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Funny Or Die The Qu'osby Show
The new Funny or Die series Halal in the Family seeks to mock Islamophobia, but has a troubling definition of what it means to be a 'normal' Muslim.
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Danny Moloshok / AP The Bruce Jenner Learning Curve
The former Olympian's announcement that he's transgender is educating people about prejudice in real time—including the actress Alice Eve.
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Michael Yarish / AMC Mad Men: The End of a Dream
The five partners of SC&P finally face a new era.
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HBO Game of Thrones' Riskiest Marriage Plot Yet
Our roundtable discusses 'High Sparrow,' the third episode of the fifth season
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Patrick Harbon / FX Turning the Paige
In the third-season finale of The Americans, Philip and Elizabeth's daughter got more insight into her parents' lives, and made a devastating but inevitable choice.
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ABC Fresh Off the Boat Is Good—but It Could Be Even Better
ABC's Asian American family sitcom has had a groundbreaking first season, but that's no reason viewers shouldn't raise their expectations if the show is renewed.
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Justina Mintz/AMC Mad Men: The Forecast Isn't Bright
Don's dreams are turning to dust, but will anyone else find a happy ending?
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HBO Game of Thrones' Most Fascinating Character
Our roundtable on "The House of Black and White" and the plight of the queen mother
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HBO David Chase Just Ruined the Finale of The Sopranos
Seldom have I been less happy to be (belatedly) proven right.
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BBC The Robots of Orphan Black
Throughout pop-culture history, clones and robots have served similar purposes, exploring anxieties about class and labor.
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ABC Cristela Is the Model for What Modern Sitcoms Should Be
The smart and hugely underrated ABC show has found new life in a waning format: the multi-camera network comedy.
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FX Justified: A Neglected Rebel Amid Television's Golden Age
FX's neo-Western was never a big player among an abundance of prestige dramas, but it should be remembered for daring to do TV on its own terms.
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Patrick Harbron/HBO Veep's New Presidential Power
The HBO comedy series is back with bigger stakes and more competent characters—and the show is better for it.
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Justina Mintz/AMC Mad Men: A Million-Dollar Goodbye
Don and the show said farewell to a longtime character, Peggy and Stan were seduced by a photographer, and Diana revealed the secret she ran away from.
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Macall B. Polay/HBO Game of Thrones's Slow but Promising Season 5 Premiere
Our roundtable on "The Wars to Come"—and what it means for the episodes to come
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Netflix Daredevil: A Long-Form Approach to Comic-Book Television
Marvel’s first show with Netflix borrows its gritty look and feel from Frank Miller, but stays true to the binge-friendly nature of comic books and streaming services.
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HBO/The Atlantic With Season Five, Game of Thrones Transcends the Failings of the Books
The fifth season gracefully side-steps the novels' confused fourth and fifth installments by taking creative license with deaths, romance, and Tyrion Lannister.
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FX Hail to the Glorious Return of Sad-Sack Louie
With his FX show in its fifth season, the comedian continues to raise the bar for television comedy with an ever-more refined blend of absurd, tragic, and funny.
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FX A Long-Anticipated Revelation Reinvigorates The Americans
The sharing of a family secret has given the FX show a host of new ways for its characters to interact.
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jvoves/Flickr Maybe a Twin Peaks Revival Without David Lynch Wouldn't Be That Bad
Without its famous co-creator at the helm, Showtime's reboot of the cult TV show can try to emulate the success of other Lynchian knockoffs.
