Television

"Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television." —Woody Allen

Pose(r): Ryan Murphy, Trans and Queer of Color Labor, and the Politics of Representation
Alfred Martin explores the limits of representation on FX's Pose...
Alfred L. Martin Jr.Aug 2, 2018
- Television
When Women Dared to Talk About Sex
Jennifer Keishin Armstrong discusses the legacy of “Sex and the City.”
Heather Wood RudulphAug 1, 2018
- Gender & Sexuality
- Television
The Jokes on Us: Examining the Hard Truths For Women in Television
Achieving equity in TV isn’t just about being fair — it’s about accessing new and better stories to elevate television for everyone.
Eric DeggansJul 6, 2018
New Black Gothic
Sheri-Marie Harrison on "This Is America," "Get Out," "Sing, Unburied, Sing," and the new black Gothic.
Sheri-Marie HarrisonJun 23, 2018
Notes from Underground: WGN’s Black-Cast Quality TV Experiment
How did “Underground” become a test case for black-cast quality TV? And how does its failure show us the way the industry associates blackness with risk?
Alfred L. Martin Jr.May 31, 2018
- Television
Fury, Kitten, Dude: On Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Lili Loofbourow and Irene Yoon check in with Crazy Ex-Girlfriend at the off-kilter end of its third season!
Irene Yoon, Lili LoofbourowApr 11, 2018
- Dear Television
- Television
Framing Our World: On Vanda Krefft’s “The Man Who Made the Movies: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of William Fox”
Dan Friedman unreels “The Man Who Made the Movies,” a biography of William Fox by Vanda Krefft.
Dan FriedmanMar 15, 2018
Dwelling in the Upside Down: On “Stranger Things 2”
"Stranger Things 2" feels less like a tribute to old films, less nostalgic, and more a cautionary historical fiction focused sharply on the near future.
Stefanie SobelleMar 9, 2018
- SF
- Television
No Follow-Through
“Star Trek” seems paralyzed by the idea of doing the one thing the fans of the series actually want.
Gerry CanavanFeb 17, 2018
- SF
- Television
Giant Mezuzahs: The Yiddishkeit of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Deborah Krieger on "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," in which Jewish characters and their community are the default.
Deborah KriegerFeb 14, 2018
- Television
The Dead Do Not Improve: “The Good Place”’s Divine Justice System
What might NBC's sitcom "The Good Place" tell us about early Christian theology and the era of mass incarceration?
Dan HornsbyJan 28, 2018
- Religion
- Television
“For 25 Years I’ve Kept Something from You”: “Twin Peaks” in Print
A survey of books on, in, and about “Twin Peaks.”
Andrew HagemanJan 16, 2018