Television

August 28, 2020

The 2020 Party Conventions Gave New Meaning to Political Theater

The largely virtual format of the Republican and Democratic national conventions meant that even more than usual, the messages were embedded within the visual presentation. Here […]
August 28, 2020

Keke Palmer Keeps a Check

If you have ever seen a peregrine falcon slice cleanly through the pale dawn to capture and dismember a starling midair, you have a rough idea […]
July 13, 2020

TikTok Star Drama Is Good for Reality TV

Late Monday night, a group of male TikTok stars who belong to the Gen Z influencer collective known as the Sway House charged up the streets […]
July 9, 2020

TikTok Stars Race to Land Reality Shows

Late Monday night, a group of male TikTok stars who belong to the Gen Z influencer collective known as the Sway House charged up the streets […]
July 9, 2020

Naya Rivera, ‘Glee’ Actress, Is Missing at California Lake

Naya Rivera, 33, who starred in six seasons of Fox’s “Glee” as the sharp-witted cheerleader Santana Lopez, was missing on Wednesday night as rescuers searched Lake […]
June 29, 2020

Ever Further Below the Decks With ‘Below Deck’

PALMA, Majorca — A provocative theory in vogue among physicists and philosophers suggests that we humans are not experiencing, and have not ever experienced, reality. What […]
June 25, 2020

In Vintage TV Ads, a Curious Fountain of Hope (and Cheese)

At the end of yet another long day indoors, when I want to unwind, I’ll put on the commercial breaks from the 1985 American Music Awards […]
May 15, 2020

Is Marriage a Prize?

The Mrs. Files looks at history through a contemporary lens to see what the honorific “Mrs.” means to women and their identity. Growing up, my parents […]
April 24, 2020

How to Create Screen-Life Balance When Life Has Shifted to Screens

If you’re like most people right now, you are spending a lot of time in front of screens. This makes sense: In a time of social […]
April 16, 2020

Look, America: No Hands!

Carrie Mathison’s very first words on “Homeland” are: “I don’t care where he is. Find him. It’s urgent.” They are shouted in a tone of unvarnished […]