Tuesday, May 7 2013
Who Watches These Things?: An Examination of Daytime TV’s New Era
It's still nearly all talk all the time, but is daytime's audience changing?
Monday, May 14 2012
Watch It for the Clothes: The Class and Gender Warfare of ‘Gossip Girl’
The past few seasons of Gossip Girl have sent a consistent message to the series' largely female audience: women who attempt to climb the social ladder won't get a happy ending. Even ladies born wearing Prada diapers can expect their share of misery.
Friday, October 21 2011
The World’s Favourite Parlour Game: The Quite Interesting Brilliance of ‘QI’
We rarely equate television game shows with admirable life philosophies, but the BBC's QI with host Stephen Fry pulls it off by making us think as well as laugh.
Friday, July 15 2011
TV’s Most Memorable Commercials
This year is the 70th anniversary of the first TV commercial, so we cast our glance back at the some of the most memorable ads of all time.
Tuesday, May 10 2011
Selling Sex: The Media, Fantasy, and How I Fell in Love with Britney Spears
It all started when I was in Walgreens buying deodorant and I saw her looking me right in the eye with a glossy glow from the cover of an October 2010 issue of US Weekly.
Monday, April 25 2011
‘Campus’ Series Premiere
The new series from the makers of Green Wing feels like comedy by the numbers.
Tuesday, April 19 2011
Wonders of the Universe: Music to Watch Stars By
The key to the success of pop-star turned physicist Professor Brian Cox's shows is in their titles: Wonder. Each episode is replete with stunning nature photography shot in some of the grandest locations on Earth.
Monday, April 11 2011
“It Will Change the Genre Forever”: An Interview with “The Walking Dead’s” Jeryl Prescott
"It seemed like an odd marriage: Frank Darabont and AMC ... and zombies." Jeryl Prescott talks about how her Southern roots prepared her for this story of zombie apocalypse in the South.
Friday, March 18 2011
Counterbalance No. 25: Television’s ‘Marquee Moon’
Television’s 1977 masterpiece Marquee Moon is the 25th Greatest Album of All Time, but is it too “too too” to put a finger on? Counterbalance’s Eric Klinger and Jason Mendelsohn see it all backward.
