TV dinners: 25 shows to binge-watch this Thanksgiving weekend
Thanksgiving weekend in the United States is a four-day festival of overindulgence: Giant meals, giant balloons…
Mike White’s HBO drag queen comedy has its star
HBO may have canceled Enlightened just as it was hitting its stride, and nothing ever came of the proposed show about th…
On year-end lists and the importance of pop culture completism
Year in and year out, when December rolls around, pop culture critics and fanatics find themselves neck-deep in a…
Laura Dern and Judd Apatow team up for football comedy
Following her turn in The A.V. Club’s favorite TV show of 2013, Laura Dern has turned her attention to another…
Enlightened’s Mike White is coming back to HBO
Showcasing the same mixture of openhearted forgiveness and basic pragmatism that characterized his much-missed…
Enlightened was the best TV show of 2013
For 2013’s best-of-TV list, The A.V. Club ’s TV writers got together to discuss the shows that got us talking the most…
HBO at the TCA press tour: Nothing will ever have to end again (except Enlightened and Treme)!
HBO doesn’t always deign to present an executive session at the Television Critics’ Association press tour, but every…
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Web Therapy: “Relax, Reboot, Revenge”
Great timing, Web Therapy. The party’s in full swing. Everyone’s talking about Carrie’s pink Manolos. Passionate…
Freaks And Geeks: “Carded And Discarded”
“Carded And Discarded” (season 1, episode 7; originally aired 1/10/2000)
Enlightened’s cinematography deserves to break the category’s bias against half-hour shows
In 2000, the Emmys made the choice to differentiate between single-camera and multi-camera series when recognizing the…
Freaks And Geeks: “Kim Kelly Is My Friend”
“Kim Kelly Is My Friend” (season 1, episode 4; originally aired 9/5/2000)
Embrace the mystery: Is repeat viewing the best way to approach complex TV?
Brandon Nowalk: I didn’t like the first season of Game Of Thrones until I watched season two. It felt simplistic,…
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Bates Motel: “A Boy And His Dog”
A couple of months ago, Emily Nussbaum, TV critic for the New Yorker, introduced a type she called the “hummingbird.”…
Rectify: “Always There”/“Sexual Peeling”
Rectify debuts with back-to-back episodes tonight at 9 p.m. on Sundance Channel. Next Monday, it moves to its regular…
Mike White walks us through Enlightened’s second season (2 of 2)
The A.V. Club recently sat down with Mike White to talk about Enlightened’s second—and, sadly, final—season. The first…
Mike White walks us through all of Enlightened’s second season (1 of 2)
The second season of Enlightened seemed to pursue almost opposite fates with critics and viewers. The eight episodes…
UPDATE: HBO's Enlightened has been canceled
According to Buzzfeed’s Kate Aurthur, HBO has canceled the critically beloved but horribly rated Enlightened, opting…
The prayers of dozens are answered as Gilmore Girls comes to TV Club Classic
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Thursday, March 7, 2013. All times are Eastern.
Why every great TV show needs a Xander Harris
HBO’s Enlightened just ended its second season, which eclipsed season one in quality and will likely end up on many…
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Girls: “It’s Back”
So what do you do if you’re the producer of a popular TV show, and you want to introduce something to one of the…