Television

House of Cards Season 4, Episode 13: The Live-Binge Review

The season ends in a terrifying place.

• Spencer Kornhaber
• March 7, 2016

House of Cards Season 4, Episode 11: The Live-Binge Review

The Underwoods go “beyond marriage” and lose a few friends.

• Spencer Kornhaber
• March 6, 2016

House of Cards Season 4, Episode 8: The Live-Binge Review

The prodigal novelist returns.

• Spencer Kornhaber
• March 5, 2016

House of Cards Season 4, Episode 7: The Live-Binge Review

Meet the Conways, and Cards’s version of ISIS.

• Spencer Kornhaber
• March 4, 2016

House of Cards Season 4, Episode 6: The Live-Binge Review

The message of the show isn’t as complicated as it seems.

• Spencer Kornhaber
• March 4, 2016

House of Cards Season 4, Episode 5: The Live-Binge Review

Chaos ensues, and Raymond Trump—er, Tusk—reappears to cut a terrific deal with China.

• Spencer Kornhaber
• March 4, 2016

House of Cards Season 4, Episode 4: The Live-Binge Review

Bang!

• Spencer Kornhaber
• March 4, 2016

House of Cards Season 4, Episode 3: The Live-Binge Review

Is that Frank Underwood’s KKK scandal, or Donald Trump’s?

• Spencer Kornhaber
• March 4, 2016

House of Cards Season 4, Episode 2: The Live-Binge Review

A betrayal at the State of the Union

• Spencer Kornhaber
• March 4, 2016

House of Cards Season 4, Episode 1: The Live-Binge Review

Claire goes home, and the show feels new again.

• Spencer Kornhaber
• March 4, 2016

The Real O’Neals: Daring, Disguised as Ordinary

Conventional presentation aside, the sharply funny ABC sitcom explores darker family conflicts about religion and sexuality.

• David Sims
• March 2, 2016

Why the ‘Low’ Oscar Ratings Shouldn’t Matter

ABC would be wrong to use a dip in the ceremony’s viewership as an excuse to assume creative control.

• David Sims
• March 1, 2016

The X-Files: Do We Still Want to Believe?

After six new episodes, maybe not so much.

• Sophie Gilbert, Megan Garber, David Sims, and Lenika Cruz
• February 23, 2016

The High-Def Majesty of Planet Earth Returns

Stoners, tech-heads, and naturalists rejoice: The BBC documentary series will get a new season 10 years after its landmark debut.

• David Sims
• February 22, 2016

Some Inescapable Facts About Hollywood's Diversity Crisis

A comprehensive study suggests that “political correctness” in film and TV has not, by any significant statistical measure, run amuck.

• Spencer Kornhaber
• February 22, 2016

King of the Hill: The Last Bipartisan TV Comedy

The Fox sitcom, which went off the air in 2010, managed to unite both liberal and conservative viewers by emphasizing its characters’ humanity in a changing world.

• Bert Clere
• February 22, 2016

Girls: Still Flawless at Being Itself

By now, you either find these deranged people hilarious or you don’t.

• Spencer Kornhaber
• February 20, 2016

A TV Network for Native Americans

Canada already has a similar cable outlet dedicated to indigenous peoples, and the U.S. is preparing to follow suit.

• Lenika Cruz
• February 19, 2016

Netflix’s Love: A Dark Romance About Terrible People

The new series from Judd Apatow about a troubled couple in L.A. takes a long time to pay off—but it’s worth it.

• David Sims
• February 18, 2016

Is Creative Television Bad for Business?

ABC seems to think so, ousting its president after he shepherded an explosion of original and inclusive programming.

• David Sims
• February 17, 2016