Archive - the tv scholar newsletter

Ethical television consumption

Is there such a thing?

Jul 1 •

June 2025

6 shows I'm watching in June

We're 6 for 6 on the "is it gay?" tvscholar score this month! Happy Pride.

Jun 15 •

Hometown television: A dispatch from Berlin

Finished The Pitt? Berlin ER is an even grittier hospital drama.

Jun 1 •

May 2025

5 shows I'm watching in May

Including a docu-drama that has completely sucked me in.

May 14 •

What is Chelsea Peretti watching?

The Brooklyn Nine-Nine actress plays a kooky therapist on Hulu/BBC One's Am I Being Unreasonable? and loves British comedies.

May 1 •

April 2025

6 shows I'm watching in April

Swamped by new TV? Welcome to Emmys deadline season.

Apr 15 •

The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City has broken through

A guest essay by writer and critic Joshua Harris, commissioned by tvscholar.

Apr 1 •

March 2025

5 shows I'm watching in March

A show that made me cry six times.

Mar 15 •

We Must Discuss…The 97th Academy Awards

Brittany at We Must Discuss x Michel at TV Scholar talk movies!

Published on We Must Discuss • Mar 1

TV Scholar #4: Professor Amy Holdsworth

On The Traitors, television as a technology of care, and autobiographical academic writing.

Mar 1 •

February 2025

7 shows I'm watching in February

Laverne Cox is back on television! And other queer shows.

Feb 15 •

the tvscholar toolkit

A frequently updated guide to being a tv scholar.

Feb 1 •

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