Who Is America? Is at Turns Hilarious and Unsettlingly Mean
Not every random jerk's terrible opinion is worth a national spotlight.
Television
Sacha Baron Cohen Duped Republican Lawmakers Into Saying Some Really Stupid Things
The Borat comedian's new "Kinder Guardian" videos put lawmakers in cringe-worthy light.
Rick and Morty Creator Is Right-Wing Mob's Latest Target After Tasteless Comedy Sketch Resurfaces
Dan Harmon deletes his Twitter account after a years-old video resurfaces.
Georgia Politician Fights Terrorism by Mooning Sacha Baron Cohen
The costumed comedian finds that it's not that hard to dupe politicians with irrational fears.
Stephen King's Nightmare Town Castle Rock a Distillery of Horrors
Don't even stop for gas in this fictional Maine community.
If You're Suffering from Canadian Comedy Withdrawal, Letterkenny Offers an Antidote
Wacky rural northerners on parade
Why the Heck Are Taxpayers Bankrolling Episodes of The Bachelorette?
Buy your own roses! Pay for your own fake romances!
HBO's Creaky Adaptation of Sharp Objects Will Make You Want to Stab Yourself
Heavy-handed writing fails to capture Gillian Flynn's dark energy.
Black Bodies, Radical Politics, and Rebellious Robots
Reading Zora Neale Hurston's study of the life of the last "black cargo" and watching Westworld
Margaret Hoover Talks About Life on the Firing Line
William F. Buckley Jr.'s "Firing Line" returns to PBS to elevate political discourse about the important policy issues facing the nation.
Toke Up and Chow Down on Netflix's Pot-Infused Cooking Competition
What if everybody on the Food Network was high?
Travel Shows Were Boring as Fuck. Then Came Anthony Bourdain.
The late travel host changed television—and my life.
CBS Dabbles in America's Unusual Occult History in Strange Angel
Book-based bioseries delves into the life of a rocket scientist with a dark side.
Kevin Costner Goes Back to the Well of Westerns in Yellowstone
Also: Castle gets zombified from the television graveyard in the form of Take Two
Good News: AT&T and Time Warner Get Judge's Approval to Merge
This is not an antitrust case and the Justice Department shouldn't have been trying to block it.
Mix Yourself a Cocktail Before Enjoying this Prohibition Documentary
Smithsonian Channel tells two-part story of the history of America's doomed booze crackdown.
Anthony Bourdain, Lover of Food and Enemy to All Tyrants, Has Died
America's realest celebrity chef is gone, and the world is less interesting for his absence.
Summer TV Season Launches with HBO's Murdoch-esque Succession
Didn't get that beach body prepared? That's okay-grab some popcorn and hit the couch.
The Americans Was a Show About Marriage, the Cold War, And Why Politics Is the Worst Way to Engage With Another Human Being
In this brilliant spy thriller, the personal and the political are always intertwined-but they are not always inseparable.
How To Understand The Americans Finale: Q&A with Show Creators Joe Weisberg, Joel Fields
One of the best, most-political and most-personal TV shows ever just ended. What did it all mean?
Liberals Killed Roseanne. Conservatives Crushed the NFL Protests. Everybody Happy Now?
Why ABC cancelling the show after Roseanne Barr's racist remark about Valerie Jarrett might not be a great thing.
Roseanne's Racist Tweet Leads Almost Immediately to Show's Cancellation
The show navigated a fascinating complicated world of ideological diversity. Its star was not so adept.
PBS Lets Vets Themselves Describe Life Inside the War Machine
Documentaries for Memorial Day focus on the troops' experiences.
Westworld Review: 'Shogun World' Is a Video Game, and Maeve Is Leveling Up
"Akane No Mai" is about video game characters, and who's really in control.
HBO's Dishonest Obama Documentary Is Fantasy Foreign Policy Puffery
Lots of administration official log-rolling in The Final Year, but little actual analysis
Westworld Season Two Is a Parable About Corporate Data Collection
The HBO series turns Facebook and Twitter into a theme park filled with sex, violence, and robots.
Welcome to the Pot Resistance, Chuck Schumer!: Podcast
Reason editors share notes on the end of the political war against marijuana, plus the latest on Trump/Russia and the "undocumented" Andrew Cuomo.
Westworld's Season 2 Premiere Was a Subtle Salute to Video Game Side Quests
"Cheap thrills, surprises? It's not enough."
After All This Time, Barbie Still Draws Some Feminists' Ire
Tiny Shoulders tackles a culture war going back decades.
No Scandals in This HBO Elvis Documentary, Just Music
The Searcher focuses almost entirely on Presley as artist.
This Just In: The Simpsons Is Still On the Air
Friday A/V Club: Feeling nostalgic for a show that technically is still around
The Simpsons Admitted Apu Is Problematic, Just Not the Way People Wanted
Lisa and Marge tackle political correctness and The Problem with Apu.
Beware Censorship by Proxy
Prodding private companies into self-censorship is a dangerous government tradition.
Killing Eve Offers Up an Exciting, Hilarious James Bond Gender Bend
Also, the Smithsonian Channel presents another Waco siege documentary.
5 Things Everyone's Getting Wrong About Sinclair Broadcast Group
The company that brought you that wince-inducing "fake news" promo is not a "monopoly," and cracking down on it will not defend the free press.
Experts Agree That Massively Popular Roseanne Reboot Shouldn't Be Popular at All
The only proper popular entertainments are those that conform with my politics, don't you know?
Operation Odessa Turns '90s Drug War into a Black Comedy
The best part: It's a documentary.
State Kills Anti-Porn Bill After Discovering More About Its Backer, Free Speech Win for FX's Feud, FISA Warrants Under Scrutiny: Reason Roundup
And President Trump is mad at Amazon for...ruining the postal service?
How To Think About The Americans' Final Season: Podcast
Exclusive Q&A with show creator Joe Weisberg and executive producer Joel Fields.
How Will The Americans' Final Season End? Q&A With the Creators Behind the Cold War Spy Drama
Executive Producers Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields discuss their critically acclaimed show, ideology, and how technology is ushering in the golden era of television.
Roseanne Returns to Television, Older but Not Necessarily Wiser
Meanwhile a new miniseries on AMC builds a horror mystery out of a failed Arctic expedition.
Arthur Miller's Daughter Humanizes Playwright in New Documentary
Some controversial behavior connected to the Communist Party gets played down.
Will and Grace Botches the Gay Wedding Cake Fight
Nobody has the right to force bakers to print speech they hate. The debate is over what counts as speech.
Two New Sitcoms High on Concepts; Unfortunately Less So on Laughs
Life Sentence and Champions have interesting ideas, lackluster execution.
