The best inside jokes in the history of television
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Television shows have often been filled with cliches, tropes and overt jokes written for a broad audience. Even the plotlines to some shows are so …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Television shows have often been filled with cliches, tropes and overt jokes written for a broad audience. Even the plotlines to some shows are so …
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
Bruce Springsteen recorded “57 Channels and Nothin’ On” in 1992. We’ve made incredible — ahem — “progress” since. Thirty-two years later, there are over 100 …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
I first watched the original Sex and the City TV series in my late teens (my older sister handing down her DVD box set like …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Valentine’s Day is saturated with imagery of romantic love, and I’ll admit I’m a sucker for using the holiday as an excuse to buy my …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
When future cultural excavators opine on the finest films of the early 21st century, it is certain that Pan’s Labyrinth, from Mexican director Guillermo …
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
So, you got a brand new 7 million-inch TV on Black Friday for $8. Sure, to get it you only had to pick up another …
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