Television

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

Taylor & Karlie & Lena: The Romance of Celebrity Female Friendship in the Feminist Selfie Generation
Romantic female friendship has made a comeback in pop culture with the television show Girls.
Rachel Vorona CoteJul 16, 2015
Gods and Bachelors: On Lifetime's "UnREAL"
Dear Television on Lifetime's show Unreal
Phillip MaciakJul 15, 2015
- Dear Television
- Television
True Detective, Season 2: "Night Finds You"
Midnight Dreary
Phillip Maciak, Sarah MesleJun 30, 2015
- Dear Television
- Television
Between Victimhood and Power: The Female Detectives of Television’s Crime Dramas
Annie Manion discusses the gender contradictions of female detectives in television crime dramas.
Annie ManionJun 22, 2015
Kingmakers
True Detective and the HBO Brand
Michelle ChiharaJun 21, 2015
- Television
They Shoot Old Film Stars on TV, Don’t They?
In Netflix's "Grace and Frankie," about two older women whose husbands come out as gay, the true queer relationship is that of the two women.
Nathan SmithJun 11, 2015
- Television
The Ethical Game: Morality in Postapocalyptic Fictions from Cormac McCarthy to Video Games
David Roman discusses Cormac McCarthy's "The Road," "The Walking Dead," and "DayZ."
David RomanMay 23, 2015
- Noir
- Television
The Marriage Plot: Three Versions of “Wolf Hall”
The story of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn has been told and retold from hundreds of angles. So why did Hilary Mantel’s version catch fire?
Laurie WinerApr 30, 2015
- Fiction
- Television
The Anti-Mamet: On Tina Fey’s Men
Masculinity in '30 Rock' and 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'
Nicholas MirielloApr 18, 2015
- Television
That’s So Awkward: Issa Rae and the Revitalization of Black Women in Television
Issa Rae’s fictional characters bring real Black women to TV.
Minda HoneyApr 11, 2015
- Television
Woman out of Time: On “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
The latest in the "man out of time" storytelling tradition, "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" subverts the form, skewering the absurdity of our era.
Andrew Benedict-NelsonApr 6, 2015
- Television
How the Golden Age Lost Its Memory
“The ‘golden age’ simply isn’t what it used to be.”
Andrew HeiselMar 22, 2015
- Television