May
03
Episodes: How I make the top 18 shows list
Ever since I started doing my semi-regularly updated "18 best shows on TV" list at Vox (which I
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May
01
Episodes: Your show in one word
Back when I was first starting out as a wannabe TV critic and/or TV writer, I read a blog
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Apr
28
Episodes: Friday mailbag (April 28)
Howdy, mailbageroos! It's time to answer your questions!
Kim writes:
I am so into Superstore, it's
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Apr
27
Episodes: Confessions of a musical theater fan
I discovered musicals at the time when most of my peers were discovering popular music -- either in the form
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Apr
21
Episodes: Friday mailbag (April 21)
I'm back! But I'm also really sleepy, due to the after-effects of jet lag, and a
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Apr
07
Episodes: Friday mailbag (April 7)
I spent the whole day preparing for a vacation, then seeing a couple of my favorite movies at the Turner
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Apr
04
Episodes: What's in a show bible?
(The bible for The Bible was particularly complicated.)
If you read enough stuff about TV writing, or creating a TV
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Mar
31
Episodes: Friday mailbag (March 31)
Just pretend that I inserted a little song about getting email, sung in the voice of Strong Bad, right here.
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Mar
29
Episodes: What am I looking at? How does it make me feel?
Earlier this week, I received a lengthy question from a reader for the mailbag, which, in essence, boiled down to
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Mar
27
Episodes: Southland Tales and America 2017
When I saw Southland Tales, director Richard Kelly's second feature and follow-up to Donnie Darko, which is considered
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