Table of Contents

Introduction -- Will Leitch "Texas Forever" -- Adam Wilson "Class Not Dismissed" -- Kevin Smokler "The Drama of Being Decent" -- Paula Rogers "The Best Reality Show on Television" -- Ariella Papa "Pantherama!" -- Jeremy Clyman "Man Up" -- Kiara Koenig "Playing for Now" -- Travis Stewart "Viewers Wanted (Teens Need Not Apply)" -- Robin Wasserman "Friday Night Lights, NBC, and DirecTV" -- Paul Levinson "'It's Different for Girls'" -- Sarah Marian Seltzer "Sex, Lies, Booze, and the Perfect Marriage" -- Jonna Rubin "Come Home: West Texas Identities" -- Jacob Clifton "Why We Love ... " Series -- Jen Chaney

About the Author

Leah Wilson graduated from Duke University with a degree in Culture and Modern Fiction and is currently Editor-in-Chief, Smart Pop, at BenBella Books. She lives in Cambridge, Mass.

Jacob Clifton is a staff writer for the website Television Without Pity. His weekly critical columns (for both reality and genre shows, including True Blood) have won awards; been included in the syllabi for graduate courses in psychology, philosophy, and queer and media studies; and been syndicated on MSNBC and Yahoo! This year, the focus is on writing more fiction, publishing novels Serious Vanity and The Urges, and actually traveling outside Austin once in a while.