Battlestar Galactica

Seth Green, Katee Sackhoff, and Michelle Trachtenberg try way too hard in the decidedly non-sexy, non-genius Sexy Evil Genius.

When the Grammys face off with The Walking Dead, who will win—and what will be left of them? Also: Frank Fisticuffs comes to Brooklyn (?) and a spot of cricket at Downton. 

Alphas, Syfy’s two-season-old series about people with mental superpowers that doubled as a sneaky examination of mental illness, has been canceled.

The A.V. Club’s weekly list.

30 For 30 tackles that eternal mystery: Just what does Bo Jackson know? Also: Syfy brings you 12 disasters for Christmas, and Fringe is finally airing again.

Further proof that nerdiness comes in many forms.

The writer picks tunes to keep on repeat “as the dogstorm passes and the blood-wave recedes.”

Another list from The A.V. Club.

Another list from The A.V. Club.

A curious nation turns to the Saturday Night Live election special to see if anything worth mocking happened in politics this week. Also: The return of NBC Thursday nights and the departure of almost everything else.

You made over 100 separate nominations for the second readers choice pick for our TV Roundtable series.

What two weeks of hype and self-service actually accomplishes for critics and the industry.

The A.V. Club's weekly list. 

The Longmire actress talks about the show’s grueling schedule and changing up the energy on set. 

Semi-human supermen in the world to come.

Why do so many TV finales bring out the happy-ending machine? 

“It’s hard to get inside and be objective when you’re talking to guys who are covered in swastikas.”

The A.V. Club's weekly list.

Author, podcaster, and “famous minor television personality” John Hodgman has so much to say, we’re publishing his interview over two days.

TV history is available at our fingertips. So why do people ignore it while swooning over the history of film and music? 

The prolific character actor talks about his accidental introduction to acting, keeping a deliberate balance between comedy and drama, and some of his signature roles. 

After a great miniseries, a cult hit’s grim first episode sought to establish the rules of the series.

The fantasy-TV icon talks about what drives her character in the new season of Spartacus: Vengeance; and no, it’s not just sex. 

A silly sports show provides ample fodder for an inventive, overlooked foray into comedy by ESPN and the Sklar brothers.

The stars of Portlandia talk about the show’s second season and drawing inspiration from a strange, pleasant city.