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Feature articles from some of the best and brightest minds writing about television today.
POSTED February 26, 2024
Netflix's
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Only Underscores the Importance of Filler Episodes
The term "filler" can be a dirty word, but it was key to the success of the original animated series.
POSTED February 24, 2024
30 Years Ago, 'Deep Space Homer' Blasted
The Simpsons
Into a New Comic Stratosphere
One of the best episodes of the series also feels like the moment that Fox's deathless sitcom untethered itself from reality.
POSTED February 23, 2024
Seth Meyers Delivers Appointment TV With
Corrections
The 100th episode of the web series is just as important a milestone as
Late Night
's 10th anniversary.
POSTED February 22, 2024
Happy Endings
' Hibernation Episode Is All the Proof We Need That It Was Canceled Too Soon
The great hangout comedy of the 2010s was pulling off unicycle-and-fez jokes with aplomb, yet ABC still pulled the plug.
POSTED February 22, 2024
Nurys Mateo Saved
The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion
From Being a Mockery of Itself
Untested — and unworthy — players dominated the season, which was an attempt to refresh the broader game.
POSTED February 21, 2024
The True-Crime Lens Has Now Turned to the True-Crime Obsessives
Crime buffs who once only posited theories are now "digital detectives" at the center of the action.
POSTED February 20, 2024
True Detective
Banishes the Darkness as
Death and Other Details
Finds the Light
How whistleblowers, fragmented memory, and a painful past link the two shows' investigating duos.
POSTED February 19, 2024
The Quirky Crime Solver Procedural Is Back, But It Never Really Went Away
The popularity of ABC's
Will Trent
is a reminder of why the offbeat detective remains so popular in the world of crime TV.
POSTED February 14, 2024
13 Unconventional Korean Romances to Watch If You're Craving Eccentric Love Stories
These heart-fluttering tales venture outside the box.
POSTED February 14, 2024
A Farewell to
La Brea
, Network TV's Last Big, Bonkers Swing
The end of the NBC adventure drama might also mark the end of broadcast networks taking any real chances.
POSTED February 13, 2024
No Amateur Sleuth Documentary Has Ever Topped
The Keepers
The seven-year-old series is both engrossing and hard to watch, but the dogged determination of its characters shines through.
POSTED February 13, 2024
The History of Stand-Up Comedians Doing Sitcoms, Part 2
One of the most successful shows of the '90s changed how TV executives and star comedians approached the challenge of turning funny jokes into weekly episodes.
POSTED February 12, 2024
TV Loves to Celebrate Valentine's Day With Anything But Love
Bad dates, breakups, violent stabbings — it's far from heartwarming.
POSTED February 12, 2024
The History of Stand-Up Comedians Doing Sitcoms, Part 1
Seinfeld
was a pivot point in the long history of a particular sitcom subgenre: the ones where stand-up comedians take the lead.
POSTED February 9, 2024
Barry Keoghan Takes Old-Timey Accents to New Heights of Strangeness
With Tom Hollander and Mandy Patinkin burrowing deep into odd voices on their respective shows, it's a fine time.
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