Margo Martindale wants to be 66 forever
Margo Martindale’s work on the stage and small screen has earned her multiple Emmys, a Tony nomination, and—perhaps the…
R.I.P. character actor Mickey Jones
As reported by Deadline, character actor Mickey Jones—best known for popping up as a bearded biker or grizzled…
What’s a great TV show with a terrible theme song?
Last week, we asked you about a TV theme song you liked despite disliking the show itself. This week, we’re asking the…
FX gives series order to John Singleton’s crack cocaine drama, Snowfall
FX wants more of Boyz N The Hood director John Singleton’s 1980s drama about the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles.…
Vote early, vote often: 19 rigged elections in popular culture
Steeped as we are in this election year, with dire consequences at stake, you can see how some people might consider…
Justified’s Joelle Carter to mete out some Chicago Justice for NBC
The long arm of the Law & Order franchise reached beyond New York City in 2012, when Dick Wolf welcomed firefighters to…
“Omar(s) comin’!”: 18 hyper-masculine gun-toting gay guys
Gay characters haven’t had a visibility problem in pop culture in years. But when it comes to minority representation,…
Best TV of 2015: The ballots
The A.V. Club’s list of 2015’s best TV programming came together with the input of more than 30 staff members and…
The best TV of 2015, part 2
Yesterday, The A.V. Club began its survey of the year’s best television programming, counting down from No. 40 to No.…
Carol romances the Hollywood Foreign Press, leads Golden Globe nominees
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association—along with America Ferrara, Angela Bassett, Chloe Grace Moretz, and Dennis…
Gerald McRaney on Longmire, Simon & Simon, and The Neverending Story
Welcome to Random Roles, wherein we talk to actors about the characters who defined their careers. The catch: They…
The failed pilot for the Clerks sitcom is just terrible
Love or hate Clerks, Kevin Smith’s 1994 debut film, at least its low-key vulgarity and geeky soliloquies were filled…
Eric Ladin on Mad Men, Clint Eastwood, The Killing, and more
Welcome to Random Roles, wherein we talk to actors about the characters who defined their careers. The catch: They…
AMC hires Justified exec producer to make a new Western series
AMC has just inked a deal with Justified’s Chris Provenzano that should help keep Stetsons on the air: As part of an…
Dramas and reality shows kick off the 2014-15 TV Club Awards
In 2010, The A.V. Club marked the end of another year with The TV Club Awards, a roundup of the notable TV happenings…
John Kapelos on John Hughes, Jackie Gleason, and his explosive arc on Justified
Welcome to Random Roles, wherein we talk to actors about the characters who defined their careers. The catch: They…
Justified’s Graham Yost outlines a season 6 shootout that never was
FX’s Justified may have just ended its glorious six season run, but there are still odds and sods of leftover material…
After six seasons, Justified goes out not with a bang but a whisper
Justified ended its solid six-season run last night with an episode that tied everything up quite nicely, with graceful…
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Justified: “The Promise”
Well, I don’t know if anyone saw quite that ending coming. At first glance, “The Promise” is one hell of an anticlimax,…
Justified honored Elmore Leonard by making great—not revolutionary—TV
“He looked like a farmer: that stringy type with hollow cheeks, crow’s-feet, and had the accent to go with it, not Deep…