• Dear Television

    Dear Television Weekly Roundup: June 8–14

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    By Jacob Surpin It’s been an unusually quiet week for Dear Television. Mad Men is currently on a mid-season hiatus, and …

    Dear Television Weekly Roundup: May 31 – June 7

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    By Jacob Surpin It’s summer, and times are changing here at the LARB Blog. In addition to the LARB Channels …

    There Will Be Peplum: On the Television Uniform

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    Dear Television, WHEN I WAS YOUNG, my favorite show was Star Trek: The Next Generation. There are many reasons for this …

    The Good Bros of Fox

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    Dear Television, HEY, REMEMBER WHEN Fox Tuesdays were the next best hope for a full-on televisual Ladies Night? An evening …

    Are Sitcoms Sincere Again?

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    Dear TV, I LOVE JANE’S take on the sitcom-as-Manchild and her point that the contemporary sitcom’s reliance on the manchild …