Many actors have a quality that defines them, to a certain extent. Selected randomly: George Clooney is old-school charming. John Cho has a kind of quiet, kind affability. Meryl Streep is the honest chameleon, while Regina King projects a frank vulnerability. Alex Baldwin is smug. Mary-Louise Parker is smart. RuPaul…

Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Sunday, December 9. All times are Eastern. 

There’s a moment in the first 10 minutes of RuPaul’s Drag Race Holi-Slay Spectacular thats reveal exactly what kind of spectacular we’re in for. There are hints before then—“candid” moments that are clearly scripted, a striking lack of nervousness and bravado on the workroom entrances, an energy more obviously…

That’s funny, you are Greg, you’re funny.

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend has never been shy about acknowledging the fact that it’s a TV show. In fact, peeling back the curtain to acknowledge the artifice has been one of the most reliably entertaining tools in a crowded toolbox. It’s yielded a seemingly endless supply of recurring bits, self-aware title sequences and…

In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s end-of-year-list season. That means that your favorite publications (this one included) will be trotting out content regarding our feelings on the year that was, but it also means that some business and brands will spend a lot of energy making you feel real weird about your life…

On Sunday, December 9, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., more than 200 White Castle locations will offer free kids meals for up to four tiny humans per adult human. That’s a good damn deal. The only cost is this: You must subject your children to a visit with a big stranger in a weird red outfit and a beard—probably a fake one.

Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Thursday, December 6. All times are Eastern.

Smith & Sinclair, a British company that’s made up of “alcohol and confectionery innovators and multi sensorial experiential events experts,” has released a line of edible fragrances designed to liven up your “cocktails.” I put the word “cocktails” in “quotation marks” because the edible fragrances are also…

Okay, okay, I know it’s really tired to see George R.R. Martin, a human being with a life to live and a world of wonder to enjoy, and immediately jump to, “BUT WHY ISN’T HE WRITING THE DAMN BOOK?” But of all the things he could be doing instead of writing the damn book, he’s choosing to go long on why New York pizza…

Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for December 5. All times are Eastern.  

Over the course of the most festive month of the year, in Spike Glee, Allison Shoemaker will explore the wonderful world of slipping some alcohol into a hot beverage, screwing the top on your travel mug, and heading out the door like a boss with a secret. The first beverage up: your trusty old sweet standby, hot…

Brands like to run all sort of gimmicks to drum up some publicity for a product. It’s mostly harmless, and a happy few can benefit from such schemes. Tour the world and drink gin! Eat champagne-battered, gold-flecked wings! Become a yogurt flavor-finder! Smirnoff has arrived with the latest, and it’s extremely…

Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal ran a story under this headline:

In the last two weeks, three pizza places in Montreal have had Molotov cocktails hurled through their windows, an act of serial arson that targets one of the purest things we have left on this godforsaken earth. It’s important to note that in all cases, no one was hurt, and the restaurants sustained little damage…

Spare the team bit, all right? I work alone.