Epic. That was the first thought that came to my mind after the finale of LOST. There was a lot of emotion, triumph, a few more questions answered, and ultimately, closure. Yes, I even had tears in my eyes during the last 10 minutes or so of the finale. While I can’t throw myself into the ultra-fan...

“I want to have fins”, she sighed, gazing longingly at an advertisement for Disney’s The Little Mermaid. I could hardly have been more relieved; for a moment I’d thought I’d walked in on every modern mother’s nightmare – a preschooler who longs to be thin.  It’s not healthy for a four...

Despite the downsides of television, and the fact that we probably don’t need to be watching more, small screen narratives offer profound insight on the human condition. Before the birth of “TV,” 18th Century British author Samuel Johnson once argued that a story was only truly superior if it was...

People around the world look forward to Easter weekend for a variety of reasons: the beginning of spring break, the end of the great fast of Lent, the ears of a chocolate bunny and an Easter egg hunt.  But in five years, Russell T. Davies has transformed Easter weekend for Great Britain.  In Britain,...

Look out, Larry the Cucumber.  You’re about to be challenged by the blue-haired, bespectacled Sunday School Lady.  She’s a stickler for historical and theological accuracy, and she won’t go easy on you—or on the young viewers you both share. What’s in the Bible is Veggie Tales creator Phil...

It’s been an odd couple of weeks in the news recently, with a number of articles and video segments frantically reporting on the Conan O’Brien/Jay Leno fiasco. “I’m with Coco” fans’ dreams for the future of The Tonight Show were laid to rest when NBC executives officially announced a little...

Spoiler Warning: If you haven’t seen the Season 3 finale and still want to, read no further. AMC’s Emmy-winning, media darling Mad Men wrapped up its third season last week with a bang and a whimper. In the season finale, “Shut the Door. Have a Seat,” ad agency Sterling Cooper...

Desperate Housewives, about to enter its sixth season, is a Gothic television series about a set of women who are stuck in suburbia. Though none of them are “housewives” in any traditional sense, the show plays on the 1950s stereotype. The community within the show is strikingly insular:...

Saturday was a critical day in the history of Iran.  For over a decade, the younger population in Iran (the country with the most people under 30 per capita) has been growing increasingly disillusioned with the ironclad principles of the Islamic Revolution.  There have been moments in its recent political...

After six seasons and ninety-three episodes, Sex and the City aired its final episode last February on HBO. But like a case of genital herpes, the show refuses to go away. The first two seasons line the walls of every video store in the country while HBO continues to beams encore episodes of the fourth...