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What Makeover Shows Like Girlfriend Intervention Should Learn from What Not...
Girlfriend Intervention is a new makeover show airing on Lifetime, and it’s been the source of some controversy since it started airing this summer. Flavorwire called Girlfriend Intervention “a racist...
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Top Chef Alumni in the Bay Area
By Kimra McPherson The Bay Area’s strong food scene has always been a great feeder for Bravo’s cooking competition show Top Chef, and now a wave of contestants have returned to feed us. Three new...
View Article3 TV Shows That Helped Me Understand and Cope with Depression
By Kayti Burt Society likes to causally link television and depression, but that hasn’t always been my experience. Yes, when used as a way to neglect relationships and responsibilities, TV can be a...
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Why Degrassi Still Matters, 35 Years Later
By Erika Schmidt Empathy is hard to teach. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus Finch tells his daughter that “you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them.” She...
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10 Shows Netflix Needs to Add ASAP
By Maria Judnick Before Netflix and all those other streaming video options, I was obsessed with TV shows on DVD. As soon as I’d hear that my favorite show had added another season to DVD, off I’d...
View Article5 European TV Dramas You Should Be Watching
By Kayti Burt We live in a golden age of television, and it’s not just happening in America. Thanks to the availability of international TV the Internet and an expansive list of speciality channels has...
View ArticleGilmore Girls and Dawson’s Creek Reunions Finally Happening at ATX TV Festival!
Recent months have been really kind to Gilmore Girls fans, as the 8,372 thinkpieces on the show’s arrival to Netflix can attest. But we’re a greedy bunch and marathoning the entire series only made us...
View ArticleBarack Obama Is Very Barack Obama-y on 2001 Episode of “Check, Please!”
Ivy League law schools aren’t the only places you can find a future president, as one Redditor found when stumbling upon this forgotten 2001 appearance by then Illinois state senator, Barack Obama, on...
View ArticleIf You Loved ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay’, Try This TV Series From the Same...
By Kayti Burt Even if you’re not a fan of The Hunger Games, you can probably list several items off of star Jennifer Lawrence’s filmography. But what about the franchise’s other Lawrence? We’re...
View ArticleThe 9 Best Thanksgiving Episodes for Your Food Coma
By Maria Judnick Years ago, Thanksgiving dinner meant getting dressing up in your Sunday best, going to Grandmama’s house and eating a meal fit for the pages of Gourmet served on her best china. While...
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A Definitive Ranking of Christmas Movie Animals, from Naughty to Nice
Grumpy Cat, the angriest kitty you’ve ever loved, makes her acting debut this Saturday in Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever. (But why bother telling you? You’ve either had the date circled on your...
View Article‘The Music Man Live': Picking the Perfect Cast for NBC’s Next Musical
Last week’s live TV musical production proved once again that Peter Pan will never grow old for audiences, at least not where ratings are concerned. Thanks to Christopher Walken prancing around in a...
View ArticleObsessed with Serial? You Need to Watch ‘The Staircase’
It’s Thursday, which means you’ve either just listened to this week’s Serial episode or are taking a break to savor it. Those of the second persuasion have a good strategy going because there’s only...
View ArticleThe 5 Types of Americans Portrayed on British Television
American television is rife with British characters, so much so that it’s reasonable to assume that at least one of your favorite shows includes a main character with a funny accent (probably of the...
View Article‘Downton Abbey’ Season 5 Premiere Recap: We Didn’t Start the Fire
Friends! Welcome back to the wonderful world of Downton Abbey recaps! How have you been? How is your pig farm? Your missing/dead spouse? Your murdered valet? Your orphan child? Are you ready to get...
View Article11 New TV Dramas to Watch in 2015
We just finished an incredible year of television drama, and 2015 promises to be just as good. New projects from beloved creators, risky genre mashups, and further expansion in what constitutes...
View ArticleDownton Abbey’s Ladies Play Cards Against Humanity
In case you missed our season premiere recap and/or have been living under a rock that doesn’t have TV or internet access, Downton Abbey is back! Every year at this time, a few of the actors hop over...
View Article‘Downton Abbey’ Season 5 Episode 2 Recap: I’ll Make Love To You
Friends! The ash has settled and we’ve arrived at the second episode of Downton Abbey Season 5! (Missed the first? Read all about it.) I can hardly wait! Is Downton still standing? How does Lord...
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The Very Best Gifs from the 2015 Golden Globes
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a gif must be worth at least a million (math!). With the advent of this bite-sized animated wonder, award shows have become less about who won what and more...
View ArticleAll Hail The CW: How the Youth-Geared Network Became One of the Best on TV
Gina Rodriguez won a Golden Globe on Sunday for her work on The CW’s Jane the Virgin, the first Golden Globe in the network’s eight year history. This came hours after The CW announced it would be...
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