Dog Days: An Interview with Mo RoccaJosé Vergara speaks to Mo Rocca, writer for “Wishbone,” about turning classics into a children’s television series starring a dog....JOSÉ VERGARATELEVISION
The One Where We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to LiveVictoria Myers considers the resonances between the author Joan Didion and the star persona of Jennifer Aniston....VICTORIA MYERSTELEVISION
The Art of the “Girl-Writer”: On Annie Berke’s “Their Own Best Creations”Sophia Stewart reviews Annie Berke's new book on the creative lives of women writers in postwar television...SOPHIA STEWARTTELEVISION
Does the Mind Not Rebel? Tony Soprano and the Path to a Greener PsychoanalysisEmily Schlesinger re-watches The Sopranos and considers new paths forward for psychoanalysis in the Anthropocene...EMILY SCHLESINGERTELEVISION
The Elements of Style: Diana Without DianaOn the heels of Kristen Stewart's Oscar nomination for Spencer, Soraya Roberts dives into the trouble of styling Princess Diana ...SORAYA ROBERTSTELEVISIONFILM
The Undoing: The Unusual, Unhappy “And Just Like That”Philippa Snow reviews And Just Like that..., HBO Max's sexless, zombified, tragicomic return to Sex and the City ...PHILIPPA SNOWTELEVISION
Nonlinear Delivery Options: The Times of "Station Eleven"Jorge Cotte thinks about the persistence and power of art across the various timelines the HBO Max miniseries Station Eleven....JORGE COTTETELEVISION
Why Are We Stuck Here: "Squid Game," Trauma, and RepetitionHannah Amaris Roh argues that Squid Game's simplicity masks its meta-commentary on the trauma of capitalism...HANNAH AMARIS ROHTELEVISION
Increased Visibility, Increasing Restrictions: Abortion on TVLauren Herold, PhD, and Steph Herold, MPH, ask why the increased visibility of abortion on television doesn't equal progress...LAUREN HEROLD, STEPH HEROLDTELEVISION
Single Girls Forever: How TV Envisions Friendship Between WomenKelly Coyne asks why TV series from Laverne and Shirley to Girls5Eva need to represent adult female friendship through girlhood...KELLY COYNETELEVISION
On "Evil" and Procedural FailureElizabeth Alsop considers the supernatural series Evil alongside neo-procedurals like Mindhunter, Twin Peaks: The Return, and Search Party...ELIZABETH ALSOPTELEVISION
Guiding Lights: On “Her Stories: Daytime Soap Opera and US Television History”Annie Berke reviews Elana Levine's "Her Stories: Daytime Soap Opera and US Television History," on a pivotal genre and its diverse fandom ...ANNIE BERKETELEVISION
The Way We Laugh Now: On I Think You Should LeaveAdam Fales watches I Think You Should Leave and asks what's so funny about sad men telling massive lies to themselves and others?...ADAM FALESTELEVISION
Pulling The Chair OutEd Simon reviews Netflix's The Chair and considers the academic obsession with fictional portrayals of the academy....ED SIMONTELEVISION
Elizabeth Ito’s Neighborhood: “City of Ghosts” and the Rise of Netflix AnimationPhillip Maciak explores the extraordinary niche that “City of Ghosts” occupies in Netflix’s varied animated programming....PHILLIP MACIAKTELEVISION
Studio Branding in the Streaming WarsJoshua Glick considers the differentiation strategies of the streaming platforms in historical context....JOSHUA GLICKTELEVISION
The Appearance of Light: On Barry Jenkins’s “The Underground Railroad”On “The Underground Railroad,” illumination travels across media, refracting and shapeshifting....JORGE COTTETELEVISION
Blue Skies Again: Streamers and the Impossible Promise of DiversityKristen Warner explores the “illusion [of] the democratizing, diverse ideal of streaming.”...KRISTEN WARNERTELEVISION
Streaming Enthusiasm and the Industrious Family DramaMichael Szalay on what the rise of streaming platforms and their dark family dramas tell us about the US flagging empire....MICHAEL SZALAYTELEVISION
Cobra Kai, the Twilight of American Empire, and the Allure of Paramilitary ViolenceAlbert Wu and Michelle Kuo explore how Cobra Kai manages to tackle American empire, wealth disparity, and rising fascism without cynicism....ALBERT WU, MICHELLE KUOTELEVISION
Queer Girls in The Wilds: Refusing White Feminism's Settler Colonial FantasyHannah Manshel and Margaret A. Miller explore the various colonial and anti-colonial valances of Amazon's The Wilds....HANNAH MANSHEL, MARGARET A. MILLERTELEVISION
Breaking the Waves: Britney Spears and Lars von Trier in LockdownPhilippa Snow watches Hulu's Framing Britney Spears and a few other films about the destruction of women at the hands of hateful men....PHILIPPA SNOWTELEVISION
Seven Plus Seven Plus Me: The Up Series Under LockdownIn the wake of Michael Apted's passing, Claire Marie Healy revisits the director's most lasting monument: the sprawling, poetic Up series....CLAIRE MARIE HEALYTELEVISION
Anthony and Carmela Get VaccinatedPeter Coviello misses his family in New Jersey — and everything else in the pandemic year — through a full rewatch of The Sopranos....PETER COVIELLOTELEVISION
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