Television

The Sopranos’ Last Song The Sopranos’ Last Song

With an ominous sense of foreboding, Tony Soprano takes his last drive down the Jersey Turnpike, after seven seasons and 86 bloody, sexy, curse-ridden episodes.

Jun 7, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Max Fraser

Farewell, Tony and Carm Farewell, Tony and Carm

As we begin our final hour with Tony Soprano and his two families, it's hard not to feel a familiar sense of loss.

Jun 7, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Max Fraser

The Simpsons Hit 400 The Simpsons Hit 400

Over eighteen seasons and three presidential eras, The Simpsons has paid badly animated homage to all that sucks in America.

May 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Simon Maxwell Apter

Katrina vs. Colbert Katrina vs. Colbert

Katrina vanden Heuvel appears on The Colbert Report to debate the host on the question of truthiness and much more.

Apr 10, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Stephen Colbert

Hooray for Right-Wing Hollywood Hooray for Right-Wing Hollywood

Right-wing culture warriors gathered in LA to praise ABC for its flawed 9/11 docudrama, talk up a conservative version of The Daily Show and release a thriller fueled by a nativist...

Nov 16, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Max Blumenthal

Election Night From Hell Election Night From Hell

As Fox News marks its tenth birthday, recall the fateful night in November 2000 that its election desk broke all the rules reporting the election of George W. Bush. Will Fox do it ...

Oct 25, 2006 / Books & the Arts / David W. Moore

Screamin’ at the Machine Screamin’ at the Machine

We should be cheering at sports events and screaming at politicians. But these days, it's vice versa. Now that ESPN's Screamin' Stephen A. Smith is acting like a pundit, things cou...

Sep 26, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Dave Zirin

Lying About 9/11? Easy as ABC Lying About 9/11? Easy as ABC

Why did the network humiliate its news division, ignore historians and insult Americans with a 9/11 docudrama that it knew was a tissue of lies?

Sep 14, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

A Klatch of Civilizations A Klatch of Civilizations

As Survivor races to the bottom by dividing this season's contenders into race-based tribes, perhaps we can look to Starbucks for new models of how to blend in.

Sep 14, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Patricia J. Williams

Bush’s Sitcom Nominee Bush’s Sitcom Nominee

Warren Bell honed his reputation writing sitcoms and lobbing politically incorrect bombs for National Review Online. Now he's Bush's nominee for the Corporation for Public Broadcas...

Sep 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Celia Viggo Wexler

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