Jane Davis isn’t introduced in the fifth season of House of Cards until its seventh episode. But from the delivery of her first line (“It’s been a long time,” crooned while shaking Claire Underwood’s hand) she becomes the show’s most captivating and mysterious character since the introduction of Jimmi Simpson’s Gavin…

As Frank Underwood ascended in the White House, from Majority Whip to Vice President to President on House of Cards, Claire Underwood ascended with him, the co-conspiring anti-hero accomplice. From the beginning, their relationship worked as a convergence of two calculated Alphas in which Frank seized control and…

Donald Trump is ruining yet another institution most near and dear to us.

I don’t remember much of what happened during House of Cards’s fourth season. Don’t get me wrong—I remember a lot about this gorgeous and trashy political melodrama, just not when each individual moment occurred in the show’s dense, multi-layered timeline.

On this truly dark day in American history, it seems appropriate to daydream about a conniving, murdering, lying, egomaniac like fictional president Frank Underwood who actually doesn’t sound too bad, all things considered.

Is HGTV’s Fixer Upper lying to America? That depends on how strongly you believe in the possibility of free will on house hunting TV shows.

Netflix has finally released some data about how much its members binge on certain programs.

In an interview Tuesday hosted by the Rockefeller Foundation, Robin Wright revealed that she requested a pay increase so her wages would match co-star Kevin Spacey’s after a couple seasons of making their show House of Cards.

At a hearing Wednesday morning, House Republicans busily “investigating” abortion clinics claimed to have a smoking gun—finally—at last, indisputable proof that fetal tissue is being sold for profit in these here United States. House Democrats, meanwhile, said that “evidence” was absolute bullshit, with one Democratic…

The Republican National Committee has doubled down on its commitment to being a real headache by employing the conservative group America Rising Squared as a kind of attack squad. POTUS is almost out but let’s keep the contention going, shall we?

What does divorce look like in the White House? If it involves Frank and Claire Underwood of House of Cards, apparently, people are being smothered with drinking glasses and a faucet is dripping blood.

Much of television is written by people who grew up, or at least who have lived the majority of their lives, in a big city—often New York or Los Angeles. For that reason, characters who are culturally not from one of those places are at risk of getting written in broad strokes, becoming caricatures of whatever culture…

For several years now, we have been in the throes of an era critics like to refer to as a “TV renaissance.” This ostensibly means that since the success of The Sopranos and The Wire, writers, directors and producers have been challenging themselves to make better, more literary and long-lasting series, built upon…

What dastardly depths will President Underwood stoop to this season? How many sweaty, be-hoodied journalists who have no idea what they've gotten themselves into will the First Couple destroy? Will Slugline get a hip new office in the Flatiron district? TUNE THE FUCK IN.

That syrupy fake Southern accent nets the big bucks: according to TV Guide (and via Business Insider), Kevin Spacey clears $500,000 per episode for his work on House of Cards. That includes his cut as a producer, making him one of the highest-paid TV actors out there.