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Mori Chack The Rise of Japan's Creepy-Cute Craze
"Gross" characters are proliferating in a country known for kawaii, and now even local governments' mascots are trying to out-weird one another.
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AMC The Mad Men Season 7 Premiere: The Same Old Don Draper?
Our roundtable discusses the first episode of the seventh season.
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HBO That Big Game of Thrones Moment: Better for Book Readers, or Not?
Our roundtable on "The Lion and the Rose," the second episode of the HBO show's fourth season.
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AMC The New Ugliness of Mad Men
Out with the glamour, in with the kitsch. What the show's new look could indicate about its seventh and final season
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HBO The Pure Pleasure of Game of Thrones' Season 4 Premiere
Our roundtable on "Two Swords," the first episode of the HBO show's fourth season.
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HBO Revenge on the Nerds: Why It's So Cool to Laugh at the Tech World Now
Silicon Valley may usher in a new, overdue era of satire and cynicism about startup culture.
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HBO Will the New Game of Thrones Season Be Even Better Than the Last?
All signs point to some bloody awesome episodes.
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Ron P. Jaffe/Fox How I Met Your Aunt: A Bizarre Ending for How I Met Your Mother
The finale's last scene underlined the show's oddly insular conception of friendship.
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CBS What TV Will Lose When How I Met Your Mother Goes Off the Air
The show's earnest, feel-good stories about love and friendship didn't always win over critics, but they were a refreshing anomaly among contemporary sitcoms.
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Eike Schroter / CBS Why That Big Twist on The Good Wife Is a Breakthrough for TV
The show has sent the message that its female lead's story will not be driven by her love interests.
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HBO Veep's Tony Hale: 'We Need to Stop Putting Politicians on Pedestals'
The actor shares what he's learned about Washington from playing the veep's devoted bag man.
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Kevin Wolf / AP The Fictional Places That Attract Real-Life Tourists
Hang with hobbits, brunch with Bond, and try not to shoot your eye out.
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Chris Pizzello / AP Mad Men's Creator: Don Draper Represents American Society
A conversation with Matthew Weiner about anti-heroes, why everybody loves Joan, and the real-life drama that inspires the hit AMC show
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CBS America's Creepy, Surveillance-Endorsing Love of NCIS
By featuring warrantless agents who thwart domestic terrorists with fantastical technology, shows like NCIS essentially ask Americans to root for Big Brother.
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The CW Veronica Mars: One of TV's Realest Depictions of Wealth Inequality
The canceled teen-detective drama, which returns as a Kickstarter-funded movie Friday, asked tough questions about money and power that are still relevant today.
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YouTube Why Are Americans So Protective of Jeopardy!?
To understand why contestant Arthur Chu's controversial but effective strategy upset so many viewers, it's worth looking back at why the show first became a TV staple in the Cold War era.
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Michael Loftus; Fox News; Comedy Central The Plight of Conservative Comedy: Where's the Right's Daily Show?
Political philosophy isn't what keeps Republican-leaning comics from succeeding—it's corporate hurdles, cultural forces, and the demographics of show business.
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HBO The True Detective Finale: That's It?
Should we feel bad for Nic Pizzolatto? Our roundtable discusses “Form and Void,” the eighth installment in HBO's series.
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True Detective: Spoiler-y Speculation About the Finale
Some educated guesses regarding where the HBO show may be headed
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Phil McCarten / Reuters The Plight of NCIS: TV's Biggest Drama Gets No Respect
The CBS procedural receives only a fraction of the media attention paid to the shows it regularly outdraws.
