Features
Feature articles from some of the best and brightest minds writing about television today.
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POSTED June 9, 2024
Interview With the Vampire's San Francisco Episode Is a Masterpiece of Mangled Memory
In the era of the binge watch, Rolin Jones still knows how to make a meal of a moment.
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POSTED June 7, 2024
Black Mirror's Best Episode Transcends Timeliness, Even as It Gets More Timely By the Day
"Be Right Back" gets at a fundamental terror of our age: that we're ceding all aspects of humanity to the code.
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POSTED June 4, 2024
What Does 'Comfort Watch' Really Mean Today?
A Gen-Z case for why streaming The O.C. can be just as comforting as rewatching The Office.
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POSTED June 3, 2024
Once Again, Everything Is Riding on a 90 Day Fiancé Tell All
Season 8 of Happily Ever After? keeps coming up short.
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POSTED May 30, 2024
Dancing for the Devil Blurs the Line Between True Crime and Reality TV
The 7M TikTok Cult presents itself as a standard cult docuseries, but relies on family drama to fill in the gaps.
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POSTED May 30, 2024
Grey's Anatomy Helped Redefine the Feminine Ideal for Millennials
Shonda Rhimes' medical drama has become a feminist fantasy where women pick themselves and are rewarded for it.
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POSTED May 29, 2024
The Drama of MoviePass, MovieCrash Could Carry a Real Movie, So Let's Just Cast One
Michael Keaton, Ed Harris, Keegan-Michael Key, and some ill-conceived stunt casting would carry our dream adaptation.
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POSTED May 27, 2024
The End of Friends and Frasier Changed the Communal Viewing Experience Forever
Two series finales marked an accidental flashpoint in the history of how audiences consume TV.
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POSTED May 24, 2024
It's Not Just the Doctor Who's Regenerating — It's the Whole Show
The major overhaul begins with the Doctor himself, now played with great verve by Ncuti Gatwa.
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POSTED May 23, 2024
Abbott Elementary Season 3 Was a Win for Janine and Gregory, and Their Shippers
The finale, "Party," is just more proof of how well the ABC sitcom does character development.
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POSTED May 21, 2024
The Shield Is Still the Ultimate 'Previously On' TV drama
Few shows before or since have been more obsessed with cause and effect, action and reaction.
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POSTED May 20, 2024
Which Streaming Bundle Is Right for You?
Whether you're into Marvel, sci-fi, or sports, we have some tips for choosing the best package.
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POSTED May 17, 2024
Mary & George Flat-Out Changes History in Its Finale
King James and George's story ends with great emotional fallout — and a twist.
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POSTED May 16, 2024
Superhero Animation Grows Up in X-Men '97
The Disney+ animated series is a clinic on telling mature — and exciting! — superhero stories.
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POSTED May 14, 2024
The Sex Scene Discourse Is Overblown
For all of this talk online, TV shows don't appear to be scaling back on sex scenes.