Category Archives: TV Criticism
Funny Business: Critical Analysis of Television Comedies, Part 2
The following is the second part of an ongoing, cross-blog conversation between myself and my A.V. Club colleague Ryan McGee. The first part of the conversation is posted at his blog, Boob Tube Dude, and can be found here (and … Continue reading
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Now What?: Advance Screeners in the Digital Age
Advance Screeners in the Digital Age March 31st, 2011 It is hardly a secret that television critics often receive advance screeners of popular television programs: after all, the role of the traditional critic has been to produce pre-air reviews of … Continue reading
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The Critic in (Online) Society: An Alternate History of 21st Century Television Criticism
Yesterday was honestly excruciating. After waking up to a rare instance of mainstream discussion of television criticism as a discourse, as Josh Levin tackled Alan Sepinwall’s influence in the field in a piece for Slate, I unfortunately had a busy … Continue reading
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Cultural Conferencing: “The New Criticism?” at Flow 2010
“The New Criticism?” at Flow 2010 September 30th, 2010 I am currently awaiting the arrival of a late night bus which shall take me to Chicago and to a plane which will deliver me to Austin, Texas (my first time … Continue reading
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Label Lamentation: The Growing Misuse of “Recap” in Television Criticism Semantics
If I could change one element of modern television criticism, it would be the notion that recap and review are synonyms. To clarify, I have no issue with recaps or the people who write them: there is a place within … Continue reading
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Could “C” stand for Community?: Musings on the Role of the TCA
In the final piece of his fantastic series of articles on his Comic-Con 2010 experience, Todd VanDerWerff asks an all-important question: why, precisely, do news organizations cover Comic-Con from the show floor? He writes that “the vast majority of the … Continue reading
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I Come to Praise Sepinwall, Not to Bury Him: Reflections on “What’s Alan Watching?”
In the world of television criticism, tomorrow is a pretty important milestone: Alan Sepinwall, television critic for the Star-Ledger and NJ.com, is becoming Television Critic for HitFix.com. I don’t want to make this sound like some sort of eulogy: Alan’s … Continue reading →
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