Arts & Culture :: Television

Best books of the year, 2018

Best books of the year, 2018

  • by Tim Pfaff
  • Dec 18, 2018

Gay literary fiction devotees await a new novel by Alan Hollinghurst the way fans of George R.R. Martin await his latest, if more politely.

Prince of Broadway

Prince of Broadway

  • by Brian Bromberger
  • Dec 18, 2018

"Harold Prince: The Director's Life" premiered on PBS' Great Performances series at the end of November, and is available for free streaming until the end of December.

Year's best (& some worst) on the Lavender Tube

Year's best (& some worst) on the Lavender Tube

  • by Victoria A. Brownworth
  • Dec 18, 2018

As awful as the year was in politics, it was pretty fabulous for TV, no matter what some critics will tell you. Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime all added to the joys of cable, and even network had some good offerings.

Press violations on 'Murphy Brown'

Press violations on 'Murphy Brown'

  • by Victoria A. Brownworth
  • Dec 4, 2018

CBS' Nov. 29 episode of "Murphy Brown" took a cinema verité approach to Trump's "enemy of the people" mantra.

Exposing the charlatans

Exposing the charlatans

  • by Brian Bromberger
  • Dec 4, 2018

James "The Amazing" Randi's life and mission are profiled in the entertaining documentary "An Honest Liar."

Post-traumatic stress disorder

Post-traumatic stress disorder

  • by Brian Bromberger
  • Nov 27, 2018

Amazon Prime's new TV series "Homecoming," which started streaming Nov. 2, with its circuitous intrigue, puzzling twists, and Hitchcockian suspense, is tailor-made for our times.

Queer eye for gay TV representation

Queer eye for gay TV representation

  • by Victoria A. Brownworth
  • Nov 20, 2018

Re the "Queer Eye" re-boot: We didn't think it was possible to re-imagine a show that seemed perfect the first time, but Netflix created a new Fab Five a decade after the initial show in both a delight and a revelation.

GLAAD report counts LGBT characters

GLAAD report counts LGBT characters

  • by Victoria A. Brownworth
  • Nov 6, 2018

GLAAD's new "Where We Are on TV" report is out, and the numbers are up, which is great. But those numbers are also deceptive, because they don't tell the whole story.

Scandalous behavior in gay England

Scandalous behavior in gay England

  • by Brian Bromberger
  • Oct 30, 2018

Created by BBC and now available on Amazon Prime, "A Very English Scandal," a three-part/three-hour series, is a breezy dissection of hypocritical British attitudes toward homosexuality and insular homophobia.

'The Conners' without Roseanne

'The Conners' without Roseanne

  • by Victoria A. Brownworth
  • Oct 23, 2018

As the clock ticks down to midterms, don't let the Republicans' desperate move of going on every available TV pundit slot and proclaiming Democrats "the mob" and "criminal class" deter you from voting.

Seven circles of SCOTUS hell

Seven circles of SCOTUS hell

  • by Victoria A. Brownworth
  • Oct 10, 2018

We've spent way too much time watching CSPAN of late, but we're grateful for this network devoted solely to the actions of our government in real time.

Designing man

Designing man

  • by Brian Bromberger
  • Sep 26, 2018

Gay fashion designer Christian Siriano is a wonderful example of what can happen when an LGBTQ child grows up in a supportive family and is encouraged to follow their dreams.

Watching it all go down on the tube

Watching it all go down on the tube

  • by Victoria A. Brownworth
  • Sep 26, 2018

Watching this latest drama play out over CNN and MSNBC has been a brutal reminder of just how misogynist America is, and how very little has changed since the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas hearings in 1991.

Gilda Radner forever!

Gilda Radner forever!

  • by Sari Staver
  • Sep 19, 2018

"Love, Gilda," the new documentary about Gilda Radner that opens Fri., Sept. 21 at Landmark Theatres, is a gold mine of nuggets from the all-too-short life of the great comedian.