Television

Politics

Video's Gutenberg Moment

How the VX1000 camera revolutionized news, documentaries, and porn.

Jim Epstein | 10.1.2014 10:00 AM

Politics

The Rise and Fall of Aereo

The Supreme Court squashes one possible future of television.

Damon Root | 10.1.2014 10:00 AM

Culture

Orange Is Back

Robby Soave | 10.1.2014 7:00 AM

Culture

Video: 'South Park' Kicks Off 18th Season by Slur-Shaming Redskins Fans—Why Everyone Should Be Watching

Nick Gillespie and Alexis Garcia | 9.28.2014 1:00 PM

Culture

Why Kids Should Watch South Park

Nick Gillespie | 9.26.2014 5:22 PM

Politics

Why Libertarians (and Everyone Else) Love South Park

Nick Gillespie | 9.24.2014 8:38 AM

Culture

The Libertarian Lesson of Lost

"Don't tell me what I can't do."

Robby Soave | 9.22.2014 11:00 AM

War on Drugs

With a 'Fuck It,' TV Reporter Quits On-Air To Pursue Dream of Legalizing Marijuana

She's mad as hell, and she's not going to take this anymore.

Jesse Walker | 9.22.2014 9:05 AM

Senate

Reality Show Traps Two Senators on a Desert Island. Why Stop There?

Scott Shackford | 9.12.2014 11:00 AM

Culture

The Countercultural Appeal of 19 Kids and Counting

Considering most of what we see on TV, the Duggar family is basically transgressive.

David Harsanyi | 9.5.2014 4:30 PM

Politics

Reason Channels TV (and Explains How It Got Good Again)

Reason Staff | 9.1.2014 10:00 AM

Media

Diane Sawyer Passes ABC World News Torch

David Muir takes over September 2.

Reason Staff | 8.28.2014 11:30 AM

Policy

Judge Rules for Polygamists in Sister Wives Case

And he was right to do so.

Jesse Walker | 8.28.2014 10:13 AM

Culture

The Last Ship and Television's Post-Apocalyptic Era

Peter Suderman | 8.22.2014 1:04 PM

Civil Liberties

Friday A/V Club: Avant-Garde ACLU Ads of the 1970s

Directed by Godfrey Reggio

Jesse Walker | 8.22.2014 8:30 AM

Politics

Friday A/V Club: Woody Allen's Lost Nixon Movie

A mockumentary that PBS wouldn't air

Jesse Walker | 8.8.2014 9:32 AM

Culture

Friday A/V Club: Hollywood Explains These New-Fangled Computer Thingies

For the filmmakers of the '80s, computers were magic and hackers were wizards.

Jesse Walker | 7.25.2014 11:27 AM

Television

Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, and Fargo Rack Up Emmy Nominations

Damon Root | 7.10.2014 9:49 AM

Culture

One Day Only Old People Will Remember the '90s

History doesn't stop no matter what you yell as you stand athwart it.

Jesse Walker | 7.3.2014 10:01 AM

Culture

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.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 7.3.2014 8:00 AM

Policy

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?

Jim Epstein | 6.28.2014 3:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Friday A/V Club: Equal Time for Surrealist Subversion

The Yippies make a TV show.

Jesse Walker | 6.27.2014 12:08 PM

Policy

Supreme Court Rules 6–3 Against Aereo

A setback for tech freedom.

Jesse Walker | 6.25.2014 2:32 PM

Culture

Friday A/V Club: The Writer, the Serial Killer, and the Goddess of Chaos

A bizarre moment on Court TV

Jesse Walker | 6.13.2014 11:44 AM

Barack Obama

Barack Obama Attached Himself to Premiere of Cosmos, Says Neil de Grasse Tyson

Ed Krayewski | 6.11.2014 4:42 PM

Culture

Rik Mayall, RIP

Farewell to Rick of The Young Ones

Jesse Walker | 6.9.2014 12:22 PM

Politics

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.

Jesse Walker | 6.6.2014 11:09 AM

Culture

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?

Robby Soave | 6.2.2014 3:00 PM

Culture

Condolences to Red Eye's Greg Gutfeld on the Passing of His Mother Jackie

Nick Gillespie | 6.1.2014 11:15 AM

Civil Liberties

South Park Edited, Again

Still offending, and still damned funny.

Peter Suderman | 5.31.2014 10:00 AM

Culture

Normalizing Gay Storytelling

Scott Shackford | 5.31.2014 7:00 AM

Culture

TV's True Victory

Peter Suderman | 5.31.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

Friday A/V Club: The Campaigns Against Cable TV

Movie theaters warn: Pay TV is a monster!

Jesse Walker | 5.30.2014 11:25 AM

Culture

'Everybody can't be Jay-Z…but you can be Stephen A. Smith': ESPN Analyst Defends His Defense of Mark Cuban Comments

Ed Krayewski | 5.28.2014 3:01 PM

Bobby Jindal

Louisiana Dumps Huge Subsidies on Duck Dynasty, Gov. Jindal Snags Spot on Season Premiere

Ed Krayewski | 5.15.2014 10:03 AM

Culture

11 Cringe-Inducing Moments From Noir, the NRA's Hip New Web Series for Millennials

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.14.2014 1:08 PM

Television

The Trial of Tyrion Lannister and Bashing Libertarians

Ed Krayewski | 5.12.2014 9:24 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Benghazi, WHCD, Obscure Fed Agencies w/ Guns, Bullying, Cinco de Mayo, Gavin McInnes, Sherrod Small, Rep. Chris Stewart…Plus You Pick the F-Block, and Sexy After-Show!

Matt Welch | 5.5.2014 8:15 PM

Policy

FCC to Reporters: What You're Doing Isn't Journalism

Why is the Federal Communications Commission deciding which reporters are producing real 'news stories'?

Jesse Walker | 5.1.2014 4:32 PM

Culture

The Unrealism of House of Cards

Matthew Feeney | 4.30.2014 7:00 AM

Culture

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."

Cathy Young | 4.25.2014 1:30 PM

Politics

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.

Jesse Walker | 4.22.2014 8:10 AM

Culture

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

Jesse Walker | 4.11.2014 9:05 AM

Political Science

Even Game of Thrones Shows Rule of Law, Not Just Power, Important in Politics

Ed Krayewski | 4.7.2014 9:53 AM