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The Good Bros of Fox
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?
Dear TV, I LOVE JANE’S take on the sitcom-as-Manchild and her point that the contemporary sitcom’s reliance on the manchild …
Can the Sitcom Grow Up?
BROOKLYN NINE-NINE — one of Fox’s new sitcoms — begins with a classic expository trick: the viewer’s first introduction into …
Civil Wars: Reinventing America in Science Fiction Television
NEW GENRE TELEVISION this week included the return of CW’s Arrow, an adaptation of DC’s character Green Arrow, the alter …
Streaming Pam Beesly
Dear Television, It is the strangest thing to have a long-term fictional love interest. It’s a type of relationship that …
Why We Watch Netflix In The Middle of the Night
Dear TV, I WENT TO a puppet show last night. It was the story of the little mechanic who runs …
Return of the Living Series: Season Premieres
IN RECENT DISCUSSIONS among scholars of speculative fictions, the science fictionalization of contemporary life is a frequent point of reference. …
The New Canon
This week, Dear Television — Jane Hu, Lili Loofbourow, Phillip Maciak, and new addition Anne Helen Petersen — will be …
Science Fiction Television: Still Lost in Space?
WE LIVE IN A GOLDEN AGE of television, as the recent Emmy Awards broadcast never failed to remind us. Although …