Emma is such an incredible writer with elite taste & I am so bummed we are not coworkers anymore!!! a huge loss for us at AVC!

The following is a statement from the WGA on the Acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Netflix.

Fleshed out this argument—about arrested development culture and Christmas—in a new essay, which you can read here: open.substack.com/pub/thedesko...

I’m so very sad that I don’t get to work with MK & I encourage everyone to read her beautiful writing!!! It’s a stark reminder of what The A.V. Club is losing out on:

INDUSTRY S4 and THE PITT S2 airing in january 2026...there is some hope in this dystopia after all..

The first installment (issue?) of my comic book newsletter is live! Read it or subscribe here. untitledcomicbook.beehiiv.com/p/the-untitl... Also, if this post inspires any editors out there, I want to add that I'm available for any freelance work that anyone out there might have. I'll do anything!

How I feel about the whole Olivia Nuzzi story is that there are a lot of talented, ethical, underemployed or unemployed black and brown journalists right now who are ready to work.

Has anyone had a better year than EJAE? I profiled the singer-songwriter behind the KPOP DEMON HUNTERS mega-hit "Golden" for this year's Inverse Awards! Keep an eye on this space for more great end-of-year pieces. www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

This is one of the worst, most horrifying exposures we have ever seen. It is hard to overstate how bad the things that people are using tools like for are, and it's insane to pretend like these tools are anything other than nonconsensual porn machines www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...

Every American newspaper's op-ed page should be focused on Jamal Khashoggi's life, work, and legacy for the rest of the week.

it's actually crazy how everything is just bad all the time now!!!

So if Olivia is 32 now, broke up with Lizza last year, was together with him for a decade, and then was living with you for 4+ years before that, how old was she when you moved her out of her (presumably parents’) house in the suburbs to live with you?

I love mess but man this whole thing underlines how much it sucks that all the worst journalists somehow end up with flashy high-paying media jobs

wrote about THE MORNING SHOW & how—in its trademark ludicrous way, of course—season 4 delves into the pitfalls of AI in the newsroom:

A pretty bleak thing that GenAI is revealing is that a significant percentage of the population seems to have no interest in actually learning or doing anything. They want to ChatGPT their way out of hobbies, art making, everything... www.thecut.com/article/woul...

big fan of this news, but i do need an update on FARGO season six stat!!

How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.

Call it the understatement of the year, but there’s something interesting happening with The Chair Company

wrote about why sterlin harjo's tv shows—RESERVATION DOGS and now THE LOWDOWN—strike a chord because of their innate sense of place and community:

really excited for everyone to watch PLURIBUS soon!! spoke to Vince Gilligan about creating this series for Rhea Seehorn (!) & why he realllyyy wants everyone to know almost nothing about the sci-fi show going into it:

ALL'S FAIR is so uniquely disastrous because, imo, it's not self-aware at all and tries to pass of Big Themes and Serious Storytelling in the most vain & ridiculous ways. it's just showing off wealth without offering anyyyy substance. also, shoutout to the particularly godawful dialogues!

if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this. can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

Let's just say that The Shining and Final Destination 2 have a lot to answer for. www.avclub.com/avqa-whats-a...

After reviving the tradition last year, we’ve got another 24 Hours Of Horror for your Halloween pleasure, this time curated by Oz Perkins: www.avclub.com/24-hours-of-...

Leave it to @salonig.bsky.social to find the most hidden gem of a Stephen King adaptation

More bookishness from @avclub.com : with Horrors Week ongoing, @salonig.bsky.social @schimkowitz.bsky.social & book clubbed the dark academia fantasy Katabasis www.avclub.com/katabasis-rf...

Kuang's latest fantasy novel is being developed as a series at Amazon MGM Studios.=

I’m back, babies.

so much of PLURIBUS is still under embargo, but i spoke to Vince Gilligan about how to best prepare for his new sci-fi tv show and why he wanted to reunite with Rhea Seehorn for it:

Extremely excited to share a project I've been wanting to do for years: an in-depth profile of Vince Gilligan, in advance of his epic new show, Pluribus. Fascinating guy, and as far as I can tell as much of a mensch as everyone always says.

2025 is the year of the Stephen King adaptation, so The A.V. Club is dedicating its annual Horrors Week to exploring the prolific author's most enduring (and ephemeral) works. Join us October 27 through October 31 for incisive features on The Stand, The Bachman Books, and more.

with the debut of IT: WELCOME TO DERRY around the corner (oct 26!!), i spoke to Andy Muschietti about what to expect from the horror series in terms of graphic thrills, new storylines, and, ofc, Bill Skargård! www.avclub.com/it-welcome-t...

But as with THE PITT, I really do think THE DIPLOMAT is a show that should be making 13-ish eps every year and airing new eps every Thursday or Sunday. I think the buzz would be much bigger and maybe even the awards haul.

from me -- a profile of Jafar Panahi, a filmmaker whose work has perfectly met our age of surveillance and interrogation and asks the imperative question of: Who are we, and what comes next? IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT = masterpiece, imo.

NEW inside CBS— Staff are insulted executives will spend $150 million to buy The Free Press & make self-proclaimed “Zionist fanatic” Bari Weiss Editor-in-Chief, while many of them are set to be laid off. “If I wrote 90 percent of what’s on The Free Press, I would get flagged and fired,” one says.

Taylor Swift’s The Life Of A Showgirl is a just-okay album that doesn’t live up to the promise her immense talent demands. My review for @avclub.com : www.avclub.com/taylor-swift...

The breakout horror star of the season is director Ben Leonberg's own dog. We spoke to the Good Boy filmmaker about making his pup an actor: www.avclub.com/good-boy-ben...

excellent sharpie work everyone keep it up nygroove.nyc/ai-subway-ads/

NEW: JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE is not dead. Up now at @vulture.com www.vulture.com/article/jimm...

Dutch late night TV has its take

TCA condemns ABC and Disney’s capitulation to the government’s demands of censorship.

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama. His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful. Now he is tweeting in support of me. This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*. Or used to work.

I wrote about the firing of Alan Sepinwall, which is awful. And I tied it into what's happening all over in the media, why it's scary & what we can do to help. I used my words, but it's definitely Hulk Mo dialed up to 11, if that's a thing you would like to experience: www.moryan.com/on-the-firin...

My appreciation of Robert Redford, the star of THE CANDIDATE, who knew the power of the camera and tried to turn it in the right direction. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

emmy winner cristin milioti!!!!

i think INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE S2 should win all the Emmy awards tonight...oh wait...

as we head into Emmys weekend, I made some predictions about who will win. also shared some thoughts on who should win (a.k.a. give martin short the comedy actor trophy he deserves, you cowards!!!)