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November 2011

November 07, 2011

Merlin Fights the Good Fight

According to guest writer Leslie Keeney, though BBC's Merlin is a "decontextualized post-modern fairy tale,"...

November 04, 2011

The Televangelist: The Office's Long, Splendid Goodbye

"The Office, more than any TV comedy I can think of, rewards patience"

October 2011

October 21, 2011

The Televangelist: Community's Magnum Opus

"What makes the episode . . . is the heartbreaking and illuminating final parallel timeline:...

October 14, 2011

The Televangelist: The New Girl, The Last Man Standing, and Gender Relations

"As adults, it's way past time for us to climb out of the club house...

October 13, 2011

Murder Most Bleak

According to guest writer Leslie Keeney, British drama, "Midsomer Murders" is bleak and depressing, guided...

October 13, 2011

Mixed Signals: Cigna Calls Out to the True You

"I am called to live a full and vibrant life as the person God created...

October 07, 2011

The Televangelist: How NBC’s Parenthood Instills Empathy

"The startling development that has me watching every week is the degree to which the...

September 2011

September 30, 2011

The Televangelist: A Case for the Idiot Box

"Channel surfing is ... dangerous, it's inefficient, and it results in your watching things merely...

September 29, 2011

Mixed Signals: New from Ikea: A Nursery for Men

"[M]any messages in the marketplace today speak highly of women by way of demeaning men."

September 06, 2011

The Suicide of Character in Mad Men

Mad Men is a character driven show about the death of character.

September 01, 2011

Mixed Signals: Miracle Whip Offers New Motivation for Divorce

This contest suggests that a divorce over condiment preferences is something comical.

July 2011

July 14, 2011

Friday Night Lights Will Guide You Home

How a kept promise made Friday Night Lights something truly special.

June 2011

June 22, 2011

Know Your Limitations: the Great and Not So Great Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart's recent interview on Fox News begs the question: should he stick to comedy?

May 2011

May 16, 2011

The Passion of Survivor's Matt Elrod

How one Christian let God use Survivor for His own end.

May 12, 2011

Michael Scott: How Far We've Come

We'll miss Michael Scott, but that wasn't always the case.

April 2011

April 15, 2011

Winter Is Coming: An Introduction to "Game of Thrones"

Why should you care about yet another fantasy series? Jason Morehead explains why the upcoming...

April 12, 2011

Rebecca Black, Stephen Colbert, and the Ethics of Mocking for Charity

It may have been for a good cause, but did two of the nicest comedians...

March 2011

March 17, 2011

Play in Process: The Patient Assassins

"If you're the kind of person who finds the standard fast-paced, shooter-based multiplayer games overwhelming...

March 15, 2011

Signing Away My Life?

Sometimes signing a reality show audition waiver can seem like quite the commitment.

March 07, 2011

Character Flaws and the "Final Frontier"

How Star Trek dropped the ball by making its characters a little too perfect.

February 2011

February 21, 2011

"The Walking Dead": What a Gross, Great Zombie Tale Tells us about Naturalism

A couple of years ago, I moved from Georgia to Los Angeles to try to...

January 2011

January 28, 2011

Parenthood, Life, Death, and the Art of Asking Questions

What happens when we die? Parenthood doesn't know, but that's okay.

January 21, 2011

Our Ten Favorite Television Shows of 2010

An island, a family, and a show within a show top our list.

January 14, 2011

Four Crucial Technology Landmarks in 2010

Last year, the technological landscape changed in permanent and surprising ways.

January 13, 2011

It's not that we need to make sense of the finale. We need to make...

January 11, 2011

Glee wonders if religion is beyond reason.

December 2010

December 17, 2010

Our Ten Favorite Video Games of 2010

We commend to you ten experiences that are not just fun, but unforgettable as well.

December 06, 2010

How Can You Watch A Show About Buddhism?

What if a Buddhist television program could teach us something?

December 03, 2010

Hoarders, Possessions, and the End Times

Possessions have an allure that is hard to ignore.

November 2010

November 10, 2010

Veronica Mars: The Ugly Truth, Barely Sensationalized

A long-lost teen mystery drama tackles human nature dead on.

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