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How TV lied about abortion

For decades, dramatized plot lines about unwanted and unexpected pregnancies helped create our real-world abortion discourse.

By Tanya Melendez

The dark, enthralling power of Succession

By Emily VanDerWerff October 14

One Good Thing: Only Murders in the Building plays like a Nora Ephron murder mystery

By Constance Grady October 12

What Squid Game’s fantasies and harsh realities reveal about Korea

By Aja Romano October 6

The Sopranos vs. the end of history

By Alissa Wilkinson October 2

Why I felt betrayed by Netflix’s Midnight Mass

By Aja Romano October 1

The tricky trans politics of FX’s Y: The Last Man

By Emily VanDerWerff September 27

One Good Thing: Reservation Dogs is groundbreaking. It’s also incredibly funny.

By Emily VanDerWerff September 21

One Good Thing: I didn’t watch any sports. Then I watched Netflix’s Drive to Survive.

By Byrd Pinkerton September 14

Ted Lasso’s deep, dark secret

By Emily VanDerWerff September 10

The empty dream that LuLaRoe sold

By Alissa Wilkinson September 9

Michael K. Williams was more than just Omar from The Wire. He elevated Black identity onscreen.

By Aja Romano September 7

The Jeopardy hosting saga has become a cautionary morality tale

By Aja Romano August 31

The Ted Lasso backlash was inevitable

By Emily VanDerWerff August 31

One Good Thing: An unsung drama of the 2010s you should stream right now

By Emily VanDerWerff August 26

Nothing changes on The White Lotus. That’s the point.

By Emily VanDerWerff August 16

The White Lotus is as clueless about Native Hawaiians as its characters

By Mitchell Kuga August 15

Watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine in the “defund the police” era

By Emily VanDerWerff August 13

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills has become a true crime doc

By Alex Abad-Santos August 12

M. Night Shyamalan’s Old, HBO’s The White Lotus, and the existential terror of right now

By Emily VanDerWerff August 6

How Gossip Girl broke the fantasy of being the world’s most special girl

By Constance Grady August 5

One Good Thing: Clear eyes, full hearts, please watch Friday Night Lights on Netflix

By Emily VanDerWerff August 3

The new Pursuit of Love TV show means it’s time to remember the Mitfords

By Constance Grady July 29

Why LeVar Burton’s Jeopardy! quest feels so meaningful

By Aja Romano July 26

Did anyone actually want more Gossip Girl?

By Constance Grady July 7

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Bill Cosby rape allegations: What you need to know

By Vox Staff July 1

Dear Olivia Rodrigo: Ignore the internet. “Originality” is overrated.

By Emily VanDerWerff July 1

How TV therapy took on the pandemic

By Emily VanDerWerff June 23

Without Rose Byrne, the ’80s aerobics drama Physical would be unwatchable

By Alex Abad-Santos June 18

The Handmaid’s Tale invites its viewers to Joe Biden’s Gilead

By Emily VanDerWerff June 17

One Good Thing: A very funny show about girlboss feminism

By Emily VanDerWerff June 14

Loki gives Marvel’s beloved villain a charming second chance

By Alex Abad-Santos June 8

17 seasons in, Grey’s Anatomy reimagined itself for the pandemic. But only a little bit.

By Emily VanDerWerff June 3

Here’s who owns everything in Big Media today

By Rani Molla and Peter Kafka May 27

The empty comfort of Friends: The Reunion

By Alissa Wilkinson May 27

Why Amazon is paying nearly $9 billion for MGM and James Bond

By Peter Kafka May 26

Master of None season 3 is an artfully filmed disappointment

By Emily VanDerWerff May 21

Asshole bosses are an entrenched part of Hollywood. Are they finally facing consequences?

By Emily VanDerWerff May 21

One Good Thing: HBO Max’s Hacks features the amazing Jean Smart as an aging comedy legend

By Emily VanDerWerff May 18

Why Mare of Easttown’s latest episode is its biggest yet

By Alex Abad-Santos May 17

It never made sense for AT&T to buy WarnerMedia. Now it’s undoing its $100 billion deal.

By Peter Kafka May 16

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