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Joe Reid is a Vulture contributor who has been covering movies and pop culture since 2007, and co-hosts the podcast This Had Oscar Buzz. He also designed and hosts Vulture's Movies Fantasy League.

  1. year in culture 2012
    The Ten Best Saturday Night Live Sketches of 2012Cecilia Gimenez, a presidential debate, and a late entry by Swarovski Crystals make the cut.
  2. overnights
    Saturday Night Live Recap: Jamie Foxx Does the Time Warp This week’s episode felt a little familiar. 
  3. overnights
    Saturday Night Live Recap: Chris Christie, King of New YorkThis week’s challenge: Make an unfunny actor funny.
  4. overnights
    SNL Recap: Rihanna Is Beautiful Like FractalsAnne Hathaway is merely endearing. 
  5. overnights
    Saturday Night Live Recap: Louie Does Lincoln Louis C.K. provided some much-needed, genuinely comic relief. 
  6. overnights
    Saturday Night Live Recap: The Bruno Mars Experiment Musician hosts have a tough job. 
  7. overnights
    Saturday Night Live Recap: Christina Applegate’s Song and DanceHer monologue might hold the honor for thinnest excuse for a musical number in the entire history of the show. 
  8. overnights
    Saturday Night Live Recap: The Limitations of Daniel CraigSometimes dramatic actors don’t make the best hosts.
  9. overnights
    Saturday Night Live Recap: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Gets Comfortable And Kate McKinnon steals the show as Ann Romney. 
  10. overnights
    SNL Recap: MacFarlane Showcases His Funny VoicesAnd John Mayer showcases his funny faces during Frank Ocean’s set. 
  11. overnights
    Justified Recap: Leave It to CleaverIn the season-three finale, a severed limb goes aflyin’.
  12. overnights
    Justified Recap: Bennett’s MillionsEverybody knows what everybody else is doing at all times.
  13. overnights
    Justified Recap: Axes of Evil“We just shot the guy that’s tryin’ to kill the guy that you’re just dyin’ to see dead.”
  14. overnights
    Justified Recap: I Fall to PiecesQuarles gets a backstory, and a breakdown.
  15. overnights
    Justified Recap: Ava AdoreThings are getting delightfully messy building up to the final stretch.
  16. overnights
    Justified Recap: Throwing the Bullet“Did you touch it?” “What am I, an asshole?”
  17. overnights
    Justified Recap: Northern Aggression“The Power of You: Turning Your Personality Into Profit.”
  18. overnights
    Justified Recap: Both Sides Against the MiddleWinona forever.
  19. overnights
    Justified Recap: The Life and Death of Fancy LanceNot-So-Happy Valentine’s Day, Raylan.
  20. overnights
    Justified Recap: Thinning the HerdAre we getting enough Raylan?
  21. overnights
    Justified Recap: Pawn Shop EmpireThere’s a power vacuum at the top of Harlan’s criminal food chain.
  22. Justified Recap: The Karen Sisco That Dare Not Speak Its Name Carla Gugino shows up.
  23. overnights
    Justified Premiere Recap: The Ice Pick ComethSeason three begins.
  24. overnights
    Homeland Finale Recap: The Trigger EffectHomeland ends its first season without a bang.
  25. overnights
    Homeland Recap: Color Me ManicClaire Danes gets her Emmy reel in order.
  26. overnights
    Homeland Recap: Explosions in the SquareKaboom!
  27. overnights
    Homeland Recap: Befriend It Like BeckhamOr, emotionally bulletproof reasons to become a terrorist.
  28. overnights
    Homeland Recap: I’m OutOut of what, Brody?!
  29. overnights
    Homeland Recap: Into the WoodsFor some sex. While sober.
  30. overnights
    Homeland Recap: Sex, Lies, and Surveillance TapeCarrie gets down to business.
  31. overnights
    Homeland Recap: Out of SightThe blind spots continue to make trouble.
  32. overnights
    Homeland Recap: Traffic on the BeltwayCarrie takes up surveillance when the cameras go off.
  33. overnights
    Homeland Recap: An Affair to ForgetSullen daughter Dana reveals she knows all about her mom’s affair with dad’s best friend.
  34. overnights
    Homeland Recap: Get Off My LawnBrody starts to pray. Also, takes to throat punching.
  35. overnights
    Homeland Recap: Brody Came Home With a MissionShowtime’s new drama gets off to a strong start.
  36. dudesploitation
    Are We Living in the Golden Age of Male Objectification?Yes. A summer of pecs is stretching into the fall.