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United by fate: 18 fictional school rivalries
By Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, Annie Zaleski, A.A. Dowd, David Anthony, Becca James, Erik Adams, Andrea Battleground, Marah Eakin, Mike Vago, John Teti October 16, 2013 | 5:00am
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In the Person Of Interest system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups (and one crazy machine)
By Erik Adams October 15, 2013 | 5:00am
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Damian Lewis on Brody’s life as a fugitive
By Sonia Saraiya October 14, 2013 | 4:30pm
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How Homestar Runner changed web series for the better
By Emily St. James October 14, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: October 11-October 13
By AV Club Staff October 14, 2013 | 5:00am
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The anti-Carries: 16-plus benevolent pop-culture telekinetics
By Kevin McFarland, A.A. Dowd, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Andrea Battleground, Oliver Sava, Marah Eakin, Mike Vago October 14, 2013 | 5:00am
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SpongeBob’s Tom Kenny talks his favorite voiceover artists
By Emily St. James October 14, 2013 | 5:00am
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A new day dawns on The Walking Dead, where nothing hurts and everything is beautiful
By Erik Adams October 13, 2013 | 5:00am
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The Hollow Crown wraps up with the amazing transformation of Prince Hal into King Henry V
By Emily St. James October 11, 2013 | 8:00am
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Crazy eyes and wild hair: The A.V. Club’s favorite descents into madness and misery
By Kevin McFarland, Jason Heller, A.A. Dowd, Josh Modell, Zack Handlen, David Anthony, Becca James, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Andrea Battleground, Oliver Sava, Sonia Saraiya, Marah Eakin October 11, 2013 | 5:00am
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This week's we're barely putting up with Sofia Vergara
By Amelie Gillette October 9, 2013 | 4:00pm
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American Horror Story is back, snapping its fingers and singing about how it’s “Bitchcraft,” whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
By Emily St. James October 9, 2013 | 6:20am
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When The Gentlemen stole the voices (and hearts) of Buffy The Vampire Slayer
By Molly Eichel, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Ryan McGee October 9, 2013 | 5:00am
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We burned down their city hall: 14 epic rivalries between fictional towns
By John Semley, Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, Zack Handlen, Sean O'Neal, Marah Eakin, Mike Vago October 9, 2013 | 5:00am
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Beneath Adventure Time’s weirdness lies surprising emotional complexity
By Oliver Sava October 9, 2013 | 5:00am
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The Frontline report ESPN was too afraid (of the NFL?) to cosign
By Erik Adams October 8, 2013 | 5:00am
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Mom continues its reign of terror
By Sonia Saraiya October 7, 2013 | 3:55pm
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Christopher Plummer on the greatest piece of direction he ever received
By Will Harris October 7, 2013 | 5:00am
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Is this The Neighbors' T.V. Club Waterloo?
By Emily St. James October 4, 2013 | 5:00am
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Low Winter Sun and Breaking Bad’s David Costabile wants to be a Pixar monkey
By Erik Adams October 4, 2013 | 5:00am
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Can The CW save televised sci-fi?
By Rowan Kaiser October 3, 2013 | 5:00am
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This week we're barely putting up with Hostages
By Amelie Gillette October 2, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Do Doctor Who’s Weeping Angels still terrify?
By Carrie Raisler, Zack Handlen, Emily St. James, Genevieve Koski October 2, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Top Chef is back, and it wants to know which amphibian or reptile you would like to eat
By Emily St. James October 2, 2013 | 5:00am
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Breaking Bad and beyond: TV series finales that satisfied
By The A.V. Club, Kyle Ryan, Jason Heller, Josh Modell, Zack Handlen, Carrie Raisler, Sonia Saraiya, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Oliver Sava, David Sims, Marah Eakin, Emily St. James, Laura M. Browning, John Teti October 2, 2013 | 5:00am
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30 For 30 makes its official return (official enough for us to remember it, at least)
By Erik Adams October 1, 2013 | 5:00am
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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