Daniel Fidler

The first time The Simpsons could have ended Our new series on great TV episodes of the 21st century begins with a would-be series finale.

For the next year, I'm gonna write about 26 episodes that defined TV in the 21st century, one per year, one per show. It'll be fun! And only available to paid subscribers!

I'm starting, of course, with The Simpsons, as one century ends and another begins.

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RIP, Sal Buscema. One of the best to ever do it.

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Congratulations to my close, personal friends Ethan, Rose, and Josh on their Oscar nominations.

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Last (forty-fourth) physical media purchase of 2025

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The Best Films of 2025 While not a foregone conclusion, I’m fairly certain I saw more new films in a theater in 2025 — forty-five! — than any other year, more than half of them at either Brookline&#8217…

Rounded up a list of my favorite films of last year thelastdanonearth.wordpress.com/2026/01/04/t...

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The Best Films of 2025 While not a foregone conclusion, I’m fairly certain I saw more new films in a theater in 2025 — forty-five! — than any other year, more than half of them at either Brookline&#8217…

Rounded up a list of my favorite films of last year thelastdanonearth.wordpress.com/2026/01/04/t...

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The Best TV I Watched in 2023-2025 Starting in 2015 on this here blog, I ended each year by compiling a list of the 20 best TV shows I watched each year, but with a catch: I could never repeat an entry. So by end of 2016, I had reco…

Wrote about the best TV shows I watched over the past few years. thelastdanonearth.wordpress.com/2025/12/31/t...

The Best TV I Watched in 2023-2025 Starting in 2015 on this here blog, I ended each year by compiling a list of the 20 best TV shows I watched each year, but with a catch: I could never repeat an entry. So by end of 2016, I had reco…

Wrote about the best TV shows I watched over the past few years. thelastdanonearth.wordpress.com/2025/12/31/t...

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Forty-third physical media purchase of the year

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