The title of Caitlyn Jenner's E Network reality TV series is I am Cait, but who is Cait, really?  M.G. Poe explores the series, which charts Caitlyn's struggles with dealing with her gender change, and the reactions of her family, and the rest of the world. 

Game of Thrones the HBO series differs from its source material, George R.R. Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice, in many ways. One area that it often falls short is in pacing and character development. Donald McCarthy takes us through a few recent comparisons from the final episodes of Season Five, and how they match up to A Dance With Dragons. 

If network television has been slowly dying for the past decade, then 2014 was the year that the plug was pulled. Of our top ten picks, only two of them (Bob’s Burgers and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, both of FOX Sundays), came from one of the four major networks. And only two of the other choices in this year’s poll came from either ABC, CBS, NBC, or FOX.

I’m going to discuss this year’s best television show, Shameless, by committing just a little bit of blasphemy. Here goes: Shameless is like The Wire.

No, don’t stop reading. I get it, it’s not as good as The Wire. It’s certainly not as gritty or complex or unrelentingly cynical. It’s not Important Television. But it gets one thing exactly like The Wire: It doesn’t sugarcoat the truth, and it earns every small moment of grace. 

When Boardwalk Empire arrived on the scene in September 2010, it was expected to be a ratings hit for HBO. With Martin Scorsese directing the pilot, former The Sopranos writer Terence Winter scripting, longtime actor Steve Buscemi as the star, and a gangland setting in the 1920s, Boardwalk Empire had a lot going for it. The premiere episode had about 5 million live viewers. By the time the season finale rolled around, the ratings would be around 3 million. Currently, during its last season, Boardwalk Empire, averages around 2 million live viewers per episode.

Can you name any Islamic characters on western TV? Okay, Abed from Community. And that guy from Lost. Also that one guy on Bones. Any others? If you’re particularly well-versed in television and TV lore, then you might be able to think up a handful of supporting characters, maybe a dozen cameos, and a few bit-parts might come to mind, but how many regular characters on television are Muslim? The answer is very few.

When I was young, I had a nightmare about a creature living in my kitchen. The creature had three eyes, but no other features on its half-circle face other than dark hair on top of its head. It sat on the floor, moving only by dragging itself around the room. I could not speak if the creature was near me; I could not call out for help from my parents nor could I ask the creature to leave me alone.

Historically, I never cared a whole lot about the EmmysTV tended to fall short of what I considered to be “high art” (that designation belonged to the cinema) and therefore the awards for such a medium didn’t really seem to be worth that much, ultimately. It’s like your kid winning best actor in his elementary school. But, as we all know, TV is indeed high art now. The worm has absolutely turned, and while my first love will always be movies, there has been some damn good television for a decade or more, and it shows no sign of slipping in quality. For everyBreaking Bad we lose, we gain an Orange is the New Black and a True Detective. Time is a flat circle.