For most of the history of television, the barrier to syndication—and to profitability—has been 100 episodes. The…
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A good celebrity cameo can be the highlight of a movie—but athletes don’t always make for the most engaging actors,…
There is a mythic Calvin And Hobbes strip that’s been bouncing around the internet for years. No one’s quite sure…
My favorite line of A Charlie Brown Christmas comes pretty early on. Charlie Brown’s sister Sally is dictating her…
It was somewhere in the middle of watching “Episode Ten,” the penultimate episode of American Crime’s first season,…
One of the quotes that I think about most is the following from Madeleine L’Engle:
How much do you have to know about a person before you feel comfortable making a value judgement about them? For…
“I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From the tip of every branch, like a…
Of all the scenes in this week’s episode of American Crime, none were as authentic or moving as the one that takes…
Like many individuals, religion was a matter that Charles Darwin gave much thought to over the years. It makes sense…
Until you are mired in the center of a large family, it’s impossible to truly understand how complicated…
On the surface, the Easter story is simple. A man is crucified. He dies and is buried. A few days later, he returns…
In 5 To Watch, five writers from The A.V. Club each make the case for a favored episode from a favorite show. The…
When The Twilight Zone episode “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street” aired just over 55 years ago, the revelation…
The problem with frank conversations about race and prejudice, particularly as it pertains to American life, is that…
There are many arbitrary measures for when a person officially enters adulthood.
As a driver, there are few things more terrifying than black ice. For the unfamiliar, black ice is a phenomenon that…
Being judged on your appearance rather than the content of your character isn’t exactly remarkable territory for a…
Mar. 21, 2020 marks the 25th anniversary of the premiere of NewsRadio.
Given what the town of Fortitude has been through in the last few weeks, it comes as no real surprise that this…