Claire McNear
Staff Writer
Claire covers sports and culture. She has written about Malört, magic, fandom, and seasickness (her own). She lives in Washington, D.C.
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‘The Curse’ Is a Vicious, Delicious Parody of Lefty Do-Gooderism
Nathan Fielder’s latest series finds him starring alongside Emma Stone as woke, wannabe HGTV show hosts in the perfect send-up of the house-flipping TV genre
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Meet the Biggest Fans of ‘Frasier’—Who Love It Most When It Puts Them to Sleep
The beloved sitcom is back with a new streaming reboot—but for the ‘Frasier’ Sleepers community, the show never went anywhere
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‘The Morning Show’ Has Crossed the Cringe Rubicon
Apple TV+’s hit series about cable network drama is veering into the dangerous, overearnest waters of ‘The Newsroom’
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The Joy of Binge-Watching ‘Suits,’ the Definitive Show of the Summer
How did ‘Suits’ break Nielsen streaming records this summer? By demanding nothing from an audience primed for worry-free binging.
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How HGTV’s ‘Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge’ Became a Neighborhood Nightmare
What’s it like when a Barbie-themed TV renovation project moves onto your block? For the residents of a quiet street in Southern California, the experience was more than just an onslaught of pink.
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Which ‘Indiana Jones’ MacGuffin Do You Send Your Minions After?
One MacGuffin to rule them all, and in the darkness bind them
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Six Pressing Questions About the Financial Predicament in ‘The Bear’
Just how financially screwed is the restaurant in ‘The Bear’ Season 2? Tax lawyers have some thoughts.
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Is ‘Jeopardy!’ a Sport? Its New EP Certainly Thinks So.
The inaugural ‘Masters’ tournament is the first step in ‘Jeopardy!’ executive producer Michael Davies’s quest to bring America’s most beloved quiz show into the future
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The Search for the Lost ‘Jeopardy!’ Tapes Is Over. The Mystery Behind Them Endures.
In 1986, Barbara Lowe Vollick won five games of ‘Jeopardy!’ in a row. Her episodes were then taken out of circulation. What followed was a nearly 40-year hunt for the missing tapes—and a quest to find out what really happened between the show and its most enigmatic champion.
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Is Taissa’s Sleepwalking the Key to Answering the Biggest Question on ‘Yellowjackets’?
Good night, sleep tight, don’t let the Man With No Eyes steal your sight