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Adventure Time tackles train dungeons and blows our minds.
By Sonia Saraiya September 30, 2013 | 4:00pm
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The violent legend of Eliot Ness and Al Capone
By Phil Dyess-Nugent September 30, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Breaking Bad ended the anti-hero genre by introducing good and evil
By Emily St. James September 30, 2013 | 2:50pm
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Homeland’s Alex Gansa discusses rebooting the show for season three
By Emily St. James September 30, 2013 | 5:00am
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Why aren’t you fired yet? 14 television characters who inexplicably held onto their jobs
By A.A. Dowd, Joel Keller, Erik Adams, Ryan McGee, Marah Eakin, Les Chappell, Tasha Robinson, John Teti September 30, 2013 | 5:00am
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Sex, songs, and comedy
By A.A. Dowd, Josh Modell, Andrea Battleground, Kyle Ryan September 27, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Are specialty TV networks beyond salvation?
By Dennis Perkins September 27, 2013 | 5:00am
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Our long national shortage of fitfully funny sketch comedy is over: Saturday Night Live is back
By Emily St. James September 27, 2013 | 5:00am
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Ideal fictional law enforcement
By Cory Casciato, Noah Cruickshank, Joel Keller, Sonia Saraiya, Rowan Kaiser, Ryan McGee, Marah Eakin, Brandon Nowalk, Les Chappell, Mike Vago, Emily St. James, Claire Zulkey, Tasha Robinson September 27, 2013 | 5:00am
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Bringing Breaking Bad into focus
By Scott Kaufman September 26, 2013 | 5:00am
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Glee is doing a special Beatles episode to destroy everything you love
By Sonia Saraiya September 26, 2013 | 4:41am
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South Park casts Eric Cartman in the role of Edward Snowden for its first episode since November
By Emily St. James September 25, 2013 | 5:00am
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The Big Bang Theory’s character and cast progression earns its viewers
By Robert David Sullivan September 25, 2013 | 5:00am
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Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. arrives to reinforce proper typing-hand placement
By Erik Adams September 24, 2013 | 5:00am
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Fall TV brings with it three new shows and a ninth season of How I Met Your Mother
By Emily St. James September 23, 2013 | 8:40am
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The hole in the middle: 16 shows whose lead characters are their least interesting
By John Semley, Kevin McFarland, Noah Cruickshank, Zack Handlen, Joel Keller, Erik Adams, Rowan Kaiser, Sonia Saraiya, Les Chappell, Mike Vago, Tasha Robinson September 23, 2013 | 5:00am
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George Segal on learning how to bet from Robert Altman, fathering Denzel Washington, and more
By Will Harris September 23, 2013 | 5:00am
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Emmys, penultimate Breaking Bad, and Dexter finale finally justify invention of the DVR
By Erik Adams September 22, 2013 | 5:00am
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Get your required dose of culture with PBS' new Shakesperean import The Hollow Crown
By Emily St. James September 20, 2013 | 5:05am
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The golden age of TV is dead; long live the golden age of TV
By Emily St. James September 20, 2013 | 5:00am
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China, IL’s Brad Neely praises the “pine trees and blood” of his home state
By Erik Adams September 20, 2013 | 5:00am
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Million Second Quiz has finally been around for a million seconds
By Sonia Saraiya September 19, 2013 | 2:32pm
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All the shows you’ll stream in 2016: The A.V. Club’s “fall” “TV” “preview,” part 2
By Zack Handlen, Molly Eichel, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, David Sims, Emily St. James, Sonia Saraiya, Brandon Nowalk September 19, 2013 | 5:00am
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Survivor returns with a gimmick that could be its best or most awful one yet
By Emily St. James September 18, 2013 | 7:00am
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All the shows you’ll stream in 2016: The A.V. Club’s “fall” “TV” “preview,” part 1
By Zack Handlen, Carrie Raisler, Molly Eichel, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, David Sims, Emily St. James, Sonia Saraiya, Brandon Nowalk September 18, 2013 | 5:00am
