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Are you a fan of Friends? The megahit show just had its long-awaited cast reunion. In a piece for the Atlantic, Megan Garber writes that the special…
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A new CBS sitcom called “The United States of Al” tells the story of an Afghan interpreter who is reunited with a Marine veteran in the U.S. after…
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ConnectionsWe discuss the year in TV and film. As noted by the Atlantic Monthly, 2020 was an ambitious year for TV watching, where "tackling 121 episodes of a single…
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Connections21 years ago this month, the NAACP was advocating a boycott of the major television networks. That's because the networks had just released their fall…
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ConnectionsWhat if there’s a heaven, but it’s kind of… boring? That’s just one of the many questions explored by the recently departed NBC series, “The Good Place,”…
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ConnectionsNetflix recently announced it will drop episodes of a new series weekly, instead of all at once. Hulu has already adopted the practice, and Disney and…
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During the season premiere of the PBS Kids’ show “Arthur,” Arthur’s teacher, Mr. Ratburn, got married. The episode, “Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone,”…
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How have intimate scenes on stage, on television, and in film changed in the era of #MeToo and #TimesUp? "Intimacy choreography" is on the rise. The goal…
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ConnectionsA long-running television game show that has inspired legions of fans and trivia buffs? What is Jeopardy?!We discuss the cultural impact of this classic…
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ConnectionsWe talk TV! Our guests discuss the year in television: the successes, the failures, the reboots and revivals, and how television consumption continued to…