Television
Friday A/V Club: Hollywood Explains These New-Fangled Computer Thingies
For the filmmakers of the '80s, computers were magic and hackers were wizards.
One Day Only Old People Will Remember the '90s
History doesn't stop no matter what you yell as you stand athwart it.
What if 'Seinfeld' Aired Today?
In 25 years, our star-crossed text messages and Instagram issues will seem as quaint as Jerry and George's answering machine and parking garage shenanigans.
Following Its Supreme Court Defeat, Online TV Service Aereo Halts Operations
What does this week's SCOTUS decision mean for the future of the TV industry?
Friday A/V Club: The Writer, the Serial Killer, and the Goddess of Chaos
A bizarre moment on Court TV
Friday A/V Club: Jerry Brown and Francis Ford Coppola's 'Transmission From Some Clandestine Place on Mars'
One of the strangest live political broadcasts of all time.
Latest Game of Thrones Episode: No Justice In Blood Feuds, Trial By Combat
Was anyone avenged or redeemed amid the senseless violence? Was there any justice?
Aereo, the Supreme Court, and the Future of TV
Analog regulations are straining to adapt to an increasingly digital world
FCC to Reporters: What You're Doing Isn't Journalism
Why is the Federal Communications Commission deciding which reporters are producing real 'news stories'?
Game of Thrones Rape Scene Provokes Mixed Messages From Feminists
The latest episode of Game of Thrones has touched off a raging debate that reveals cracks in feminist dogma about "rape culture."
Four Great Myths of the McCarthy Era
Sixty years after the Army-McCarthy hearings, we should reexamine some of our accumulated lore about the period.
Friday A/V Club: Let These Marionettes Demonstrate How to Save Your Cows in the Event of a Nuclear Attack
Some strange old civil defense spots
Friday A/V Club: Who Better Than a Frail Old Junkie to Sell Athletic Footwear?
William Burroughs, Thomas Frank, and some shoes
Young Brony Gets to Keep His School Bag
Friendship could stand to be a little more magic in North Carolina.
Diplomas vs. Dirty Jobs
TV host Mike Rowe on the educational bias against unglamorous, good-paying work
Friday A/V Club: That Time Thomas the Tank Engine Was a Scab
The most right-wing project any Beatle was ever involved with
Russia Today Anchor Liz Wahl Resigns Live On-Air Over "Whitewashing" of Putin's Actions in Ukraine
Not sending her to Crimea
Russia Today Anchor: What Russia Did in Ukraine Was Wrong
American anchor on a Russia-funded network