So glad that you're revisiting the series. I'm glad that it'll provide an opportunity to revisit the show's legacy. I do think it's worth emphasizing that the show may feel like a proto-cable show, but I think it more resembles the way we consume television in the post-network/Internet fandome era (in terms of…

Just to echo the others…thanks, Meredith, for these great recaps. Really interesting to see the show for the first time and to follow on. I really hope you can continue with subsequent seasons, especially since they've become available on Hulu.

It's definitely bittersweet to see you all moving on to your new project. Hope it is a successful venture and that it launches soon! Here's hoping you will be able to retain the wonderful/generous sensibility that you all incubated at AVC, and that it's not too film-specific. You guys have exposed me to so much, both…

So excited to see Stephanie contributing to the site. Have really enjoyed following her work elsewhere — I think she talks her way through an ambivalent reaction to a film just about better than anybody. Not really related to the thrust of this post, but I'm always mystified by critically-acclaimed filmmakers who are…

So excited to see Stephanie contributing to the site. Have really enjoyed following her work elsewhere — I think she talks her way through an ambivalent reaction to a film just about better than anybody. Not really related to the thrust of this post, but I'm always mystified by critically-acclaimed filmmakers who are…

In another sense, this is all about class, which doesn't get remarked upon much in the moral debates around piracy. What doesn't get mentioned enough is the fact that HBO's subscribing audience is the richest, whitest, highest educated audience on television and the entitlements of being on the forefront of that…

Todd, you make some great points in this article and I like how you emphasize how important it is for successful shows to cover the losses and development costs for other shows on the network. I think there's more to say about how revenue is generated differently for studios that produce shows (and receive DVD,…

I know Podmass coverage skews toward comedy podcasts, but for those that enjoy hearing smart and charming people shoot the shit about the latest events in pop culture, nothing is better than the Slate Culture Gabfest and Pop Culture Happy Hour. Can't recommend them enough.

Todd, your interesting article points to some provocative questions about quality dramas of the last decade that I've been grappling with although I think you're arriving at different conclusions. I'm beginning to think that the fixation on "character" (usually anti-heroes, almost always male) that so centrally…

So interesting that many of these choices are on the power pop spectrum, which I think defines the very conditions of the power pop spectrum itself: bookish white guys writing gorgeous songs about nostalgia and their record collections, beloved by bookish white guys with nostalgic inclinations and great record…