Television

How Edie Falco Made Carmela Soprano Matter

Carmela remains Falco’s most enduring on-screen alter ego, the crystallization of her mysterious genius.

The Fred Rogers We Know

With his unconventional take on children's television, Mr. Rogers helped redefine the male role model.

The Monsters Next Door

On the television lives of two spooky primetime families, the Addams and the Munsters.

The Sound of the End of the World

The new TV adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale, which centers on silenced women, is in a unique position to use aural components to convey the horror of dystopia.

They Speak Gilmore, Don't They?

Investigating the whiplash-inducing dialogue that has characterized Gilmore Girls, which returns this week.

New Ballgame

Pitch is a feminist-minded mainstream show about the slow, meandering game of baseball. There's a great deal riding on it, and a great deal working against it.

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The Unlikely Brilliance of Loiter Squad

Odd Future's Adult Swim series, Loiter Squad, may resemble Jackass in its approach to humour, but it accomplishes something much closer to Chappelle's Show.