An Idiot's Recap of the Game of Thrones Premiere
As commenters on this site often agree, I am an idiot. But I’m particularly an idiot about the legacy TV fantasy show Th…
Donald Trump Is Out of His Mind, Again
It’s become a ritual for President Donald Trump to rant on Twitter on weekends. He usually tweets so much nonsense that…
Please Stop Making TV Shows About Journalism, Which Is a Boring Job
The cable channel FX announced today that it is launching a weekly documentary series focusing on the inner workings of…
Jimmy Kimmel Tries to Squash Beef With Sean Hannity in America's Dumbest Feud
Jimmy Kimmel and Sean Hannity started an incredibly dumb feud with each other on Twitter last week, and today Kimmel…
PBS NewsHour Featured a Member of a Known Hate Group as a Mainstream Immigration Expert
PBS NewsHour bills itself as “one of the most trusted news programs on television” and a haven for “solid, reliable…
Jimmy Kimmel Gave a National Spotlight to Anti-Immigrant Members of Known Hate Groups
Jimmy Kimmel got a lot of attention this week for a segment in which six anti-immigrant hardliners came face to face…
Omarosa Manigault Joins the Cast of Celebrity Big Brother
Omarosa Manigault, infamous villain of The Apprentice and former White House employee, will appear in the newest season…
Megyn Kelly Comes Out Strongly in Defense of Fat-Shaming
Where is Megyn Kelly these days, an impoverished soul might ask. Today, she was fondly reminiscing about the time she…
A Ton of People Are Watching Grown-ish
Last Wednesday marked the premiere of the highly anticipated black-ish spinoff grown-ish, starring Yara Shahidi. The…
Shutting Jimmy Fallon Up Is the Greatest Gift Cardi B Gave Us in 2017
It may be four days before Christmas (if that’s something you celebrate), but Cardi B is out here handing out precious…
Two Women and Zero Harassers Are Leading the Today Show Now and Everything Is Fine
It’s been almost two weeks since Matt Lauer’s abrupt firing from NBC’s Today show over sexual misconduct. Yet despite…
Bring Back Prohibition but Just for Alec Baldwin's New Talk Show
Today marks the 84th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition, which allowed Americans to once again drink legally.…
What The Mindy Project Gave Us
After six seasons, two separate networks, and an array of romantic suitors, Mindy Kaling’s groundbreaking series The…
Netflix Lags Behind Its Competitors in Getting Women and People of Color Behind the Camera
Women and people of color as episodic television directors has continued to rise during the 2016–2017 season, according…
The Complicated Racial Legacy Of MTV's Cult Classic Clone High
MTV’s short-lived animated series Clone High USA, which premiered 15 years ago this month, is one of those brilliant…
BAN ALL TV SHOWS LONGER THAN 30 MINUTES
Welcome to Ban Week, in which Splinter writers will build a case for burning it all down.
I'm Not Sure Who Asked for This Flint Lifetime Movie, but Here Is the Trailer
Earlier this year, Lifetime, the channel known for hits such as Liz & Dick, Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story,…
This Masculinity Talk Show Is Almost a Great Idea!
Throughout history, but also in the last hundred years, and back in 2013, and definitely since the 2016 campaign cycle,…
Hulu Could Finally Be Giving Us the Muslim Comedy We've Been Waiting For
With 18 Emmy nominations and eight wins this year (including Outstanding Drama Series for Handmaid’s Tale), Hulu has…
TV Is Finally Making Real Progress On Getting Women And People Of Color Behind The Camera
The number of first-time female and ethnically diverse TV directors rose in record numbers for the 2016–2017 television…