Space, the Final Smuggling Frontier
In a glimpse of a gloriously rule-breaking future, contraband has boldly gone where more is sure to follow.
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British Culture Minister Threatens a 'Health Warning' on Netflix's The Crown
The show takes plenty of creative license, but viewers are smart enough to distinguish drama from documentary.
90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?
The TLC show follows six couples whose marriages were the culmination of the K-1 visa process.
Perry Mason
Whether the state is merely incompetent or actively corrupt, the show suggests the burdens of its failures fall primarily on the poor and the vulnerable.
The Extremely Online Are Less Informed About Political News, More Informed About Conspiracy Theories
Plus: Congress moves forward on encryption backdoors, largest school districts aren't reopening, and more...
Mrs. America
The show smartly grasps that there will always be competing visions for the future of feminism.
NASCAR and Golf Return to TV, Paving Way for Pandemic-Friendly Sports
Races reopened without fans this weekend, to mostly good reviews. Sports and entertainment are shifting to serve social-distancing needs.
Ugly Delicious
Is tahini salsa verde an insidious form of cultural appropriation or two immigrants from Oaxaca riffing on food traditions they love?
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The focus on seemingly minor everyday questions of propriety makes the show's 10th season as insightful as it is funny.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
The show's abundant laughs lie in the space between the way this group of Philly pubkeepers see themselves and how the world sees them.
Mindhunter
The Netflix original series chronicles the origins and development of the FBI's profiling unit and its quest to identify serial murderers.
Nobody Knows What Television Is Anymore
TV's cultural dominance is unchecked by anything except your own time, and increasingly tailored to your unique interests and obsessions.
HBO's Catherine The Great Is All Glamour, Little Substance
Screenwriter Nigel Williams seems to have thought he was working on Fast Times At Moscow High.
The Politician Trashes All Sociopathic Office-Seekers, Even High School Ones
Rigged elections, sham marriages, and a faked cancer diagnosis make Ryan Murphy's new series worth a watch.
The Revolving Door Between Government and Cable News
Familiar faces move between government office and media slots, rarely questioning the institution that plays a core role in their lives.
On Game of Thrones, Absolute Power Corrupts Daenerys Targaryen Absolutely
Breaker of chains, mother of dragons, and queen of the ashes
Which Candidate Is Leading the Cable TV Town Hall Ratings Race?
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
Trump Keeps Wondering Why People Are Allowed to Make Fun of Him on TV
The "equal time" rule does not mean what the president thinks it means.
Tulsi Gabbard Pushes Back Against Meghan McCain's 'Assad Apologist' Accusation: Reason Roundup
Plus: Will Wilkinson on "abolishing billionaires," and what's really going on with YouTube?
Eight Minutes of Televised Trump Tonight Could Cause Chaos: Reason Roundup
Plus: Israel boycott bill divides Democrats, Cyntoia Brown gets clemency, and the "skills gap" was a lie.
Ron Swanson Slams Fan Ajit Pai Over 'Duplicitous Handling of the Net Neutrality Issue'
But would TV's favorite libertarian really favor federal regulation of the Internet?
Godless Is a Classic Western for the New Millennium
The new Netflix miniseries feels both traditional and new, with the big-screen qualities of a film and the story and character nuance of the best television.
Stossel: Star Trek's William Shatner Debates Safety and Space Travel
Captain Kirk vs. John Stossel on space travel in a libertarian world.
Watch Robby Soave on S.E. Cupp's Brand New Panel Show, Tonight at 7:00 P.M. on HLN
Building a wall between TV viewers and boredom
How Deregulation Gave Us FM Radio, HBO, and the iPhone
The FCC is designed to protect incumbents, enrich politicians, and screw consumers, says economist Thomas Hazlett.
Sexploitative Feminism: Hot Girls Wanted and How Not to Apologize for Mistreating Porn Stars
"Hot Girls Wanted" producers purport to care about sex workers' well-being but mock their privacy concerns.
Tomi Lahren, Pro-Choice Conservative, Not 'Incoherent' on Abortion
"I'm for limited government, so stay out of my guns, and you can stay out of my body as well," said Lahren on The View last week.
Westworld's Real Lesson? Screw or Kill All the Robots You Want
The real monsters of the HBO series weren't the people who treated robots as objects but those who tried to make them more human.