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New Girl’s Lamorne Morris on introducing the world to Theodore K. Mullins
By Erik Adams September 17, 2013 | 5:00am
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Witness the two sides of the fall comedy coin with Dads and Brooklyn Nine-Nine
By Erik Adams September 17, 2013 | 5:00am
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Sleepy Hollow starts up, surprising us by not being a complete clusterfuck
By Emily St. James September 16, 2013 | 6:30am
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Aaron Spelling knew how to make Dynasty a success—by letting it go crazy
By Emily St. James September 16, 2013 | 5:00am
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“No TV and no beer make Homer go crazy”: 14-plus alternate realities within television shows
By Caroline Siede, Kevin McFarland, Noah Cruickshank, Scott Von Doviak, Carrie Raisler, Joel Keller, Becca James, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Les Chappell, Mike Vago September 16, 2013 | 5:00am
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Ike Barinholtz on The Mindy Project, Eastbound & Down, and his most embarrassing TV moment
By Marah Eakin September 16, 2013 | 5:00am
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Be the first to jump on the Great Santini Brothers bandwagon—which is actually a moving truck
By Erik Adams September 15, 2013 | 5:00am
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Drunk History’s creators on Detroit, Dolly Parton, and vomit
By Marah Eakin September 13, 2013 | 5:00am
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Derek Waters and Jeremy Konner on Drunk History’s first four episodes
By Marah Eakin September 12, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Ricky Gervais goes solo in Derek
By Erik Adams September 12, 2013 | 5:00am
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This week we're barely putting up with The Million Second Quiz
By Amelie Gillette September 11, 2013 | 4:00pm
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The Fugitive broke new ground to become an unlikely hit
By Stephen Bowie September 11, 2013 | 4:00pm
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The creators of Wonder Showzen discuss the second season of their show The Heart, She Holler
By Josh Modell September 10, 2013 | 5:00am
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Curious “readers” want to know: What’s the big to-do about Christian Grey and his Sons Of Anarchy?
By Erik Adams September 10, 2013 | 5:00am
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NBC pretty sure you lack the willpower to avoid its Million Second Quiz
By Emily St. James September 9, 2013 | 5:45am
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Boardwalk Empire opens a new season, seeks buyer for its brothel
By Erik Adams September 8, 2013 | 5:00am
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Do the scares in Are You Afraid Of The Dark? still induce shivers?
By Michelle Welch September 6, 2013 | 5:00am
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NBC stops doing harm by ending its summer burn-off of Do No Harm
By Caroline Siede September 6, 2013 | 5:00am
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They’re raging, they’re Cajun, they have rednecks in their genes (and between their alligator jaws)—they’re Ragin Cajun Redneck Gators
By Erik Adams September 5, 2013 | 5:00am
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This week we're barely putting up with the Roast Of James Franco
By Amelie Gillette September 4, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Futurama's David X. Cohen on the trials and errors of love, comedy, and science
By Phil Dyess-Nugent September 4, 2013 | 5:00am
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Futurama ends with a proposal, a time crisis, and our many, many tears
By Emily St. James September 4, 2013 | 5:00am
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How the fuck are you still alive?: 12 weaselly TV characters who refuse to die
By Scott Von Doviak, Josh Modell, Zack Handlen, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Ryan McGee, Emily St. James, Marah Eakin, Mike Vago September 4, 2013 | 5:00am
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Television grew up with Gunsmoke
By Brandon Nowalk September 2, 2013 | 5:00am
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Comedy Central would like you to please pause your Labor Day barbecues and watch it roast James Franco
By Caroline Framke September 2, 2013 | 5:00am
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It’s a long weekend, so try something new—Low Winter Sun, perhaps
By Erik Adams September 1, 2013 | 5:00am
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Josh Thomas discusses why Joan Rivers gets away with offending everyone
By Emily St. James August 30, 2013 | 3:00pm
