By Jim Sabataso Correspondent Media consolidation is the kind of dry issue most television viewers don’t give much thought to. Last week, however, knowing who owns your local TV station…

By Jim Sabataso Correspondent The American abroad culinary and cultural adventure show is nothing new. We’ve had Anthony Bourdain’s greasy, gritty “No Reservations,” Andrew Zimmern’s cultural immersion travelogue “Bizarre Foods”…

By Jim Sabataso Correspondent The first season of “Jessica Jones” stands out as one of Marvel’s strongest television series to date. Showrunner Melissa Rosenberg created an unsettling psychological thriller that…

By Jim Sabataso Correspondent Let’s hit pause on our TV sets this week to talk about another entertainment medium: podcasts. Last April, the Adult Swim cartoon “Rick and Morty” referenced…

By JIM SABATASO Correspondent Hindsight is a cruel gift. Looking backward, we instantly sees patterns and clues we missed or ignored, the subtle and obvious warning signs lost in the…

By Jim Sabataso Correspondent For pop-culture consumers of a certain snarky stripe, “The Soup” was required television. The E! network series was a welcome weekly purge as host Joel McHale…

By JIM SABATASO Correspondent Sometimes you don’t realize how much you miss someone until they’re gone. Growing up, David Letterman was a constant presence on my TV. I spent many…

By Jim Sabataso Correspondent Here’s the thing: I’m kind of over bleak, dystopian futures. I’m over the grimy streetscapes, the janky technology, the quippy robots, the obvious and predictable class…

By Jim Sabataso Correspondent In the first scene of the new CW superhero series “Black Lightning,” Jefferson Pierce is pulled over by the police. With him is his community-activist daughter…

By Jim Sabataso Correspondent When I first heard about “A.P. Bio” — the new NBC sitcom created by Mike O’Brien and Seth Meyers and starring Glenn Howerton and Patton Oswalt…