The imminent start of the final season of Game of Thrones is a good time to consider the series' political message, and reprise some of my work on that subject. Plus, a discussion of the political economy portrayed in George R.R. Martin's recently published prequel to the series.
Sam Rockwell, Michelle Williams star in FX miniseries about troubled life of famous choreographer.
While partisans freak out over Bernie Sanders doing Fox and Marianne Williamson getting air time, CNN is trying to catch some more Kamala Harris-type ratings magic
Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson lead a brutal chase across Texas.
Set in 1990s Northern Ireland, the comedy series is frequently laugh-out-loud funny but also backdropped by historical intrigue and heightened stakes.
Jordan Peele puts his nerdcore imprimatur on a classy reboot.
An anthology series about sad salesmen, space marines, super-intelligent yogurt, and the national debt
The "equal time" rule does not mean what the president thinks it means.
Thinly veiled ABC drama blames the jury for flaws in the case.
Is it already time to feel nostalgia over growing up less than 20 years ago? Maybe.
Mind the dildos in Gregg Araki's latest.
A&E's Trump Dynasty explores the president's family and business history but doesn't do justice to the corrupt New York culture surrounding it.
Throw another "Will they or won't they?" spy thriller show onto the schedule.
Plus: Will Wilkinson on "abolishing billionaires," and what's really going on with YouTube?
NBC will save you from a drought in spy thrillers.
Rather than investigating claims against a pediatrician, he was shuffled around. Sound familiar?
Town hall pilloried because Schultz is undeclared, uninformed, unelectable...and because he might become the next-or help the current-Donald Trump.
If only it weren't so dreadfully slow to dive in.
Blame misguided federal policies, not the network.
Cocaine! Lamborghinis! Don Cheadle!
Friday A/V Club: A little chat about Stalin
"Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica" goes intergalactic?
Two book series adaptations and a sci-fi melodrama reboot launch next week.
Plus: Israel boycott bill divides Democrats, Cyntoia Brown gets clemency, and the "skills gap" was a lie.
How much longer will we even have a concept of "prime time" broadcasts?
It's a parable about black markets, the nanny state, and the morality of resisting silly, arbitrary laws.
Documentaries explore film industry's history, Marilyn Monroe's past.
A very witchy holiday special on Netflix
The series, which returns to Amazon Prime on December 5, depicts a burgeoning counterculture fighting for free speech.
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The show's derivative mimickry of time-skipping ruins the tension.
The host of TruTV's hit show has lost some faith in the power of rational discourse. And he has some ideas for how to fix the problem.
If Skynet looms on the horizon, you won't find the evidence here.
AMC turns le Carre's spy novel into six-hour epic.
Showtime recreates infamous 2015 caper from upstate New York.
A culture of outrage doesn't help anyone.
If they weren't a family of ruthlessly violent dictators, they'd be a reality television show.
Think Alfred Hitchcock, not Rod Serling.
The Netflix series is an evolution in TV horror.
Why are we paying for a Spanish-language propaganda station in the first place?
Based on a podcast, Amazon Prime series a suspenseful tale about memory gaps.
Friday A/V Club: A flimmaker fights a moral panic.
Friday A/V Club: The byproducts of a cultural juggernaut
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