Dear Literary Lady, I’m finding that being a bookworm makes it hard to converse during a first date. I feel awkward because most of my dates want to talk about TV shows, movies, and pop culture, and I’m unfamiliar with a lot of their references. I really don’t want to die alone, but I also can’t […]
Dear Season One, I’m writing this wearing a beanie and a puffy red vest that’s way too big for me, my pants are sagging, also, I’m eyeing a puny electric razor on my bathroom counter that looks like it might die if I tried to shave my short hair off, but I’m going to come […]
We love the fact that some of the most memorable episodes of classic TV are ones in which the storyline revolves around a book. Here are a few of my favorite televised book moments, proving that everything’s better when you’ve got something to read: Friends: Joey finds Rachel’s “dirty book” The episode starts out normally […]
In his new book The Revolution Was Televised: The Cops, Crooks, Slingers and Slayers Who Changed TV Drama Forever, critic Alan Sepinwall says we’re living in the midst of a TV renaissance. He’s been on the TV beat since the mid-‘90s salad days of NYPD Blue, so he knows from good TV, and his rep […]