A weekly newsletter by a TV critic covering what to watch, premieres and previews, plus personal reflections from set visits and film festivals. Issues mix recommendations with first-person writing on television and some film.
Website: https://www.tvscholar.com
TV critic Alan Sepinwall publishes episode recaps, season reviews and weekly check-ins covering current prestige television, along with podcast and anniversary pieces. Readers get spoiler-filled critical analysis plus a roundup of his recent work elsewhere.
Weekly essays by author A.R. Moxon mixing political commentary with fiction and pop-culture analysis, including a monthly satirical walkthrough of the TV series LOST. Readers get a strongly opinionated, morally driven take on American politics, media ownership and culture.
A personal column by novelist Nick Hornby covering music, books, film, TV and football through memoir and cultural reflection. Readers get essays that start from a small memory or recent release and open out into wider observations.
Media scholar Amanda Lotz shares research-based analysis of how people actually use and make media in the twenty-first century, drawing on interviews, surveys and her published work. Readers get evidence-led challenges to conventional thinking about social media, streaming and the media industries.
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