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November 8, 2017
Soraya Roberts
Amy Sedaris’s New Show Is the Anti-Goop
"At Home With Amy Sedaris" brings unexpected tenderness to the trope of the perky lifestyle guru.
November 3, 2017
MagazineRachel Syme
Hidden Powers
Why Margaret Atwood’s “Alias Grace” makes subversive television.
November 2, 2017
Patrick Blanchfield
Trump Is President, But Kevin Spacey Can’t Even Play One on TV
The end of "House of Cards" raises a troubling question: Do we have higher standards for TV politicians than for real ones?
November 1, 2017
Rachel Syme
You’re The Worst Is the Best Show We Have About Depression
Like "Bojack Horseman," the show looks directly at sadness in the brightest city in the country.
October 31, 2017
Jo Livingstone
Mindhunter Casts Masculinity as Society’s True Criminal Element
The new Netflix show about serial killers is as much about the men in law enforcement as the men who murder.
October 30, 2017
Emily Atkin
John Oliver is the best climate change reporter on television.
October 19, 2017
MagazineRachel Syme
Mom, Interrupted
Pamela Adlon’s "Better Things" has reinvented the family sitcom.
September 27, 2017
Jo Livingstone
What Was Will & Grace?
The show was never about social justice. But that begs the question: What exactly was it about?
September 26, 2017
Clio Chang
Is Neo Yokio a Satire of the One Percent? Or a Loving Tribute?
The new Netflix anime series walks a fine line between parody and homage, while hinting at the great show it could become.
September 21, 2017
Alex Shephard
People close to Donald Trump do not seem to have seen The Wire.
September 19, 2017
Alex Shephard
The Insidious Ideology of Ken Burns’s The Vietnam War
Burns and co-director Lynn Novick take a "many sides" approach to history at a time when "many sides" is a tool of obfuscation.
September 11, 2017
Rachel Syme
Bojack Horseman’s Fourth Season Is A Masterwork of Sadness
As Bojack goes awol, the women of Hollywoo face a series of painful challenges.
September 8, 2017
MagazineRachel Syme
David Simon’s Mean Streets
"The Deuce" refuses to glamorize '70s New York.
August 29, 2017
Jo Livingstone
The Defenders Could Be a Good Show, if it Weren’t for its Awful Main Character
The latest Marvel/Netflix series is less than the sum of its parts.
August 29, 2017
Alex Shephard
Game of Thrones Learned All the Wrong Lessons From George R.R. Martin
The author has taken too long finishing his magnum opus. The show, in contrast, has been too quick.
August 28, 2017
The New Republic
Game of Thrones: Walls Come Tumbling Down
We discuss “The Dragon and the Wolf,” the final episode in the seventh season of the fantasy series.
August 21, 2017
The New Republic
Game of Thrones: We Have an Ice Dragon
We discuss “Beyond the Wall,” the sixth episode in the seventh season of HBO’s fantasy series.
August 14, 2017
The New Republic
Game of Thrones: Beyond the Pale
We discuss “Eastwatch,” the fifth episode in the seventh season of HBO’s fantasy series.
August 10, 2017
Rachel Syme
Difficult People Delivers a Dose of Political Satire
United by a love of sarcasm, two friends take on a regressive world in the show's third season.
August 7, 2017
The New Republic
Game of Thrones: Into the Fire
We discuss “The Spoils of War,” the fourth episode in the seventh season of HBO’s fantasy series.

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