The Devil’s in the Remote returns with an all-new avatar, as Shazia wonders why Doctor Who’s companions are rarely developed as characters rather than plot devices.
Kicking off our series of year-end roundups, Shazia highlights the less lauded triumphs of TV in 2013.
In this week’s installment, resident TV critic Shazia analyzes representations of the “differently abled” and the actors who play them.
Articles Editor Mahnoor Yawar stands in for Shazia this week as she pays tribute to the dearly departed Breaking Bad.
Can Glee manage a poignant, sensitive tribute to its fallen cast member? Shazia Ahmad muses on how other shows have dealt with actor mortality.
Shazia Ahmad rages against TV’s cancelation travesties in the second of her two-part tirade…
For me, when I enter a meditative state, I’m reliving the best scenes on television from the previous week; be it the Red Coat Confrontation on Pretty Little Liars or Don Draper’s Hershey’s pitch. In a deeper, more restorative state, I tap into the classics: montages of the Vanilla Bear/Chocolate Bear bromance, or all the … Continued
Can we just start this column off by getting down on our knees, raising our fists to the skies and screaming in despair? The comedies this year make me want to slit people’s wrists (I don’t believe in self-harm, only harming those who put out drek I reluctantly watch because I believe in giving people … Continued
Awards Season As children of the 90s, it’s funny how uncomfortable we are with the idea of competition and people losing (that whole “everybody’s a winner” thing didn’t exist during my formative years). We watch a LOT of television because it allows us a certain amount of control (though, to clarify, we don’t really wield … Continued
The Devil’s in the Remote reviews “Pretty Little Liars”