• tv The year in swag 2015: Celebrating the many perks of the ivory tower By Kyle Ryan, Gwen Ihnat, Josh Modell, David Anthony, Becca James, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy, Danette Chavez, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Marah Eakin, Laura M. Browning December 16, 2015 | 6:00am
• tv Best TV of 2015: The ballots By Kate Kulzick, Eric Thurm, Scott Von Doviak, Joshua Alston, Carrie Raisler, Oliver Sava, Noel Murray, LaToya Ferguson, Brandon Nowalk, Dennis Perkins, Allison Shoemaker, Genevieve Valentine, Alex McLevy, Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, Kyle Ryan, Zack Handlen, Vikram Murthi, Molly Eichel, Les Chappell, Victor Beigelman, Michael Roffman, Caroline Siede, Gwen Ihnat, Kevin Johnson, Josh Modell, Erik Adams, Danette Chavez, Emily L. Stephens, Marah Eakin, Kyle Fowle, Myles McNutt, Dan Caffrey December 16, 2015 | 6:00am
• tv What show were you most upset to see left off this year’s Best Of TV list? By Kate Kulzick, Eric Thurm, Joshua Alston, Carrie Raisler, Noel Murray, Brandon Nowalk, William Hughes, Dennis Perkins, Nathan Rabin, Allison Shoemaker, Alex McLevy, Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, A.A. Dowd, Vikram Murthi, Molly Eichel, Jesse Hassenger, Les Chappell, Victor Beigelman, Michael Roffman, Caroline Siede, Gwen Ihnat, Kevin Johnson, Josh Modell, Erik Adams, Emily L. Stephens, Kyle Fowle, Myles McNutt, Mike Vago December 16, 2015 | 6:00am
• aux Merriam-Webster’s word of the year is “-ism,” which is not actually a word By Alex McLevy December 15, 2015 | 6:42pm
• aux MTV picks up 3 new comedies (anything but more Scream sounds good) By Alex McLevy December 15, 2015 | 5:36pm
• tv The best TV of 2015, part 1 By Kate Kulzick, Gwen Ihnat, Kevin Johnson, Scott Von Doviak, Carrie Raisler, Genevieve Valentine, Molly Eichel, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy, Danette Chavez, LaToya Ferguson, Oliver Sava, Brandon Nowalk, Les Chappell, Emily L. Stephens, Myles McNutt, Dan Caffrey December 15, 2015 | 6:00am
• film The first Star Trek Beyond trailer really plays up the Beastie Boys thing By Alex McLevy December 14, 2015 | 4:59pm
• film Tom Hiddleston extols the virtues of High-Rise living in this trailer/faux commercial By Alex McLevy December 14, 2015 | 4:35pm
• tv The Expanse is less a TV series than a 10-hour pulpy sci-fi movie By Alex McLevy December 14, 2015 | 6:00am
• tv Buffy The Vampire Slayer staked its claim to a twist on a Christmas classic By Alex McLevy December 14, 2015 | 6:00am
• tv The Simpsons’ 200th ends by uprooting all of Springfield—you know, as one does By Alex McLevy December 13, 2015 | 8:00pm
• aux What book did you finally get around to reading in 2015? By Caroline Siede, Kyle Ryan, Jason Heller, Zack Handlen, Molly Eichel, Becca James, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Alex McLevy, Brandon Nowalk, Jesse Hassenger, Dennis Perkins, Mike Vago December 11, 2015 | 6:00am
• aux The Leftovers gets a third and final season, unless we’re seeing things By Alex McLevy December 10, 2015 | 9:45pm
• aux Science continues its war on grammar, says ending texts with a period is bad By Alex McLevy December 10, 2015 | 5:30pm
• aux Our favorite books of the year By Kyle Ryan, Jason Heller, Ryan Vlastelica, Randon Billings Noble, Josh Modell, Katie Rife, Bill Jones, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Blake Maddux, Alex McLevy December 9, 2015 | 6:00am
• music What’s your favorite song of 2015? By Kate Kulzick, kenneth-partridge, David Brusie, J.J. Anselmi, David Anthony, Zach Schonfeld, Ryan Bray, Noel Murray, Corbin Reiff, William Hughes, Eric Swedlund, Evan Rytlewski, Annie Zaleski, Jason Heller, Alex McLevy, Randall Colburn, Drew Fortune, Kyle Ryan, Philip Cosores, A.A. Dowd, John Everhart, Kevin Warwick, Jesse Hassenger, Chris Mincher, Kyle Fowle, Marah Eakin, Mike Vago December 9, 2015 | 6:00am
• aux Crossovers between Marvel movies and TV shows are complicated as hell By Alex McLevy December 7, 2015 | 8:21pm
• music This novelty Christmas song only gets worse with age By Alex McLevy December 7, 2015 | 7:00pm
• aux Watch part 2 of our exclusive web series premiere, The Benefits Of Gusbandry By Alex McLevy December 7, 2015 | 4:45pm
• tv Wigging out: 17 times horrible hairpieces ruined TV shows and movies By Drew Fortune, Gwen Ihnat, Katie Rife, Joshua Alston, Molly Eichel, Alex McLevy, Danette Chavez, LaToya Ferguson, Les Chappell, Marah Eakin December 7, 2015 | 6:00am
• music The 15 best albums of 2015 By Evan Rytlewski, Annie Zaleski, Kyle Ryan, Jason Heller, Cameron Scheetz, Philip Cosores, Josh Modell, David Anthony, Ryan Bray, Alex McLevy, Randall Colburn, Corbin Reiff, Kyle Fowle, Marah Eakin December 7, 2015 | 6:00am