Showing 1 - 8 of 8 articles tagged "Men and TV"

• Posted Saturday 8/14/21 at 4:26AM EDT

  TV is obsessed with "white guys in crisis": From The White Lotus to Ted Lasso to Kevin Can F**k Himself and Rutherford Falls

  "This summer, television became preoccupied with a question: What should happen to men?" says Kathryn VanArendonk.

• Posted Wednesday 10/16/19 at 1:06PM EDT

  Why are so many men winning Survivor?

  "In terms of winner distribution, the show’s first 25 seasons could not have been any more even, with 13 men...

• Posted Saturday 10/13/18 at 3:11AM EDT

  TV has built a world where white males are the protagonists of the story, from CBS crime procedurals to antihero dramas

  The fall of Les Moonves and the recent premiere of Lifetime's You -- which attempts to subvert the white male...

• Posted Wednesday 9/26/18 at 10:56PM EDT

  Kudos to This Is Us for its exploration of men's mental health

  "While many critically-lauded programs depict men engaging in bad behavior due to psychological or medical ordeals, This Is Us is...

• Posted Saturday 7/28/18 at 12:28AM EDT

  How Boardwalk Empire became a critique of toxic masculinity

  "As it stands, Boardwalk Empire was an academic criticism that—despite narrative missteps, confusing racial politics, and problematic elements—emerges as a...

• Posted Friday 4/20/18 at 10:50PM EDT

  Jane the Virgin creator explains the shocking season finale

  "As we enter our final chapter, the beginning of our ending," says Jennie Snyder Urman, "I thought about what I...

• Posted Tuesday 4/17/18 at 7:01PM EDT

  Billions has evolved to offer TV's best critique of toxic masculinity

  Season 3 has turned its attention on gender thanks to the emergence of nonbinary actor Asia Kate Dillon from a...

• Posted Friday 3/30/18 at 9:30PM EDT

  TV is in the midst of a crying men trend

  From Jimmy Kimmel to This Is Us to Queer Eye, manly tears have evolved from a punchline to something that...