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Feb. 25, 2016
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Feb. 24, 2016
In Defense of Chris Carter’s Latest Season of The X-Files Season ten had its flaws, but after revisiting all six episodes, I believe it’s the virtues that will resonate over time.
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Feb. 23, 2016
What Does ‘TV-Show Mythology’ Mean, Anyway? Plus, Steve Zissis joins us to talk the latest season of Togetherness.
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Feb. 22, 2016
Girls Is Consistently a Better Show Than It Gets Credit ForIt’s more thoughtful and self-aware than the mountains of press clippings about Lena Dunham would ever suggest.
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Feb. 16, 2016
Vinyl , Horace and Pete , and What Makes a Compelling StoryDo these shows have the narratives to back up their appealing surface qualities?
11.22.63 Is a Sprawling, Intoxicating ShowIts leisurely pace might be a deal-breaker for some.
Louis C.K.’s Horace and Pete Is (Mostly) Good It’s not quite there, but there’s something inspirational about ordering this Eisenhower-era kitchen-sink stage play for 2016 on your phone.
What Defines a Showtime Show? Plus, we’re joined by Malcolm-Jamal Warner to discuss The People v. O.J. Simpson ’s Bronco-car-chase episode.
Martin Scorsese’s Vinyl Is the Year’s First Must-See Show Selfishness, appetite, sex, drugs, lies, guilt, sin, punishment: All the Scorsese touchstones are represented here.
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Feb. 4, 2016
Matt Zoller Seitz on 4 Classic Films That Inspired Mad Men See if this sounds familiar: A New York exec with a beautiful home and beautiful wife decides one day that he’s had enough of his supposedly perfect life.
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Jan. 29, 2016
Inside The Thaw , Russia’s Version of Mad Men One of the more fascinating descendants of Matthew Weiner’s show.
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Jan. 26, 2016
The X-Files : The Good, the Bad, and the UglyWhat’s going on with Mulder and Scully’s chemistry?
TV Review: The People v. O.J. Simpson This program spends a lot of time exploring race. But it also gets into class resentment, domestic violence, the distortion of self-image by wealth and fame, and more.
The New X-Files Has Plenty of Mythology. Now Bring On the Creatures. The debut episode is so curiously lackluster that even die-hard fans might fear the worst.
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Jan. 19, 2016
What Makes Sesame Street Special? Reevaluating the show as it moves in at HBO.
TV Review: The Super-Rich Kids of Billions A show full of people you’d cross the room at a party to escape.
USA’s Colony Is a Work of Real Science-Fiction Whether it will be memorable remains to be seen.
Second Chance Is Eccentric, But Not EnoughThis could be one of those cases where a new show finds a large enough audience to justify letting its freak flag fly.
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Jan. 12, 2016
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Jan. 11, 2016
The Golden Globes Has Built Self-Mockery Into Its Very Existence The mix of collegial affection and (mostly) affable needling encouraged honorees to feel pride, but not too much vanity.
Shades of Blue Is a Sensationally Effective Cop ShowAnd it comes with an easy message: Always tell the truth because it’s the easiest thing to remember.
American Crime Is a Confident Achievement in S2Scene for scene, it feels more attuned to the daily realities of life in 2016 America than any other drama on network TV.
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Jan. 5, 2016
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Dec. 29, 2015
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Dec. 22, 2015
The Rise of Female-Driven Television Plus, a conversation with Orange Is the New Black ’s Nick Sandow.
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Dec. 15, 2015
‘The Vulture TV Podcast’: Rachel Bloom Edition We spoke to the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend star and co-creator before she was a Golden Globe–nominated actress.
When Should TV Shows Stop While They’re Ahead? Plus: Why Battlestar Galactica is one of the most accurate depictions of the American psyche in the post-9/11 world.
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Dec. 6, 2015
The 10 Best TV Shows of 2015 Plus: the ten best episodes and performances.
Fargo and The Leftovers Reinvented in Season TwoVery often when you look back on a long-running show that’s mostly great, mostly terrible, or maddeningly inconsistent, you realize that season two is where the show’s true potential (or lack thereof) started to come into focus.
‘The Vulture TV Podcast’: Mad Men Holiday Edition For those in search of Thanksgiving dinner-table material.
Jessica Jones Is a Stylish, Striking Neo-Noir Drama for AdultsBetter yet, it’s enjoyable even if you’ve never heard of the main character and know nothing of the comics it’s based on.
High Castle Is More Boardwalk Than Mad Men Like Boardwalk , even though I have a lot of problems with it, there was never a moment when I wasn’t gripped.
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Nov. 18, 2015
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Nov. 13, 2015
Which Was Better: FNL or MSCL ? Which will prevail in our High School TV Showdown finals?
With Bob and David Starts Off Rocky, But Gets Its Groove BackBy the time it glides into its second half, you can feel the old madcap sureness returning.
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Nov. 12, 2015
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Nov. 10, 2015
Master of None and How We Talk About Race on TV“When Asians get to be regular and mediocre and, you know, not the top student, that’s when we’re finally getting into equality territory.”
Flesh and Bone Is Fairly Engrossing If You Can Look Past a LotIt can’t quite decide if it wants to be a delicious and outrageous melodrama or a series that’s more into atmosphere and realism.
Why More Actors Should Be Cast Against Type It’s how some of the great stars in recent years have been born.
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Nov. 3, 2015
Fargo and the Art of AdaptationPlus: Is Fargo not dudebro-y enough for audiences?
Ash vs Evil Dead Doesn’t Make Much Sense, But You Might Have FunOn an eye-candy level, the pilot is a must-see for admirers of imaginative horror film direction.
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