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May 22, 2013
Developmental Psychiatry

Is the return of Arrested Development really such a great idea? And all your other small-screen questions answered in this month’s TV mailbag.
May 10, 2013
Black and Brown Blues

A visit inside — OK, near — the Cleveland war room on the occasion of the NFL draft.
March 13, 2013
YouTube HOF: TV’s Greatest ‘Oh S—!’ Moments

Something happened in the most recent episode of The Americans. Spoiler: Phillip wore a wig. Then something else happened. It was a shocking moment, one that not only signaled a raising of stakes in the series’ story, but a raising of game by the creative forces behind it. In one scene, The Americans made the […]
January 23, 2013
Men in Black: The Show?

All that and more in the monthly Grantland TV mailbag.
November 29, 2012
TV Mailbag: The Mount Rushmore of Bad Characters on Good Shows, Stunt-Casting The Walking Dead, and the Mystery of Jon Hamm’s Emmy-less Existence

You sent in your questions to grantlandTVmailbag@gmail.com. And now Andy Greenwald will answer them. It’s TV mailbag time! Who’s your Mount Rushmore of bad characters from good shows? Current and past shows. — Shane M., Philadelphia I was so anxious about my very first mailbag question that I spent three days misreading it. I thought […]
September 20, 2012
Judging The X Factor: Britney’s Marilyn Monroe Birthday Song Moment, Positive Raps, and an Amazing Panda

For reasons still not entirely clear to them, Grantland editors Jay Caspian Kang, Mark Lisanti, and Emily Yoshida have decided to track the second season of The X Factor. This is their story, and it does not end well.
September 21, 2012
NBC Comedy Recap: The Beginning of the End of Must See TV Thursdays

Every week in this space, Grantland’s Andy Greenwald will run down the happenings and mishappenings in NBC’s Thursday comedy night done mostly right. (Note: The order reflects newsworthiness, not quality. Although occasionally the two just might overlap.) When this column launched one year ago, the intent was both to celebrate and chronicle the ill health […]
July 20, 2012
British Open Sweater Power Rankings

It’s cold up in Lancashire. Bring a sweater. Oh! I see you already did, golf pros. As de facto ruler of this blog, I say Tiger wins, because I’m into the off-white vibe with a flash of pink. But putting aside personal and sartorial preferences, I thought I should bring some experts into the fold […]
July 12, 2012
Things We Found on eBay: An Autographed Big Country Jersey and a $40 Bernie Kosar Poster

I never want my eBay searches made public for all to see. I’m not ashamed of my queries, but it would just take a significant amount of time to explain some of my searches. My weekly “96 Olympics” search shouldn’t raise too many red flags, but “No Limit Tank,” “JNCO White Denim,” and “God Shammgod” […]
April 13, 2012
A Fate Worse Than Death: Bobcats-Pistons

Tanking just for the hell of it.

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