Will Booze TV Ever Go Mainstream?
TV is awash with shows about food and cooking. But drinking? Not so much. Kenny Herzog reports on why shows about booze have struggled to find mainstream success.
- story: Kenny Herzog
- photo: Jen Kruch
The Real Boozewives
The relationship between women and drinking has always been a fraught subject in America, from colonial times to the recent rise of the "cocktail mom." Sarah Baird explores the long-held…
- story: Sarah Baird
- illustration: Jen Kruch
Drinking with Scandal’s Olivia Pope
Scandal's Olivia Pope drinks expensive red wine. Lots of it. Jennifer Cacicio explores wine's role as a symbol of power, knowledge and family and why it's become a key part…
- story: Jennifer Cacicio
- illustration: James Carpenter
Finding Truth in the Fictional TV Bar
From I Love Lucy to Cheers to It's Always Sunny, Jennifer Cacicio pieces together 75 years of small-screen drinking to find out what the bar on television says about America's…
- story: Jennifer Cacicio
- illustration: James Carpenter
(Not) Drinking with GIRLS’s Hannah Horvath
Jennifer Cacicio on the surprising treatment of alcohol on GIRLS and why it says more about adulthood than it does about the sangria-soaked abandon of youth.
- story: Jennifer Cacicio
- illustration: James Carpenter
