Television

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 […]
April 13, 2020

As Reality TV Reunions Go Virtual, What About the Fights?

Much like some of your work meetings (if you’re lucky enough to have a job, let alone one that allows you to work from home), most […]