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February 6, 2015
Esther Breger
Serial Offenders
'Mad Men,' 'True Detective,' and the miseducation of the fanatical TV viewer
January 30, 2015
Esther Breger
'Parenthood' is Dead. Long Live the Sentimental Family Drama.
January 27, 2015
Esther Breger
'The Americans' Is TV's Smartest Show About Parenthood
January 26, 2015
Sarah Marshall
The Real Drama of 'Girls' Has Never Been About Hannah
January 12, 2015
Esther Breger
Golden Globes 2015: For Once, Hollywood Wasn't Self-Absorbed and Narcissistic
January 11, 2015
Angela Flournoy
'Girls' Season 4: New Location, Same Stunted Characters
January 6, 2015
David Dayen
ESPN Is Finally Killing Cable. But Don't Celebrate Yet
December 31, 2014
Esther Breger
At Last, Television Shows Have Figured Out What Sex Is Like for Women
December 19, 2014
Esther Breger
Stephen Colbert Didn't Change the World, But We Wouldn't Have Survived the Bush Years Without Him
December 18, 2014
Alice Robb
Watching Colbert Makes Conservatives Even More Conservative
December 17, 2014
Esther Breger
Stephen Colbert Is One of Pop Culture's Best Literary Boosters
Here are "The Colbert Report"'s most entertaining author interviews
December 14, 2014
Esther Breger
The Year in Television: The Best Scenes of 2014
November 25, 2014
Sarah Marshall
'Duck Dynasty''s Success Is Entirely Based on Selling a Fantasy
The enduring, commercial fallacy of the "authentic" man
November 19, 2014
Esther Breger
A Mid-Season Assessment of 'Scandal''s New Feminist Speechifying
November 17, 2014
Esther Breger
'State of Affairs' Won't Save Katherine Heigl's Free-Falling Career
November 12, 2014
Esther Breger
This Web Series Shows Good TV Doesn't Have to Be Like a Novel
November 7, 2014
Ruby Lott-Lavigna
If You Hate Jamie Oliver, You Might Just Be a Snob
November 5, 2014
Esther Breger
Fusion's Election Night Coverage Was Like 'The Daily Show' For People Who Think Politics Don't Matter
November 4, 2014
Esther Breger
"Selfie" Has—Despite All Odds—Become A Good Show
November 4, 2014
Thomas Rogers
This German Talk Show Is American Celebrities' Worst Nightmare
It's a little bit racist. It's a little bit sexist. And it shows ordinary Germans cracking walnuts with their butts

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