You Have a Good Heart, John Munch

Happy (slightly belated) birthday, Richard Belzer.

Richard Belzer turned seventy-two this past Thursday, adding another year to his over four decade long career in film and television. Belzer’s most notable…

‘In the End, We’re All Just Passing Through’

On the ‘Law & Order: SVU’ season finale.

Law & Order: SVU finished up its seventeenth season with a series rarity: the death of one of their own. Other than the late ADA Sonya Paxton (murdered in…

Seven Season Theory

The art of gaining a cult-like following without jumping the shark.

“Jumping the shark,” a term coined by John Heim after the Happy Days episode where Fonzie literally jumps over a shark while waterskiing, is the moment…

‘San Junipero’

On one of the year’s best episodes.

Despite first airing five years ago, Black Mirror didn’t gain true notoriety until its third season, which premiered on Netflix this October. The penultimate episode of the third season, “San Junipero,” is perhaps the…

USA and TNT Networks

The unsung heroes of insomniac television.

A Year in Comedy

The year of comedy?