• tv When Columbo’s metaphorical chess match became literal By Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Noel Murray, Ryan McGee, Emily St. James, Donna Bowman September 20, 2012 | 6:00pm
• tv A curious nation turns to the Saturday Night Live election special to see if anything worth mocking happened in politics this week   By Erik Adams September 20, 2012 | 5:00am
• aux The Sifl & Olly Show returns to… review video games? By Erik Adams September 19, 2012 | 10:20pm
• aux Ratings roundup: Revolution heralds brave new era where televisions only work if they’re tuned to NBC By Erik Adams September 18, 2012 | 6:00pm
• tv Put aside the frivolity of fall premières for an hour and let Frontline update you on the situation in Syria  By Erik Adams September 18, 2012 | 5:00am
• tv The Mob Doctor By Erik Adams, Ryan McGee September 17, 2012 | 9:00pm
• music “I love my shirt (and hat and pants and shoes)”: 16 musical odes to clothing  By Nathan Rabin, Jason Heller, Josh Modell, Sean O'Neal, Erik Adams, Tasha Robinson, Genevieve Koski September 17, 2012 | 5:00am
• tv The Weeds finale marks the end of one cable empire, while another—of the Boardwalk variety—extends its influence By Erik Adams September 16, 2012 | 5:00am
• aux Watch the first episode of the Inspector Spacetime webseries that can’t legally call itself Inspector Spacetime  By Erik Adams September 13, 2012 | 4:30pm
• tv Introducing Glee: The New Class  By Erik Adams September 13, 2012 | 5:00am
• tv Guys With Kids By Erik Adams September 12, 2012 | 7:00pm
• music “It’s not my fault you got lovesick during the Quiet Storm”: 35 sleeper hits from 1992 By Nathan Rabin, Jason Heller, Josh Modell, Sean O'Neal, Erik Adams, Noel Murray, Marah Eakin, 1560738667 September 12, 2012 | 5:00am
• tv Home Movies: “Law and Boarder”/“Brendon’s Choice” By Erik Adams September 11, 2012 | 7:00pm
• tv Sons Of Anarchy returns, reigniting the passive-aggressive feud between showrunner Kurt Sutter and TV critics By Erik Adams September 11, 2012 | 5:00am
• tv Brett Gelman on playing Go On’s “smoke monster” By Erik Adams September 11, 2012 | 5:00am
• music “I got a beep from Kim”: 24 pop-culture windows into the world of 1992  By Nathan Rabin, Josh Modell, Scott Tobias, Keith Phipps, Erik Adams, Noel Murray, Emily St. James, Marah Eakin, Tasha Robinson September 10, 2012 | 5:00am
• tv Kenneth Branagh stars as Wallander, the most popular Swedish investigator without a dragon tattoo  By Erik Adams September 9, 2012 | 5:00am
• tv Why Friends’ fake game show epitomized ensemble comedy  By Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Noel Murray, Ryan McGee, Emily St. James, Donna Bowman, Genevieve Koski September 6, 2012 | 6:00pm
• tv The MTV Video Music Awards give future voters an early lesson in electoral disappointment By Erik Adams September 6, 2012 | 5:00am
• tv Judging a show by its title: The 2012 fall TV preview, part 2 By Keith Phipps, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Carrie Raisler, Emily St. James September 6, 2012 | 5:00am
• film Magic king-dummies: 8 fictional Walt Disney surrogates  By Erik Adams September 5, 2012 | 5:00am