A Two-Sided Affair With ‘The Affair’
The Affair follows the evolution of the torrid extramarital relationship between Noah (Dominic West) and Alison (Ruth Wilson), and its effect on their spouses, Helen (Maura Tierney) and Cole (Joshua...
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The Year Consensus Died: 2014 and the Baffling Post–‘Breaking Bad’ Television...
The human brain doesn’t distinguish between binges, whether you’re overdosing on crystal meth, prestige television, or the Emmy-winning combination of both. The initial rush and surrender triggers the...
View ArticleNothing Exciting Should Happen on ‘Homeland’ Ever Again
By Homeland standards, pretty much nothing happened in the Season 4 finale that aired on Sunday night. But “Long Time Coming” is one of the best episodes of the last two seasons of the series,...
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The 10 Most Underappreciated Actors on TV This Year
Can you believe it? The year in television is nearly complete! Soon the credits will roll on 2014. (And then time, like Hawaii Five-O, will reboot itself with a flashier, potentially disappointing...
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‘Togetherness,’ ‘Transparent,’ and TV’s Half-Hour Revolution
The funniest thing to happen during the Golden Globes had nothing to do with Tina and Amy. It was the moment when Showtime’s The Affair, a somnolent buzzkill of a series, was somehow handed the trophy...
View Article‘Happyish’ and Famousish: What Is Keeping Steve Coogan From Breaking Out in...
Here in Los Angeles, a peculiar event called Brit Week is going on in various shaded corners of the city. It’s a festival developed in 2007 by famed TV producer Nigel Lythgoe to, as its website...
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TV Burning Questions Answered: Worst TV Bosses, Silliest Show Names, and More!
It’s been quite some time since our last reader mailbag! Fargo came and melted, Parks and Recreation shut down for good, and did you hear the one about the new Daily Show host? And still you, my loyal...
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Summer TV Preview: The ‘Walking Dead’ Spinoff, the Return of ‘True...
For dedicated TV watchers, these are the good times. Mad Men is ending its legendary run on a dizzying, deeply emotional high. Game of Thrones, always good, has suddenly become wildly great, tumbling...
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Falling Out of Love (and Lust) With the Increasingly Safe Season 3 of...
Masters of Sex, which returned last night for a third season on Showtime, is a fine show. Its gentle, unhurried rhythms are a tonic in this adrenalized age. Its willingness to treat the human body as a...
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Carrie On: Making Peace With Five Seasons of ‘Homeland’
“Thrilling.” “Catastrophic.” “Devastating.” “Disappointment.” “Supremely artful.” “Increasingly unwatchable.” “Great.” “Drunk.” The words above are excerpts from a four-year argument with myself. All...
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