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The Walkthrough The New Girl showrunners on solving a season-two puzzle—then re-arranging the pieces

A late-season groove is slightly disrupted by an order for an additional episode.

May 14, 2013 | 12:00am -
TV Club : Rectify “Drip, Drip”

We’ve been waiting four weeks for something along the lines of Rectify’s first 10 minutes tonight.

May 13, 2013 | 11:40pm -
Newswire Fall TV previews: We look at all the fancy vampires and bald James Spaders of NBC's new shows

Sean Hayes and Michael J. Fox came, too.

May 13, 2013 | 7:00pm -
The Walkthrough The New Girl showrunners on building the second season toward its “big kiss”—and the aftermath

“This is ridiculous. Why are they not making out? Why are they having conversations that married couples have about parents?”

May 13, 2013 | 11:00am -
Newswire Fall schedule announcement: Big number of series orders doesn’t have big impact on Fox lineup

The 2013-14 lineup looks an awful lot like the 2012-13 lineup.

May 13, 2013 | 10:28am -
TV Club : Family Tree “The Box”

Waiting for Christopher Guest to make his own TV mockumentary has been well worth it.

May 12, 2013 | 4:00pm -
What's On Tonight? Call your mom, tell her you love her—and that she should watch Family Tree

Call your mom, tell her you love her—and that she should watch Family Tree. Also: Season finales, ahoy!

May 12, 2013 | 12:00am -
Newswire New fall pickups indicate CBS still flush with cash, run by execs not suffering from head injuries

Robin Williams, Jerry Bruckheimer, Chuck Lorre, and other bankable, safe bets that speaks to the full mental faculties and non-compromised cognitive abilities of people who are not recovering from severe brain trauma.

May 10, 2013 | 5:41pm -
NOT OPTIONAL The current must-see movie, a pair of absurd Twitter feeds, and a dose of black metal

Some entertainment is optional. These aren’t.

May 10, 2013 | 10:00am -
AVQ&A The films you’ve loved longest

In the third AVQ&A in a themed trilogy, we look at the films we discovered earliest in life and still enjoy rewatching.

May 10, 2013 | 12:00am -
The Walkthrough The New Girl showrunners on some of season 2’s biggest challenges (Part 2 of 5)

Long nights, hauling a sleigh up a Los Angeles mountain, and the parts of the female anatomy you can’t show on television—even if they’re on medical charts.

May 10, 2013 | 12:00am -
TV Club : The Office “A.A.R.M.”

In the 11th hour, the show scores by relying on the strengths of its core characters.

May 9, 2013 | 9:25pm -
Newswire Upfront updates: NBC has a good feeling about these J.J. Abrams and Jason Katims kids

They’re going places—the 2013-14 primetime lineup, specifically.

May 9, 2013 | 1:08pm -
What's On Tonight? Is this Community’s final finale? It could go either way at this point

Is this Community’s final finale? It could go either way at this point. Also: The Office takes over more Thursday-night real estate before it leaves forever and Glee makes sure you forever associate the word “Catfish” with 2013.

May 9, 2013 | 12:00am -
The Walkthrough The New Girl showrunners on wrangling season two’s first five episodes (Part 1 of 5)

A trashed première, lessons from Seinfeld vets, notes on jiggling, and other stories from the trenches of the TV season’s best returning comedy.

May 9, 2013 | 12:00am -
TV Roundtable A classic Simpsons episode explores the universality of being Frank Grimes

The beleaguered everyman meets his doom: the incompetent whirlwind that is Homer Simpson.

May 8, 2013 | 11:00am -
Newswire Phil Hartman’s Flat TV lets the late comic performer voice one final cartoon

You might remember him as the man who voiced The Simpsons’ Troy McClure—who you might remember from such films as “P” Is For Psycho and The President’s Neck Is Missing.

May 8, 2013 | 10:51am -
TV Club 10 Tracing The Office’s rise from midseason also-ran to nine-season behemoth

Rather than withering in the original Office’s shadow, the American remake survived by turning on the bright lights.

May 8, 2013 | 12:00am -
TV Club : New Girl “Winston’s Birthday”

The season’s best network comedy demonstrates how far its come with a quick, quippy episode.

May 7, 2013 | 10:35pm -
What's On Tonight? Hart Of Dixie as top pick? In the spirit of the show’s recent renewal: “Sure, why not?”

Also: When Jake Johnson met Rob Reiner (Take Two) and Mindy goes to college.

May 7, 2013 | 12:00am -
TV Club : Rectify “Plato’s Cave”

It’s not as good as the previous three hours, but it’s still an impressive balancing act.

May 6, 2013 | 10:00pm -
Why Do I Own This? An autographed memento from a morning spent with Kal Penn and the Everclear guy

If no one remembers the sequel to National Lampoon’s Van Wilder, do three signatures make its soundtrack album any more valuable?

May 6, 2013 | 11:00am -
AVQ&A The books you’ve loved longest

This week, our staff and reader question addresses the books we discovered earliest in life and still have on the shelves.

May 3, 2013 | 12:00am -
Hear This Pogo’s “Alice” is the Internet’s nostalgia fixation at its most enchanting

Australian producer stretches, splices, and remixes a Disney classic into a Wonderland all his own.

May 1, 2013 | 1:00pm -
TV Roundtable TV Roundtable begins anew—if that’s what you’re into

Usher in a new TV Roundtable theme with Flight Of The Conchords—if that’s what you’re into.

May 1, 2013 | 11:00am -
Inventory “Spread your wings and let me come inside”: 13 songs about losing virginity

Another list from The A.V. Club.

May 1, 2013 | 12:00am -
TV Club : Other Shows Amazon.com Original Programming Pilots

Amazon.com made 14 pilots, but were any of them any good?

April 30, 2013 | 12:00pm -
What's On Tonight? Grimm? On a Tuesday? What sort of witchery is this?

Grimm? On a Tuesday? What sort of witchery is this? Also: New Girl and Awkward. talk about sex, baby; whether they talk about “you and me” or “all good things and the bad things that may be” remains to be seen.

April 30, 2013 | 12:00am -
TV Club : Rectify “Modern Times”

While tension mounts, Daniel recedes into memory.

April 29, 2013 | 10:00pm -
Inventory “Oh my God—you’re swingers”: 12 surprise TV encounters with the polyamorous

The A.V. Club’s weekly list.

April 29, 2013 | 12:00am -

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