Inside the Control Rooms on September 11, 2001

A chapter from the first draft of ‘Top of the Morning’

At 8:46 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, when an American Airlines jet crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, Matt Lauer was…

Does ‘American Horror Story: Coven’ Have a Race Problem?

There is no forgetting the violent history of…

Nobody Knows Nuthin’: American Idol’s Simon Cowell vs. Jennifer Hudson

In which the King of Insults…

John From Cincinnati is a “9/11 Truth” Show

How a universally misunderstood television show sheds…

No Sympathy for the Devil

How do you stick with ‘Mad Men’ or ‘Breaking Bad’ when its protagonists…

I See Your Value Now

Asperger’s and the Art of Allegory

‘Game of Thrones’ and the Threatening Fantasy

“Game of Thrones is a show for Star Wars fans who thought Princess Leia…

‘Breaking Bad’ finale: ‘Just get me home. I’ll do the rest’

Vince Gilligan serves up an unexpected…

‘Orange Is The New Black’: The New Way To See Prisoners

Let me explain to you why Orange Is The New Black is the real deal — and I’m talking about the best-selling memoir by Piper Kerman as much as about the new kickass Netflix show of the same name.