We Are Not In TV’s Golden Age
As the internet squeals over Game of Thrones and the end of Mad Men, going wild on Thursday nights for Scandal and quivering with delight over upfronts, many are carrying on about how U.S. television...
Category: TV
Boy Meets Girl: A Giant Step for Transgender Representation
The words ‘transgender character’ and ‘comedy’ in the same sentence are enough to make most trans people twitch. Comedies typically use transgender characters as the butts of jokes and...
After a Decade, “McDreamy” Leaves Grey’s Anatomy
Shonda Rhimes has been breaking hearts on US television for over a decade, and the talented showrunner, writer, producer, and director doesn’t show signs of stopping any time soon. Last week marked...
Are US Procedurals Getting Boring?
As US television moves towards May sweeps, the inevitable discussion over bubble shows is beginning to percolate through gossip sites and trade magazines. Everyone wants to know which shows are in,...
Is Game of Thrones Getting Too Bloated?
Conspiracies wrapped in conspiracies, wrapped in feather comforter investments, because winter is coming—and it may be too big to fail. Game of Thrones slammed back onto US televisions this week in...
Jarecki Family Values: Power and Privilege in “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst”
If you somehow haven’t heard by now, the titular subject of the sensational (in both senses of the word) “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst,” was arrested in New Orleans (registered...
Where Are the Moms in 50 Shades’ “Mommy Porn?”
I hadn’t heard of the phrase “mommy porn” until I started reading reviews for the 50 Shades of Grey movie. Then it seemed like it was everywhere, from respectable news sites to Urban...
Review: Cucumber, Banana and Tofu
Russell T. Davies may be particularly famous for his revival of Dr. Who and spell as showrunner from 2005 to 2010, but before then, he made the shortlived series Queer as Folk, chronicling the lives...
Agent Carter Deserves An Audience
In the next few months, you’re going to hear a lot of feminists reflecting on if Marvel’s latest dip into television, the mini-series, Agent Carter, is “feminist or not.” With a show that...
Review: Backstrom
Catch Backstrom while you can, because the Fox series about a misanthropic and irascible police detective isn’t likely to last long in the US television landscape. The show is a delight to watch,...