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Is ‘Nashville’ the Most Radical Feminist Show on TV?
Earlier this week, ABC announced that Nashville had been picked up for the rest of its first season. Happy news for us, since the show remains one of the best new dramas of the year, winning hearts...
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Victorian Novels That Would Make Great TV Dramas
Here’s a truth universally acknowledged: Television and the Victorian novel are two wholly different media. Make as many comparisons as you will, but the 19th-century English novel will never...
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Why ‘Community’ and ‘Go On’ Look So Similar But Feel So Different
When Go On – NBC’s new sitcom about a community of misfits – aired its pilot this season, it brought comparisons with, well, Community. Todd VanDerWerff and Alyssa Rosenberg were two of many TV writers...
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How ‘Homeland’ Glamorizes Torture
As the first half of the television season begins to wrap up, and some series with shorter seasons hurtle towards their finales, shows have started their usual ramp up in narrative pace. The stakes get...
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Everything That's Wrong With Musicals on TV
Are you as tired of lazy generalizations about musical theater as I am? With Broadway’s move onto both the cinema and television screen, these generalizations have only gotten sloppier. For starters,...
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The Feminism of Liz Lemon: A History in Screen-caps
[Ed. note: In celebration of the series finale of one of our all-time favorite TV comedies on Thursday night, we're going to be celebrating 30 Rock all week long on Flavorwire. Look for a new feature...
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Meta to the End: Saying Goodbye to '30 Rock,' The Show That Got to Say...
30 Rock aired its finale last night in the fashion all television could only hope to do. The beloved show and its viewers knew it was coming, and both sides could anticipate and plan, in their own...
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