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

Will Leitch is a contributing editor at New York magazine, a film critic at Yahoo, and the founder of Deadspin. He is also the author of four books, most recently Are We Winning? He lives with his wife in Brooklyn.

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.