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It’s far too early to say goodbye again to Wonderfalls, but such is the fate of a Bryan Fuller show
By Alasdair Wilkins August 30, 2013 | 5:00am
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So… what’s good?: 26 current TV series worth binge-watching this weekend
By Josh Modell, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, David Sims, Emily St. James, Brandon Nowalk August 30, 2013 | 5:00am
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Bob’s Burgers showrunner Loren Bouchard on the end of the show’s third season
By Erik Adams August 30, 2013 | 5:00am
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Steven Yeun is okay with being fans’ 2nd favorite Walking Dead character
By Kyle Ryan August 29, 2013 | 4:00pm
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New BFFs Tom Arnold, Terry Crews, and Hoda Kotb gather for a Hollywood Game Night finale
By Erik Adams August 29, 2013 | 5:00am
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Showrunner Loren Bouchard on talking toilets and other pieces of Bob’s Burgers’ third season (4 of 5)
By Erik Adams August 29, 2013 | 5:00am
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Framing can turn you from a witness to the murderer
By Scott Kaufman August 29, 2013 | 5:00am
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Murphy Brown wasn’t looking for controversy, until Dan Quayle involved it in one
By Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Ryan McGee, Emily St. James, Donna Bowman, Genevieve Koski August 28, 2013 | 4:00pm
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How So You Think You Can Dance’s all-stars made it reality TV’s great survivor
By Oliver Sava August 28, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Racing Le Mans asks if you want to go for a ride in a race car driven by TV’s Patrick Dempsey
By Alasdair Wilkins August 28, 2013 | 5:00am
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents showed how rotten respectable people could be
By Robert David Sullivan August 28, 2013 | 5:00am
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Bob’s Burgers showrunner Loren Bouchard on season three’s most musical episodes (3 of 5)
By Erik Adams August 28, 2013 | 5:00am
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Pretty little lie yourself into thinking you can unwrap the secrets of Pretty Little Liars’ midseason finale
By Erik Adams August 27, 2013 | 5:00am
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Showrunner Loren Bouchard on sympathetic leg hair and Bob’s Burgers’ third season (2 of 5)
By Erik Adams August 27, 2013 | 5:00am
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L’Chaim! HBO debuts Glickman, a documentary about a famous Jewish sportscaster
By Caroline Siede August 26, 2013 | 5:00am
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Bob’s Burgers showrunner Loren Bouchard breaks down the show’s third season (Part 1 of 5)
By Erik Adams August 26, 2013 | 5:00am
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Breaking Bad has a confession, and not about that chick it was creepin’ with, creepin’ with
By Jess Greene August 25, 2013 | 5:00am
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Animal Planet dares rank the top 20 puppies; prepare your torches and pitchforks
By Emily St. James August 23, 2013 | 5:00am
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Treat yourself to a double dose of finales you’ve probably already watched with Orange Is The New Black and Monty Python
By Erik Adams August 22, 2013 | 5:00am
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A “very special” Diff’rent Strokes that’s terrifying for all the wrong reasons
By Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, David Sims, Ryan McGee, Emily St. James, Donna Bowman, Genevieve Koski August 21, 2013 | 4:00pm
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The Soup hits 500 episodes, which it can finally trade in for a free minestrone at Olive Garden
By Emily St. James August 21, 2013 | 5:00am
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Influential cranks, improvised nukes, and multiple Doctors: The unsung TV of 1983
By Genevieve Valentine, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Emily St. James, Alasdair Wilkins August 21, 2013 | 5:00am
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Life of Muhammad is the religious pilgrimage that can be enjoyed from the comfort of the living-room couch
By Erik Adams August 20, 2013 | 5:00am
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Cagney & Lacey survived two cancellations and multiple re-castings to become a TV groundbreaker
By Emily St. James August 19, 2013 | 4:00pm
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With finales for both Switched At Birth and Teen Wolf, we imagine unlikely crossovers
By Emily St. James August 19, 2013 | 5:05am
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Is True Blood preparing for a nuclear apocalypse or a season finale?
