Features
Feature articles from some of the best and brightest minds writing about television today.
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POSTED March 5, 2024
Today's Talk Show Guests Could Use More of Truman Capote's Audacity
The notorious author, the subject of Feud Season 2, had a contentious yet symbiotic relationship with talk shows.
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POSTED March 5, 2024
The Rise of Rahul Kohli, Hollywood’s Next Great Romantic Leading Man
Death and Other Details co-creator: "To the internet, you are welcome."
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POSTED March 4, 2024
K-Dramas Helped Me Find Community, Online and in the Real World
Shows like Goblin and Crash Landing on You eased the loneliness of the 2020 COVID lockdowns, and opened up new connections.
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POSTED March 1, 2024
We May Be Witnessing the End of TV's Teen Star Pipeline
Can streaming fill in the void left by Disney Channel and The WB?
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POSTED February 29, 2024
Living on Borrowed Time: 16 Shows That Made the Most of Their Second Chances
Believe it or not, TV can offer a lesson in how to carpe diem.
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POSTED February 29, 2024
Richard Lewis Was TV's Most Charming and Indomitable Hard-Luck Case
The comedian's self-effacing humor belied a tremendous heart and a comedic legacy that goes beyond Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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POSTED February 26, 2024
The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy Embraces the Alien
Both visually and thematically bold, Cirocco Dunlap's series isn't afraid to get weird.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.