‘The Vulture TV Podcast’: We’re Doing It Live Matt shares why he forbade his daughter from watching the Disney Channel.
Supergirl Is a Smart, Feminist SeriesIt’s aware of the cultural and political implications of everything it’s showing us.
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Oct. 21, 2015
What Does ‘Cinematic TV’ Really Mean? Matt Zoller Seitz goes beyond the usual vague, hyperbolic use of the adjective, arriving at a clear definition.
On The Knick Set With Steven Soderbergh, Binge Director He can make a whole season almost as fast as you can watch it.
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Oct. 14, 2015
Are Hour-long Comedies Really Comedies? Plus, the TV fanfiction pairings of our dreams.
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Oct. 11, 2015
On The Knick Set With Steven Soderbergh, Binge Director He can make a whole season almost as fast as you can watch it.
Amazon’s Red Oaks Is Less Than the Sum of Its Parts It often feels like an attempt to reconcile its many influences.
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Oct. 6, 2015
How Is Religion Handled on Television? Surprisingly, it’s not dealt with as often as we’d expect in America.
Code Black Saved by Excellent Character ActorsMarcia Gay Harden is so formidable that she makes her character tolerable, even exciting.
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Sept. 29, 2015
When Is TV Best Watched With Others? Plus: an extended dining metaphor about shows like Quantico and Empire that just give you the damn food.
Trevor Noah Will Make The Daily Show His Own If Comedy Central’s agenda is to restore The Daily Show as a vehicle that can purr comfortably along, Noah’s goal should be to drive that vehicle to places it has never thought about visiting.
Minority Report Is Another Damn Cop ShowThe production design is the best (maybe only) reason to watch.
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Sept. 20, 2015
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Sept. 20, 2015
Emmys 2015: Who Should Win in the Drama Races? What’s Jon Hamm gotta do to win a damn Emmy already?
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Sept. 20, 2015
The New Muppet Show Recaptures Some of the Original’s Glory It deeply feels like a culmination of the company’s post-Henson struggles.
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Sept. 17, 2015
Best Time Ever With Neil Patrick Harris Deserves Your RespectWhat we’re seeing here is not just an artistic performance but an athletic one, and it’s amazing.
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Sept. 15, 2015
Do Networks Have Personalities? Plus what to expect from FX’s The Bastard Executioner.
Key & Peele Was Always a Show Built to Last Focusing on their topical humor misses the point.
Colbert Enlivens, Brings Depth to Late Night Colbert has an advantage over other late-night hosts: He’s an actor.
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Sept. 8, 2015
The Best Twists in TV History All the times TV really messed with our minds.
Why Mr. Robot Is Not a Great Show (Yet) There’s something not quite there about it, and it’s frustrating.
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Sept. 1, 2015
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Aug. 31, 2015
Hannibal Redefined How We Tell Stories on TelevisionAnd it went out with one of the greatest endings in TV history.
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Aug. 26, 2015
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Aug. 25, 2015
The Art of a Kickass TV Pilot And why Fear the Walking Dead is the McDonald’s of zombie lore.
Fear the Walking Dead Will Be a Huge Hit at Laundromats EverywhereIf the prequel were amazing, it would be catastrophically off-brand.
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Aug. 11, 2015
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Aug. 10, 2015
True Detective : What Went WrongI defended it at first, but after a while I had to stop because it was making a fool of me.
Mr. Robinson Would Have Been a Good Sitcom 20 Years AgoThis one hits the old-broadcast-network sweet spot, and unfortunately that means it’s not good enough.
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Aug. 4, 2015
The Mad Brilliance of Key & Peele Plus: the reboot of Wet Hot American Summer vs. the reboot of Arrested Development .
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July 28, 2015
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July 21, 2015
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July 21, 2015
Taking Stock of the 2015 Emmy Nominations Someone, please remind the Academy that The Americans is eligible.
Denis Leary’s Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll Is a Total Misfire Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll is a superficial title for a superficial show.
TV Review: The Jim Gaffigan Show Is a Likable Spin on a Tired Premise I’m not sure how many more sitcoms about nationally successful comedians TV needs. But this is a good one.
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