Television Archives - The American Scholar

The Hapless Hero

By Michael Upchurch | 02/29/2016 |

What can comedian Nathan Fielder do for you?

The Phaedra Syndrome

By André Aciman | 12/07/2015 |

Desire, denial, and the making of compelling TV

Trinidad and Tobago: The Showman

By Tom Zoellner | 09/07/2015 |

Popular anxiety about rising crime has buoyed the TV show “Crime Watch”

Evil, Evil Everywhere

By Paula Marantz Cohen | 01/28/2014 |

And how it might be affecting our culture

Talking Television

By Paula Marantz Cohen | 09/24/2013 |

Our favorite shows keep getting better

Existential Teaching

By Paula Marantz Cohen | 05/14/2013 |

Exploring “big questions” in the classroom

Downton’s End

By William Deresiewicz | 04/21/2013 |

Another reason that we love the English aristocracy

What Your Child Watches When She Watches TV

By Jessica Love | 01/24/2013 |

2-D learning about a 3-D world

A Dissent on Girls

By William Deresiewicz | 01/06/2013 |

What the HBO series leaves out about the lives of young women

Parent-Teacher

By Paula Marantz Cohen | 07/31/2012 |