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September 24, 2014
Eric Thurm
What the Sex in 'Masters of Sex' Really Means
This is a show that has more of a lust for questions than for answers
September 19, 2014
Esther Breger
Jeffrey Tambor’s New Role Made Him “Throw-Up Nervous”
September 17, 2014
Esther Breger
This TV Show Pays Homage To—And Utterly Ruins—The Fault in Our Stars
The latest entry in pop culture’s Year of Sick Teens
September 17, 2014
Mason B. Williams
What Ken Burns Doesn't Understand about the Roosevelts
In realizing the “personal” Roosevelts, something of the “public” is lost
September 12, 2014
Andrew Harrison
'Not Very Entertaining, Clever, or Original”: How NBC Almost Killed 'Friends'
September 3, 2014
Esther Breger
Whit Stillman: Why I Love Working With Amazon
August 29, 2014
Elaine Teng
Can "Doctor Who" Survive an Older Leading Man?
The new, older doctor who tests the mainstream popularity nerd culture
August 26, 2014
Esther Breger
TV Still Has An Inferiority Complex
August 25, 2014
Esther Breger
Primetime TV Is More Diverse Than It's Ever Been. Why Now?
August 8, 2014
Esther Breger
Steven Soderbergh Made a Gilded-Age “ER” and It’s Riveting
August 5, 2014
Adam Kirsch
Finally, a TV Show That Truly Takes Religion Seriously
July 31, 2014
Esther Breger
A Timely New Spy Thriller Doesn't Over-Simplify Arab-Israeli Politics
July 16, 2014
Esther Breger
Hillary Clinton Tells Jon Stewart She Wants an Office Without Corners
July 15, 2014
Esther Breger
Why Network TV Has Become Home to Black Female Oscar Winners
July 10, 2014
Esther Breger
This Year's Emmy Nominations Are Same Old, Same Old
July 1, 2014
Esther Breger
Stop Resurrecting Dead TV Shows!
Yahoo should have let 'Community' rest in peace
July 1, 2014
Esther Breger
Interview: Orange Is The New Black's Poussey on Playing the Season's Tragic Heroine
And how she thinks her character wound up in prison
June 27, 2014
Danielle Henderson
HBOs 'The Leftovers': Family Drama Plays Out Against an Apocalypse
What happens when half the people you live with suddenly disappear?
June 25, 2014
Esther Breger
How Not to Write A TV Drama About Arab Dictators
To start, cast an Arab actor in the lead
June 20, 2014
Esther Breger
‘Orphan Black’ Embodies the Female Gaze Better than Anything Else on Television

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