By Erik Adams August 18, 2013 | 5:00am
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Phineas & Ferb meet up with the world of Marvel Comics, and all 10-year-olds go wild
By Emily St. James August 16, 2013 | 5:15am
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AMC’s new reality series Owner’s Manual is the top pick (and other tells that it’s the middle of August)
By Erik Adams August 15, 2013 | 5:00am
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The episode that liberated—then destroyed—Ellen
By Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, David Sims, Ryan McGee, Emily St. James, Donna Bowman, Genevieve Koski August 14, 2013 | 4:00pm
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The creators of The Venture Bros. walk us through the show’s 5th season
By Zack Handlen August 14, 2013 | 5:00am
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Duck Dynasty is back, and you are constitutionally obligated to watch it
By Emily St. James August 14, 2013 | 5:00am
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Explore the wild world of Futurama in just 10 episodes
By Phil Dyess-Nugent August 14, 2013 | 5:00am
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Who watches the Heroes of Cosplay? Cosplayers, for starters
By Erik Adams August 13, 2013 | 5:00am
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What happens when you win The Price Is Right?
By Marah Eakin August 12, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Regular Show ends its fourth season, which means the fifth should be on in just a few weeks
By Emily St. James August 12, 2013 | 9:15am
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The case against Breaking Bad
By Stephen Bowie August 12, 2013 | 5:03am
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Celebrate the return of Breaking Bad while there’s still enough Breaking Bad around to celebrate
By Erik Adams August 11, 2013 | 5:00am
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Why the end of Breaking Bad doesn’t (and does) matter
By Zack Handlen August 9, 2013 | 5:03am
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The heads of Fox’s Animation Domination High-Def weigh in on the future of TV animation
By Emily St. James August 9, 2013 | 5:02am
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For its next trick, Starz will mysteriously transform Magic City's season finale into a series finale
By Emily St. James August 9, 2013 | 5:00am
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Are you ready for some (preseason) football?
By Erik Adams August 8, 2013 | 5:00am
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Amos ’N’ Andy was the rare representation of black culture on 1950s TV—but at what cost?
By Gwen Ihnat, Phil Dyess-Nugent, David Sims, Emily St. James, Ryan McGee, Donna Bowman August 7, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Cheerio! The murder mystery Broadchurch hops across the pond
By Caroline Siede August 7, 2013 | 5:00am
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RJ Mitte on the Breaking Bad scene that made him want to be an actor
By Erik Adams August 7, 2013 | 5:00am
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How Breaking Bad broke free of the clockwork-universe problem
By Emily St. James August 7, 2013 | 5:00am
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“Those writers make a lot of money”: 12 works of unpublished or unproduced TV fiction
By Cory Casciato, John Semley, Kevin McFarland, Scott Von Doviak, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Brandon Nowalk, Mike Vago August 7, 2013 | 5:00am
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The Office returns to TV Club Classic rotation just in time for Christmas (in August)
By Erik Adams August 6, 2013 | 5:00am
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How Conan sketches are chosen and written
By Claire Zulkey August 6, 2013 | 5:00am
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The writers’ strike of 2007-08 changed Breaking Bad for the better
By Kevin McFarland August 6, 2013 | 5:00am
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Betsy Brandt reveals her favorite Breaking Bad scene
By Emily St. James August 6, 2013 | 5:00am
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The Fosters heads away for a while, swathed in preposterous enjoyability
By Emily St. James August 5, 2013 | 5:00am
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“Man. Woman. Birth. Death. Infinity.” The dark medical drama Ben Casey
By Stephen Bowie August 5, 2013 | 5:00am
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“I can kill you whenever I please… but not today”: 11 TV characters who weren’t supposed to live
By Stephen Bowie, Jason Heller, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, David Sims, Ryan McGee, Emily St. James, Brandon Nowalk August 5, 2013 | 5:00am
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What’s the right way to watch Breaking Bad?
By Donna Bowman August 5, 2013 | 5:00am
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The Killing ends its third season, but may rise from the dead again
By Caroline Siede August 4, 2013 | 5:00am
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Felicia Day on why she loves The Last Of Us and BioShock Infinite
By Emily St. James August 2, 2013 | 5:00am