- May 24, 2010 |
- 8. It’s Never Too Soon to Suck Them In
A great opening montage is a bloody good idea.
- May 3, 2010
- Barbra’s Kids
Glee’s non-sidekick effeminate boy represents for the show’s true icon.
- April 12, 2010 | Feature
- Pugnacious D
David Simon hates being pegged as angry, but it’s his fury—and passion and empathy—that made The Wire into such transcendent TV. Now, with Treme, he’s moved from postindustrial Baltimore to post-Katrina New Orleans, his irascibility very much intact.
- March 29, 2010
- Genre Benders
The dazzling structural experiments of Damages and Caprica.
- February 15, 2010
- Now Preparing for Descent
As Lost enters its final season, a fan worries she’s lost her faith.
- February 1, 2010 | Feature
- An Almost Lurid Past
John Lithgow on playing a gossip columnist—and on his own close call with scandal.
- January 18, 2010
- Husbands and Wives
Family values get upended (and sometimes obliterated) on four smart shows.
- December 21, 2009 | Reasons to Love New York 2009
- 5. Because Gail Collins Has Some Perspective
Author and columnist Gail Collins stole the show this year.
- December 14, 2009 | Aughts
- When TV Became Art
Good-bye boob tube, hello brain food.
- December 14, 2009 | Aughts
- The Stick List
New York's critics pick the television programs, books, movies, art, architecture, plays, and pop albums that we'll still be talking about in ten years.