Contributor: Emily Tsiao

Emily studied film and writing when she was in college. And when she isn’t being way too competitive while playing board games, she enjoys food, sleep, and geeking out with her husband indulging in their “nerdoms,” which is the collective fan cultures of everything they love, such as Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargate and Lord of the Rings.

Why Lizzo and Other Celebs Left Social Media for Good

Lizzo has been all over the entertainment media for several months. She won three Grammys last weekend and even nabbed a spot on Plugged In’s annual “Movers and Shakers” list. But Time Magazine’s Entertainer of the Year also made headlines earlier this …

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The Stranger

This Netflix drama is a puzzle of a mystery and a mess of a miniseries.

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Culture Clips: Billie the Kid Takes Home Five Grammys

The 62nd Grammy Awards were held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles Jan. 26. The evening was marked with a somber moment (news of Kobe Bryant’s sudden passing had broken earlier that day) as host Alicia Keys said, “Earlier today, Los Angeles, America …

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Legacies

CW’s new teen-centric Vampire Diaries spinoff is part X-Men, part Underworld and mostly wrong.

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Ghostwriter

A reboot of a classic kids show from the 1990s, this new Apple TV Plus version is more sweet than spooky.

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Runaways

Based on a Marvel comic series, this teen-centric Hulu show feels a lot more crass than clean.

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Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens

Nora’s a mess. Just like the show.

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All rise

This courtroom drama features a judge who honors the rule of law. But the show still gets plenty messy.

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Deputy

Bill Hollister brings an old-school vibe to the L.A. Sheriff’s office, but the show itself has a few social axes to grind.

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Endlings

Hulu’s new sci-fi series focuses on a futuristic foster family, a stranded alien, and the rare creatures they’re all trying to save.

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Party of Five

This Freeform reboot offers a contemporary twist on the original … and some contemporary content concerns.

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Culture Clips: Silver Tongues at the Golden Globes? Not Quite.

The Golden Globes took place on Sunday marking the beginning of the end for Hollywood’s 2019 awards season. (The season will officially culminate on Feb. 9th with the 92nd Academy Awards.) But it wasn’t the accolades that stood out so much as the impas …

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Queen of the South

Just how many bleak shows fronted by flawed antiheroes does television really need?

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Pen15

While this show is obviously written about middle school, it’s intended for adults—and it gets very adult indeed.

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Treadstone

The super-secret spy agency from the Bourne franchise is back again, and it’s as frenetic—and as violent—as ever.

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