TelevisionAug. 2 2018 11:27 AMWatch Succession NowI didn’t get HBO’s genre-bending drama at first. Now I realize it’s amazing.Willa Paskin
TelevisionJuly 30 2018 12:09 PMReality TV as Performance ArtWhy would a sane person want to appear on a TV dating competition?Willa Paskin
TelevisionJuly 15 2018 10:30 PMWho Is America? Gives Pro-Gun Zealots the Borat TreatmentWilla Paskin
TelevisionJuly 5 2018 11:55 AMSharp Objects Tries to Redefine Prestige TVMore women, still grim.Willa Paskin
TelevisionJune 28 2018 5:57 AMA Ring of Their OwnThe wacky, warm, estrogen-heavy family of GLOW.Willa Paskin
Decoder RingJune 25 2018 6:00 AMClown PanicDecoder Ring investigates the history of clowns, phantom-clown panics, and the rise of the horror clown.Willa Paskin
TelevisionJune 4 2018 6:08 PMThe TV Show We Need Right NowDietland and Succession show it’s surprisingly hard to develop an urgently relevant show in the age of the lightning-fast news cycle.Willa Paskin
Decoder RingJune 4 2018 5:49 AMDecoder Ring: The Johnlock ConspiracyThe BBC insisted that John Watson and Sherlock Holmes aren’t gay lovers. Fans disagreed.Willa Paskin
TelevisionMay 30 2018 11:30 PMThe End of The AmericansWhat did it mean to root for these murderous antiheroes, whose moral struggles were so like our own?Willa Paskin
Brow BeatMay 29 2018 12:41 PMMichelle Wolf’s Netflix Show Is Funniest When She’s ViciousWhen she’s not, it suggests Netflix isn’t as revolutionary as it likes to think it is.Willa Paskin
TelevisionMay 10 2018 9:13 AMPatrick Melrose and the Long Afterburn of TraumaBenedict Cumberbatch stars in an adaptation of Edward St. Aubyn’s novels.Willa Paskin
TelevisionApril 30 2018 10:00 AMThe Man Who Perfected the Laugh TrackCharlie Douglass changed the way TV viewers watch comedies.Willa Paskin
TelevisionApril 24 2018 2:38 PMThe New Episodes of The Handmaid’s Tale Suggest It Should Have Ended After Its First SeasonBut it’s still as good as ever at making you feel bad.Willa Paskin
TelevisionApril 18 2018 5:50 AMPlayed OutWestworld, the game, undermines Westworld, the TV show.Willa Paskin
TelevisionApril 10 2018 12:41 PMKilling Eve Makes Murder Dangerously FunPhoebe Waller-Bridge’s BBC America series tracks the hunt for a gleeful contract killer, but underestimate her, and it, at your peril.Willa Paskin
TelevisionJuly 31 2018 1:59 PMThe Hosts Make Making ItThis new reality show about crafting benefits from the best hosts you could ask for: Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman.Willa Paskin
Decoder RingJuly 30 2018 12:08 PMDecoder Ring: The Basement AffairMaking love and performance art on a VH1 dating show.Willa Paskin
TelevisionJuly 12 2018 3:24 PMNetflix Broke HBO’s 18-Year Emmy Nominations Streak. What Does That Mean for the Future of TV?In the game of Emmys, you grow or you die.Willa Paskin
Brow BeatJune 29 2018 12:40 PMDid Anyone Understand Westworld?Four critics discuss Westworld’s Season 2 in spoiler-filled detail.Willa Paskin, Sam Adams, Jonathan L. Fischer, and Rachelle Hampton
Wide AngleJune 25 2018 7:00 AMHow Did Clowns Become Scary?Blame the circus and television.Willa Paskin
TelevisionJune 19 2018 10:21 AMThe Proposal Is the Perfect Reality Show for Our Stupid TimesWilla Paskin
TelevisionJune 4 2018 5:50 AMThe Case of the Fractured FandomFans say Holmes and Watson are a couple in the BBC’s Sherlock. The creators deny it. Who’s right?Willa Paskin
TelevisionMay 31 2018 12:46 PMPoseRyan Murphy’s new series is an admirable model of representation. It’s not yet a great TV show.Willa Paskin
Brow BeatMay 29 2018 3:29 PMIn Roseanne’s Cancellation, Morality Won Out Over the Status QuoWilla Paskin
Brow BeatMay 23 2018 4:02 PMAsymmetry Is About As Loving a Eulogy As You’ll Find for Philip RothLisa Halliday’s novel did more to make me fond of him than his books.Willa Paskin
FamilyMay 3 2018 5:57 AMArt or Babies?In extolling the limitlessness of a life without children, Sheila Heti ends up making the case for writerly limits.Willa Paskin
Decoder RingApril 30 2018 8:00 AMDecoder Ring: The Laff BoxWhat happened to the laugh track?Willa Paskin
TelevisionApril 20 2018 1:58 PMThe Long Shadow of ScandalOver seven seasons, the show sometimes lost the (insanely complicated) plot, but it changed TV for good.Willa Paskin
Culture GabfestApril 11 2018 11:25 AMThe Culture Gabfest “Neo-Maxi-Zoom-Dweebie” EditionSlate’s Culture Gabfest on Roseanne, Kacey Musgraves, and The Breakfast Club.Willa Paskin, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner
TelevisionApril 5 2018 4:27 PMBack to the ShoreJersey Shore Family Vacation finds reality stars trying to mature without changing their bankable personas.Willa Paskin
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