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January 20, 2014
Laura Bennett
Meet the Actress Behind the Most Fascinating, Frightening New Character on "Girls"
January 17, 2014
Laura Bennett
The Best Thing to Come Out of the Romney Campaign: This Documentary Movie
January 17, 2014
David Thomson
HBO Once Again Has the Best New Show on TV
'True Detective' could be the next 'Breaking Bad'
January 16, 2014
Eric Sasson
HBO's 'Looking' Isn't 'Girls' For Gay Men, But It Is The First Truly Post-DOMA Show
January 15, 2014
Oray Egin
'Homeland' Is Sending Signals for the CIA, Say Conspiracy Theorists in Turkey
January 13, 2014
Laura Bennett
Last Night's Golden Globes Was The Best Kind of Awards Show
January 13, 2014
Esther Breger
Downton Abbey's Cheap Embrace of Rape as a Plot Device
Depictions of violence against women are all over highbrow TV. This was the worst example yet.
January 10, 2014
Laura Bennett
'Girls' Has Grown Up—And Isn't As Funny
How Lena Dunham's show went from a coming-of-age story to a comedy of manners
January 6, 2014
Alexander Chee
The One Reason Downton Abbey Isn't What It Used To Be
It has no villains.
January 3, 2014
Laura Bennett
The Sad, Dark, Triumphant Return of 'Community'
December 19, 2013
Jeb Lund
Conservative Quacks Take Flight Over 'Duck Dynasty' Controversy. Hypocrisy Ensues.
December 17, 2013
Laura Bennett
The Best TV of 2013: Weinergate, Sex-ed, and a Fake Wes Anderson Trailer
December 5, 2013
Tim Wu
Netflix's War on Mass Culture
Binge-viewing was just the beginning. Netflix has a plan to rewire our entire culture
November 27, 2013
Andrew Harrison
Is Doctor Who a Lefty?
November 26, 2013
T.A. Frank
America's Least-Favorite City Has Become Television's Favorite Subject
November 26, 2013
The New Republic Staff
The Most Blatant Ways Homeland Gets Washington Wrong
November 26, 2013
Jennifer Kirby
What 'Scandal' Gets Right About Washington
November 22, 2013
The New Republic Staff
On Our Cover: Hate-Watching Washington
November 21, 2013
Henry Fairlie
Television's Love Affair With John F. Kennedy
The New Republic Covers The Assassination of JFK
November 21, 2013
Laura Bennett
Colbert Won the Night With His Trey Radel Jokes

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