queer
LGBTQ+ people are not going back
This post is (somehow) about Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited.
Mailbag
November mailbag!
This month: So many questions about The Mary Tyler Moore show. Also: appetizers!
TV
Liked Saturday Night? Here are more backstage TV stories that should be movies.
From game show shenanigans to the early days of ESPN.
twin peaks
Twin Peaks asks us to look at horrors. And then we forget.
Do you know who killed Laura Palmer? No. Really. Do you?
emmys
Why The Bear is a comedy
And why Succession is a drama
Mailbag
September mailbag
Including thoughts on the Emmys, the future of cultural criticism, and Oscar forums.
episodes
20 episodes that should have made Rolling Stone's best episodes list (part 2)
Including Miami Vice, Squid Game, and Superstore
TV
20 episodes that should have made Rolling Stone's best episodes list (part 1)
Including Green Acres, Hannibal, and House.
lost
What we miss when we miss Lost
Lost changed how TV is made. But what about the show is missing from TV today?
presidents
What is the signature TV show of the Biden era?
Which TV show best fits the vibes of the Joe Biden era? The answer may surprise you!
horizon: an american saga
Kevin Costner's Horizon is really more of a 12-hour TV show
Has Kevin Costner accidentally solved the "more of a ten-hour movie" problem?
Mailbag
August mailbag
What are the most influential TV episodes of all time? And what's my song of the summer?