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Giri Nathan

Jaylen Brown streaming on Twitch after his first-round playoff loss

Jaylen Brown Follows Up Playoff Collapse With Streamer Tantrum

Jaya Saxena

Arts And Culture

Fair Pay Feels Good In A Place Like This

Alex Sujong Laughlin

A black and white photo of a family gathered around a 1950s era television.

Media Meltdowns

Podcasts Are Not Television

Lauren Theisen

New York Mets manager Bobby Valentine and catcher Mike Piazza applaud

The MLB App Won’t Stop Forcing Me To Remember 9/11

David Roth

Twitch CEO Dan Clancy attends TwitchCon 2024 San Diego on September 20, 2024 in San Diego, California.

Podcasts

Streams And Nightmares, With Nathan Grayson

Reed Hastings attends the Netflix and Mediaset Partnership Announcement in Rome, in 2019.

The Movie Studio At The End Of The World, With Will Tavlin

Kelsey McKinney

Olympics

Peacock Made The Perfect Olympics Experience For Sickos Like Me

Neal and Suit talking in what could honestly be any episode of the USA series "White Collar"

Background Television Isn’t As Easy As It Looks

Corey Atad is a freelancer writer based in Toronto with an unhealthy Air Bud obsession.

Corey Atad

Interviews

Steven Soderbergh Says It’s Time To Tear The Streaming Model Down To The Studs

Soraya Roberts

Defector At The Movies

How 1995’s ‘Party Girl’ Became The First Movie To Premiere Online

Shohei Ohtani looking swole as hell during Samurai Japan's training before the 2023 World Baseball Classic, with The Distraction logo at upper left.

My Fabulous Vacation Home On Naboo, With Michael Schur

<a href="mailto:tara@taraariano.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tara Ariano</a> co-hosts the podcasts <a href="https://www.extrahotgreat.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Extra Hot Great</a>, <a href="https://listentosassy.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Listen To Sassy</a>, and <a href="https://www.againwiththis90210.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Again With This</a>. She is also the co-author, with Sarah D. Bunting, of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Very-Special-90210-Book-Absolutely/dp/1419747460?tag=decider08-20" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Very Special 90210 Book: 93 Absolutely Essential Episodes From TV’s Most Notorious Zip Code</a>. Her byline has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, GQ, Vanity Fair, New York, Slate, Vulture, Salon, and The Awl, among many others. She lives in Austin.
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It's a photo of Tara Ariano. She has big sunglasses on.

Tara Ariano

The cast of Amazon's "A League Of Their Own" series, seen here looking determined in their Rockford Peaches uniforms.

The Future Of Television Looks A Lot Like The Past

Laura Wagner

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - MARCH 15: People walk by the world headquarters for CNN on March 15, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. Last month CNN's president Jeff Zucker resigned over a consensual, but unreported, relationship with a colleague. Television producer Chris Licht will become the company's new president in April.

CNN+ Is On Quibi Watch

26Sep 1995: General view of outfield shadow during a San Francisco Giants practice at 3Com Park in San Francisco, California. Mandatory Credit: Otto Greule /Allsport

MLB Says It’ll Expand Its Audience By Making Baseball Harder To Watch

Patrick Redford

CHARLOTTE, NC - AUGUST 27: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) In this screenshot from the RNC’s livestream of the 2020 Republican National Convention, UFC President Dana White addresses the virtual convention on August 27, 2020. The convention is being held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic but will include speeches from various locations including Charlotte, North Carolina and Washington, DC. (Photo Courtesy of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via Getty Images)

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