Can a Disabled Palestinian American Launch the Next Big Sitcom?
How comedian Maysoon Zayid is planning to reshape television.
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With Norm Macdonald, It's Different Words but the Same Dehumanizing Story
In an offhand remark, the embattled comedian implied a correlation between Down syndrome and emotional apathy—and, in the process, he reinforced an old and hateful stereotype.
Saving Critical Thinking, One Joke at a Time
Humor is no laughing matter when it comes to persuading others.
Reality TV Perpetuates the Stereotype of the Angry African American
A new study finds African Americans on reality television are more likely to be both the victim and perpetrator of verbal aggression.
PS Picks: Sacha Baron Cohen's 'Who Is America?'
PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.
What I Learned From Mister Rogers
It's in times of tragedy and shame that I miss Fred Rogers the most.
PS Picks: Hulu's 'Harlots,' a Show That Foregrounds the Concerns of Women Above All Else
PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.
How 'Colony' Dramatizes Possibilities for Resisting Fascism
Can science fiction help American viewers to empathize with occupied peoples?
Dispatches: Five Essential Reads From the Past Week
A collection of some of our most important and timely stories, from a feature inside the California Native Plant Society's efforts to save endangered plant species and turn California into a zero-extinction state to an interview with a historian about the fate of ABC's hit Roseanne.
Tracing the Rise of Christian Media in American Political Discourse
Over the past few decades, Christian television has gone from spreading the gospel and moved directly into covering news and politics, reaching millions of Americans daily.
Roseanne Doesn't Have Trump's Teflon
Her top-rated show was suddenly canceled after her racist tweet. A historian evaluates the deeper meaning of the decision.
PS Picks: Skewering the Sitcom Reboot With 'Saturday Night Live'
PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.
Trump's Secret Electoral Weapon: The Bond He Formed With TV Viewers
For many Americans, watching The Apprentice produced a faux feeling of closeness and trust with Donald Trump.
PS Picks: 'Queer Eye' Reboots Masculinity
PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.
PS Picks: The Renaissance of Lisa Simpson
PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.
'I Approve This Message' Has an Unwelcome Subtext
New research finds the famous tagline on political ads makes issue-oriented attacks seem more legitimate.
Live From New York, It's Totally Ineffectual Satire!
Donald Trump used Saturday Night Live's harsh parodies to his own advantage.
'I'm Looking to Correct the System': An Interview With Gloria Calderón Kellett
The prolific showrunner talks about how bringing diversity to television writers' rooms also makes the shows better.
Trump Reportedly Watches Four-Plus Hours of TV a Day. Science Says That's Not a Great Idea.
Pacific Standard checks out the studies.
Mr. Robot Is Not Your Socialist Hero
Can any show with an extraordinary hero advance egalitarian politics?
NBC Set to Air First American Drama With Nearly All-Asian Cast
Albert Kim will write the script, about a family-run electronics corporation.
The Number of TV Episodes Directed by Women and Minorities Has Hit an All-Time High
But white men are still directing the majority of television shows.
How Black Showrunners Transform Television Writers' Rooms
A new report argues that black television helmers hire more black writers—and give characters of color much-needed, nuanced narratives.
CBS Hit With Workplace and Sexual-Harassment Lawsuit
In the past month, women from ABC, Nickelodeon, and Amazon have also lodged complaints about inappropriate conduct at the office.