TV Archives - Public Books https://www.publicbooks.org/tag/tv/ a magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship Sat, 17 Jan 2026 02:17:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.publicbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-favicon-2-300x300.png TV Archives - Public Books https://www.publicbooks.org/tag/tv/ 32 32 Twitter Ethics Swarm “Euphoria” https://www.publicbooks.org/twitter-ethics-swarm-euphoria/ Thu, 09 Nov 2023 16:00:08 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=54108 The most tweeted about show of the decade, “Euphoria” provoked viewers to gossip about its teenage characters. What did they say?

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]]> Name Drop, No Exit https://www.publicbooks.org/name-drop-no-exit/ Mon, 23 Oct 2023 15:00:25 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=53911 “The Other Two” and a spate of recent comedies claim to mock celebrities while juicing their star power for references and cameos.

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]]> And Just Like That… the Viewer Cringes https://www.publicbooks.org/and-just-like-that-the-viewer-cringes/ Thu, 21 Sep 2023 15:00:14 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=53564 The show’s white, middle-age, upper-class liberals clumsily realizing their privilege are an accurate mirror of some of its viewers.

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]]> Refreshing the Fresh Prince https://www.publicbooks.org/refreshing-the-fresh-prince/ Wed, 20 Sep 2023 15:00:21 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=53488 The turn toward an aesthetic of Black excellence on TV reveals a mode of self-fashioning that celebrates neoliberal markers of merit and prestige.

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]]> The Reboot Will Be Televised https://www.publicbooks.org/the-reboot-will-be-televised/ Mon, 18 Sep 2023 15:00:45 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=53558 “Star Trek: Picard,” “And Just Like That…,” “Bel-Air,” “Reboot”: even within our age of the reboot, old stories offer new insights.

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]]> “Succession” & Prestige TV’s Fascism Problem https://www.publicbooks.org/succession-prestige-tvs-fascism-problem/ Wed, 13 Sep 2023 15:00:04 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=53400 Prestige TV, which has a presumptively liberal audience, churns out a steady diet of illiberal fare. Shows like “Succession” force the viewer to ask why.

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]]> In the Age of Artpocalypse: Beauty and Damage on TV https://www.publicbooks.org/in-the-age-of-artpocalypse-beauty-and-damage-on-tv/ Thu, 17 Aug 2023 15:00:43 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=53195 Whether destroying the Mona Lisa or whole museums, why does contemporary film and TV want us to watch the art world burn?

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]]> Derry Girls and the Absurdity of Adulthood https://www.publicbooks.org/derry-girls-and-the-absurdity-of-adulthood/ Wed, 28 Jun 2023 15:00:18 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=52765 A work of absurdist art that entertains, but also carries a surprisingly grown-up message about taking responsibility for the state of our politics.

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]]> Trans Women and Children on TV https://www.publicbooks.org/trans-women-and-children-on-tv-pose-veneno/ Thu, 05 May 2022 15:00:36 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=48515 The family as we know it today functions to further isolate trans children from trans women and vice versa. Thank goodness for TV.

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]]> Binging the Borderlands https://www.publicbooks.org/binging-the-borderlands/ Mon, 22 Mar 2021 15:00:45 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=42002 Contemporary TV series that take on Latinx life have increasingly embraced the complexity of their subject matter.

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