don Draper, Feminist
April 9, 2015
Lili Loofbourow
You Should Be Watching 'Fortitude,' A Murder-Mystery That Makes Climate Change The Real Villain
April 8, 2015
Esther Breger
What Happened to the Weird 'Louie' of Last Season?
April 3, 2015
Esther Breger
In Mad Men's Final Season, Work Is Just a Way to Kill Time Before You Die
April 2, 2015
Alana Massey
A&E Completely Misunderstands the Reality of Sex Workers
March 30, 2015
Esther Breger
Trevor Noah Is the Latest Sign of Late Night's International Wave
March 12, 2015
Jeet Heer
Sam Simon's Fractious Four Years With 'The Simpsons' Changed Television History
March 8, 2015
Esther Breger
Netflix's 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' Is an Instant Sitcom Classic
March 6, 2015
Saul Austerlitz
Look MoMA, I’m on TV!
What happens when television invades the museum?
March 6, 2015
Esther Breger
Your Straight Hair Doesn't Equal Strength
Why we need more curly-haired heroines on television
March 4, 2015
Aaron Bady
'House of Cards' Should Stop Trying to Be 'The West Wing'
February 28, 2015
Tom Carson
Why Leonard Nimoy Came to Embrace His Long, Prosperous Life as Spock

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