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AVQ&A What pop-culture family would you want to join?

The Bluths seem like nice people, but being related to them? No thanks.

May 24, 2013 | 12:00am -
Newswire R.I.P. S.W.A.T. star Steve Forrest

He was 87.

May 23, 2013 | 2:00pm -
Newswire Richard Linklater hopes to begin filming the "spiritual sequel" to Dazed And Confused this fall

Alright, alright, alright.

May 23, 2013 | 1:10pm -
TV Club : MasterChef “Auditions #1”/“Auditions #2”

Tonight, Gordon Ramsay eats a beaver. Someone in the Fox promotional department wants to know if that qualifies this episode as a reboot of Alien Nation.

May 22, 2013 | 9:00pm -
Newswire R.I.P. Trevor Bolder, bassist for David Bowie and Uriah Heep

He was 62.

May 22, 2013 | 11:00am -
TV Club : The Big C “Finale”

It took her four seasons, but Cathy is finally, for real, dying of that cancer she was diagnosed with in 2010. Whether it was worth the wait is up to you to decide.

May 20, 2013 | 10:00pm -
TV Club : Other Shows Mel Brooks: Make A Noise

PBS jumps on the celebrating-Mel-Brooks bandwagon, but only after the best stories have already been around the track a few times.

May 20, 2013 | 4:00pm -
TV Club : Peep Show “Holiday”/“Marriage”

Charles and Diana. Prince William and Kate Middleton. Mark and Sophie. Good times, good times.

May 20, 2013 | 10:00am -
TV Club : Other Shows Shark Tank — “Week 25”/“Week 26”

On ABC, every Friday night is Shark Week.

May 18, 2013 | 1:30am -
TV Club : Nikita “Til Death Do Us Part”

Nikita spends its season finale giving Olivia Pope and company a refresher course in White House crazy.

May 17, 2013 | 9:45pm -
AVQ&A What are your favorite and least favorite cultural baits and switches?

Stop jerking us around, pop culture.

May 17, 2013 | 12:00am -
TV Club : Supernatural “Sacrifice”

Supernatural comes to a season finale that feels less like a conclusion than an opening to an uncertain future.

May 16, 2013 | 12:15am -
TV Roundtable When My Boys tested its prickly chemistry by inviting some new faces to the poker table

One of the ultimate hangout shows considers a few characters who just might be a “bad hang.”

May 15, 2013 | 11:00am -
Inventory It’s not TV—and it’s not available on HBO Go: 27-plus HBO originals unavailable from the streaming service

Another list from The A.V. Club.

May 15, 2013 | 12:00am -
Newswire R.I.P. Dr. Joyce Brothers

She was 85.

May 14, 2013 | 9:43am -
TV Club : Castle “Watershed”

Castle and Beckett managed to take their relationship to the next level without jumping the shark. Will the relationship make the jump into next season?

May 13, 2013 | 10:00pm -
TV Club : Peep Show “Gym”/“Handyman”

Mark gets a workout, and Jez lends one of his musical heroes a hand.

May 13, 2013 | 10:00am -
Inventory The adventures of Tookie De La Crème: 13 surprising celebrity novelists

The A.V. Club’s weekly list.

May 13, 2013 | 12:00am -
Book Review John Le Carré: A Delicate Truth

A master at spycraft finally channels his anger into a concise narrative.

May 13, 2013 | 12:00am -
TV Club : Vegas “Sons Of Nevada”

In which cowboy sheriff and gangster casino boss link arms and saunter, one last time, into the sunset together.

May 10, 2013 | 10:45pm -
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 -
TV Club : Person Of Interest “God Mode”

Everyone is off to see The Machine in the season finale of CBS' paranoid head-trip thriller.

May 9, 2013 | 10:45pm -
Newswire R.I.P. Bryan Forbes, British director of Whistle Down The Wind and The Stepford Wives

He was 86.

May 9, 2013 | 9:50am -
TV Club : Supernatural “Clip Show”

One episode away from the season finale, this show is still coughing up loose ends and refusing to stay true to its own internal logic.

May 9, 2013 | 12:30am -
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 A look at the life and career of the late Ray Harryhausen

The man who practically created modern stop-motion animation never stopped moving.

May 7, 2013 | 2:34pm -
TV Club : Peep Show “Sophie’s Parents”/“Conference”

The fourth season opens with wedding bells on the horizon and shameful professional failure right here in Mark’s lap.

May 6, 2013 | 10:00am -
Inventory Vinny Chase and a weaponized hat: 9 alternate-universe takes on The Great Gatsby

The A.V. Club’s weekly list.

May 6, 2013 | 12:00am -
Book Review David Sedaris: Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls

The humorist’s newest effort stretches for incisive observation via contrived wackiness.

May 6, 2013 | 12:00am -
NOT OPTIONAL A book by a Wonder Showzen guy, a mind-bending video game, and more essential entertainments

Some entertainment is optional. These aren’t.

May 3, 2013 | 10:00am -

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