Ani-May 2024: Descendants of Darkness and the art of not quite queer
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
For Ani-May 2024, let’s talk about queer (and queer adjacent) anime from the early 2000s. First up: Descendants of Darkness.
The Bad Kids follow in the footsteps of the Rat Grinders, trying to suss out their plan in this week's FANTASY HIGH: JUNIOR YEAR
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
As the Last Standard exam ends and the Bad Kids go home, they prepare for a spring break that it seems likely they won’t forget.
We Used to Be Friends: 98-99, Felicity and how teenagerdom follows you to college
by Emily Maesar, Associate Editor, TVJawn
That’s what college shows represent in the grand scheme of teen shows. It’s very “high school never ends” from that Bowling for Soup song.
Curtain Call: The fantastical GALAVANT takes the stage... and then exists, pursued by a bear
by Megan Bailey, Staff Writer
It’s hard to make it as a knight, especially a singing one!
It's crit city over on FANTASY HIGH: JUNIOR YEAR!
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
Who are the Bad Kids if they aren’t extraordinary? We’ll never know because they freaking ACE the Last Standard exam.
FANTASY HIGH: JUNIOR YEAR starts the true terror of teenagerdom: standardized testing!
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
There’s nothing scarier for a teenager than a standardized test!
Welcome to the Bottomless Pit, a very cool and normal place!
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
What is the nature of a curse and how can the Bad Kids set things right in the world?
Baron would like to play a game in the newest episode of FANTASY HIGH: JUNIOR YEAR
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
Baron would like to play a game!
We Used to Be Friends: 97-98, Dawson's Creek, Student Bodies, and the reign of forgotten shows
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
At the end of the day Dawson’s Creek is kind of the only show you need from this TV season, but it’s also deeply weird that almost none of it exists in a perceivable way.
Curtain Call: The musical TV show goes to Music City with NASHVILLE
by Megan Bailey, Staff Writer
Nashville shows (and perpetuates) the hardship of the music industry on artists.
FANTASY HIGH: JUNIOR YEAR proves there's power in a name
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
While it’s been said many times on the show, FANTASY HIGH: JUNIOR YEAR shows the ultimate power in a name.
FANTASY HIGH: JUNIOR YEAR continues to give us the mystery and the heart of being a teenager
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
As the Bad Kids progress in their school year, things are looking even more mysterious and dangerous than ever.
MASTERS OF THE AIR holds its own in the landscape of WWII television
by Billy Russell, Staff Writer
Masters of the Air is also an ambitious miniseries that is epic in scope, intimate in scale, and swings for the fences.
FANTASY HIGH: JUNIOR YEAR and the little Fire Ball that could
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
The Vulture Dimension, the end of the battle with Grix, and the continuation of the murder mystery!
SUPERSEX offers a fresh, albeit a bit squeaky clean, coming-of-age story set in the porn industry
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
Netflix’s Supersex tells a coming-of-age story in the porn industry.
FANTASY HIGH: JUNIOR YEAR introduces a law for the gods, fantasy emo music, and a vulture dimension
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
It’s time for the Frostyfaire Folk Festival, which means it’s time for a big battle!
Curtain Call: SMASH raises the curtains on modern musical television
by Megan Bailey, Staff Writer
The first musical TV we’re covering in CURTAIN CALL is Smash, the two season show that might finally be getting a Broadway show of its own.
Being a teen is nothing but stressful in FANTASY HIGH: JUNIOR YEAR
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
Episode 7 of Fantasy High: Junior Year brings out the stressful nature of being a teenager. Grades, popularity, and life outside of both come to a head.
We Used to Be Friends: 96-97, Buffy, 7th Heaven, and teenage automomy
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
For this month’s look at one television season (1996-1997), I wanted to bring five specific shows to the table. Smart Guy, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Clueless, 7th Heaven, and (of course) Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
FANTASY HIGH: JUNIOR YEAR offers us the ultimate teen party, complete with shapeshifting, a re-breakup, and a minor fight
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
Sometimes being a teenager is getting pushed out of a world-ending situation and back to a normal high school party.