Features
Feature articles from some of the best and brightest minds writing about television today.
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POSTED June 28, 2024
Eric and Pam Remain True Blood's True Power Couple
The vampiric duo's "us against the world" mentality has helped them endure long after the series finale.
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POSTED June 28, 2024
25 Years Ago, SpongeBob SquarePants Changed TV Forever
The jewel in Nickelodeon's crown continues to cast a major shadow over American television and animation.
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POSTED June 27, 2024
The Bear Season 3 Mirrors the Struggles of the Media Industry
"You ever think about how all the good sh*t is gone?" hits close to home for today's journalists.
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POSTED June 26, 2024
Free Streaming Apps Have Gotten Shockingly Good
But the plethora of options doesn't have to lead to more "choice paralysis."
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POSTED June 26, 2024
The Leftovers Is Damon Lindelof's Definitive Work
Closure remained intentionally, tantalizingly out of reach in the post-apocalyptic drama.
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POSTED June 25, 2024
Apprentice in Wonderland Raises Questions It Never Really Answers
In his book about NBC's reality TV sensation, Variety editor Ramin Setoodeh reaches a fairly banal conclusion about the rise of Donald Trump.
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POSTED June 23, 2024
All Hail Assad Zaman, Interview With the Vampire's Stealth Power Player
Only Zaman could keep up with Jacob Anderson in Season 2 of the AMC drama.
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POSTED June 21, 2024
The Acolyte Didn't Break the Jedi Order — It Was Already Broken
Leslye Headland's Star Wars show builds on the best part of the prequels.
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POSTED June 21, 2024
Summer Is All Too Fleeting in the Quintessential Episode of The Adventures of Pete & Pete
The recent I Saw the TV Glow communes with the melancholy spirit of a Nickelodeon classic.
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POSTED June 19, 2024
Stealing Boggle Trophies: When Celebrities Take on the Villain Cameo
Randy Travis, Neil Gaiman, and Adam Sandler have all had fun making themselves the bad guy.
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POSTED June 17, 2024
A Throwaway Star Trek: The Next Generation Line Inspired 2024's Most Optimistic Meme
You remember the Irish Unification of 2024, right?
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POSTED June 15, 2024
Why Bluey's Bandit Is the Best TV Dad
He may be a cartoon dog, but dads all over the world aspire to be like Bandit Heeler.
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POSTED June 13, 2024
The Owl House Changed the Game for Disney's LGBTQ+ Representation
The series centered Luz's bisexuality and her relationship with Amity instead of just alluding to it.
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POSTED June 12, 2024
The Challenge: All Stars Puts the 'Music Television' Back in MTV
Season 4 feels like a homecoming, for contestants and viewers alike.
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POSTED June 10, 2024
The Animated Sitcom Was Rarely More Subversive Than in Home Movies Season 1
Loren Bouchard and Brendon Small's cult series is almost anarchic compared to contemporary animated shows.