‘Downton Abbey’ Season 5 Episode 3 Recap: Call Me Maybe
Welcome, friends, to your weekly visit to the Abbey. (Miss the last episode? Read all about it!) I hear a telephone ringing in the distance. Should we answer? Remember, SPOILER ALERT. To the recap! In...
View Article‘Downton Abbey’ Season 5 Episode 4 Recap: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
A petal falls from a rose and funny-looking brush dusts a light fixture and it’s Sunday and we’re back at Downton Abbey! Remember, for now and for always: SPOILER ALERT. Thomas menacingly returns to...
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Is ‘Downton Abbey’ Really Over? Here’s How It Should End
The Internet has been ablaze today with rumors that Downton Abbey will end after its next season. Don’t freak out just yet though! No one seems to be able to provide hard evidence to support the...
View Article‘Downton Abbey’ Season 5 Episode 5 Recap: Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting
Welcome back fellow Abbey-ites. Come in! Episode 5 awaits! Always remember the old refrain: Spoiler alert. On to our story! A car pulls up to the Abbey and it is Rosamund, greeted only by Cora and a...
View ArticleSuper Bowl 2015: All the Commercials, Told through Superlatives
Some people tune in on Super Bowl Sunday for the halftime show. Others for the sport. And then there’s the crowd that is in it for the commercials. Somehow, for four hours every year, advertisers have...
View ArticleWhy Can’t We Get A Strong Female Lead in a Cop Show Without Violence Against...
By Aya de Leon I see a trend over the past 20+ years: cop shows offer female audiences what we’ve been craving—strong, complicated, brilliant women protagonists—yet there seems to be a sexual violence...
View ArticleFresh Off the Boat: Did ABC Do Eddie Huang’s Life Story Justice?
After months of speculation, controversy and high hopes, Fresh Off the Boat finally arrived last night. The show, based off the unflinchingly honest memoir of restaurateur/general badass Eddie Huang,...
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Missing The Actors Who Quit Downton? Here Are 3 Strange, Dark Gems To Watch...
‘Twas ever thus: seasons change, dogs molt and stars of phenomenally popular television shows junk their secure employment for “exciting new roles.” Downton Abbey, now in its fifth season (9pm Sundays...
View Article‘Downton Abbey’ Season 5 Episode 6 Recap: Runaway Train
Ring ring! Who is it? Why, it’s another week of Downton Abbey of course! Spoiler alert, dear friends! Onward! We begin with a telegram, for Lady Edith. Hughes looks on, concerned, and the telegram...
View ArticleJon Stewart To Leave ‘The Daily Show’
Remember when Jon Stewart left his Daily Show post to shoot his first film in Jordan and your life wasn’t the same, but you managed to survive (just barely)? Well, I’m going to need you to hold onto...
View Article‘Downton Abbey’ Season 5 Episode 7 Recap: Dog Days Are Over
Bienvenue à Downton, mes amis! Mais bien sûr, SPOILER ALERT! On y va! A train arrives. Or leaves. Or both if you want to get philosophical. Rosamund has come to deal with the immediate Edith Emergency,...
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Bethenny Frankel Dishes on Her Return to the Housewives, Cocktails, and More
Bethenny Frankel is not your average reality TV star. Arguably the most successful woman to come out of the Real Housewives franchise (just ask her Forbes cover), she started the show as the runner-up...
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Mad Men: Let’s Wildly Speculate about the First Photos from the Final Season!
Photo: Frank Ockenfels 3/AMC When AMC announced that they were splitting Mad Men‘s final season into two, my eyes hurt from rolling so hard. Stop trying to be Harry Potter, Don Draper! I thought. But...
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God Is Real: Jason Biggs Not Returning to ‘Orange Is The New Black’
There are so many good things about Orange Is The New Black. Jason Biggs’ character, Larry, is not one of them. He is spiteful, immature, and boring. And his storylines gobble up precious airtime that...
View Article‘Downton Abbey’ Season 5 Episode 8 Recap: London Calling
We are here! The Penultimate Episode! Suddenly, I am feeling sad and pre-nostalgic for this season. Is this the end? Does all the talk of changing times and America and real estate mean we’re soon to...
View ArticleBeyond Spock: 10 Videos to Celebrate the Long and Prosperous Life of Leonard...
Some actors are so ingrained in our popular culture that it is difficult to imagine things carrying on without them. Leonard Nimoy, best known for his role as Mr. Spock on Star Trek, is one of these...
View Article‘Downton Abbey’ Season 5 Finale Recap: All I Want for Christmas Is You
Hark! What sound is that? It’s the sound of another legendary Downton Abbey Christmas Special! Do I really have to remind you of the always-in-effect spoiler alert? There, I did it! On to the Abbey! A...
View ArticleEverything Bad That Happens in ‘Downton Abbey’ Is Lord Grantham’s Fault
The grandeur, the nuance, the amazing way nothing happens until the final scenes of an episode… In its glory days, I could spend hours describing the delight that is Downton Abbey. Yet anyone who’s...
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Couples TV: The Shows We Watch Together, The Shows We Watch Alone
When I met my wife, Kate, we both lived in Baltimore. She was born and raised there, and I’d moved down the coast from Vermont a few months before. I was running toward a job and away from a breakup....
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‘Daily Show’ Exits Keep Coming: Samantha Bee Getting Her Own Show on TBS
Remember when news broke that Jon Stewart was leaving The Daily Show? Remember how we all decided to pretend that isn’t really happening just so we can get out of bed in the morning? Well, that lie...
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