Tara Ariano
Writer, editor, and snack enthusiast Tara Ariano is a co-founder of TelevisionWithoutPity.com (RIP). In addition to Cracked, her byline has appeared in New York, the New York Times magazine, Vanity Fair, GQ, Vulture, Salon, and Slate. She co-hosts, among others, the podcast Extra Hot Great. She has also co-authored three books, including A Very Special 90210 Book (Abrams 2020).
‘The Conners’ Bittersweet Finale Proves One Last Time That No Franchise Ever Portrayed Struggle Better
Pour one out for TV’s last proudly working-class sitcom
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Brett Goldstein Isn’t Afraid to Say ‘Men Is Bad’
The ‘Ted Lasso’ star takes on toxic masculinity, the parsimonious Biden White House and Muppet culture in his first HBO special, ‘The Second Best Night of Your Life’
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‘The Conners’ Gives Becky the Spotlight — For Once
A job opens up to head a mental wellness department. Would you believe there’s a Conner who’s capable of doing it?
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Nathan Fielder Achieves Levels of Cringe We Don’t Even Have Words for Yet in Season Two of ‘The Rehearsal’
Can free-flowing communication between pilots prevent plane crashes? Let’s practice and find out
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Breaking Down Every Episode of ‘Black Mirror’s Seventh Season
Why try to give an aggregate assessment of an anthology series when we can consider each one on its own?
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‘The Conners’ Is Running Out of Chances to Say ACAB
Jackie is determined to get back on the Lanford police force. What will the show say if she does?
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Jon Hamm’s ‘Your Friends and Neighbors’ Is the Wrong Show at the Absolute Wrongest Time
It just seems like a show about the economic anxiety of high-six-figure earners isn’t the vibe this particular week
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‘Hacks’ Is So Good It Can Even Make Late-Night TV Seem Alive Again
‘Hacks’ returns for a fourth season of backstabbing, conniving, and… on-camera cooking?
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Did ‘The Conners’ Just Introduce Two New Characters to Ruin Darlene’s and Dan’s Lives?
Making a friend at the Lobo and filing a wrongful-death suit. What could go wrong?
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‘Dying for Sex’: Your Classic Hangout Show About A Cancer Patient Trying to Get Off As Much As She Can, While She Still Can
Come for the… well, you know; stay for the story of what ride-or-die friendship really means
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Sitcoms’ 9 Most Sheltered Sweeties
They’ve missed a lot. But they still bring us so much!
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‘Mid-Century Modern,’ aka ‘The Gay Golden Girls,’ Has Stolen From the Best Exquisitely
Chosen family members cohabitate in the latest from the creators of ‘Will & Grace.’ All that’s missing is the late-night cheesecake
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Rob McElhenney’s ‘Mythic Quest’ Spin-off ‘Side Quest’ Proves Once and For All That Too Many Things Have Been Franchised
Sure, it’s from McElhenney and Charlie Day, but… come on
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Chelsea Handler’s New Stand-up Special Is the Epitome of Wine Mom Comedy
You probably don’t need to ask if there’s a joke about 50 Cent’s dick, but: yes, there is
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‘The Conners’ May Get A Bright Ending From A Dark Windfall
Judging by the premiere of its seventh and final season, the Roseanne spin-off isn’t wrapping up with too cheerful a bow
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‘The Residence’ Wants to Be ‘Only Murders in the White House.’ It Just Isn’t Funny
Shondaland’s newest Netflix show is this year’s least comedic comedy
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Taylor Misiak Has Become Well Versed in Denis Leary Lore
In time for ‘Going Dutch’s Season One finale, we talk to Leary’s on-screen daughter about korfball, fitted sheets and why she’s always wanted to play a woman in uniform
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Fox’s Thursday Comedies Need to Quit Hinting Around and Actually Show Us A Threesome
‘Animal Control’ and ‘Going Dutch’: are you all talk or what?!?!
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‘The Parenting’ Fizzles as Both Horror and Comedy
An ex-‘SNL’ writer tries out feature-length horror comedy. Couldn’t he have written it three minutes at a time?
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Seth Rogen’s ‘The Studio’ Is the Exact Right Kind of Mean-Spirited
Rogen anchors an AppleTV+ sitcom that’s ambitious, stylish… and potentially divisive
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