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 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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Iliza Shlesinger Might Not Want ‘Girls’ to Stop Saying ‘Patriarchy’ If She Had A Better Handle on What It Is
In her new special, ‘A Different Animal,’ Shlesinger is about ‘empowering’ women in the most confusing possible way
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‘The Righteous Gemstones’ Plays Its Recessional
The fourth and final season of HBO’s raucous megachurch sitcom jerks tears (among other things)
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In the Age of DOGE, Denis Leary and ‘Going Dutch’ Boldly Support Government Spending
A reckless idiot dabbles in matters he doesn’t understand and immediately gets his comeuppance… in this fictional story from scripted TV. Sorry to get your hopes up
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Netflix’s New Basketball Sitcom, ‘Running Point,’ Scores from Downtown
So says a critic who liked it but had to google ‘basketball glossary’ to write that headline
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17 of the Funniest TV Episodes and Sketches Involving Basketball
Also: one really great GIF
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Anthony Michael Hall Is ‘The Nerd’ No More
We talked to ‘Reacher’s newest antagonist about how fatherhood has informed his latest villain role, making his peace with being in ‘the weird season’ of ‘SNL’ and more
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‘Cobra Kai’s Jacob Bertrand Says Goodbye to Hawk
We talked to one of Cobra Kai’s young stars about the end of the show, the villain roles he finds compelling and which kid-com characters could hold their own in a fight with Hawk
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Finally, A ‘Bridget Jones’ Sequel You Might Want To Watch Again
You might like it. Very much
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‘Cobra Kai’ Never Dies… But It Does Have to End
But can Johnny finally kick his way into functional adulthood?
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Walton Goggins, They Could Never Make Me Hate You, Even When You’re Playing A Total Prick in ‘The White Lotus’
The charm simply cannot be suppressed
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Lauren Graham Was Once the Office Disruptor on This Cult Sitcom
This week, she’s the old-guard ad exec getting pushed out by youth on ‘The Z-Suite.’ On ‘NewsRadio,’ she was the pusher
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Amy Schumer Snuck A Thoughtful Examination of Motherhood Into An Adam Sandler-Produced Comedy
Sandler completists who watch ‘Kinda Pregnant,’ his company’s latest project, might actually learn something
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The New Sitcom ‘Clean Slate’ Tells A Trans Story Right When It’s Needed the Most
Laverne Cox and George Wallace are the latest sitcom daughter and father ending their estrangement… with a timely twist
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I Am A Recovering Phone Addict, and Liza Treyger Speaks for Me
If you’ve ever injured yourself scrolling Instagram, ‘Night Owl’ will make you feel less alone
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Will Ferrell’s ‘You’re Cordially Invited’ Is A Victim of Marketing Malpractice
This movie is NOT what its trailer seems to think it is. Wait, come back: It’s better!
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