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| type = [[Popular culture]], [[entertainment]], [[news]], [[review]]s, [[politics]], [[progressivism|progressive]]

| format = Internet

| owners = [[~~G/O~~Paste ~~Media~~Magazine]]

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| foundation = {{start date and age|1993}}

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'''''The A.V. Club''''' is an [[online newspaper]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Castillo|first=Jay|date=14 December 2017|url=https://www.inquisitr.com/4682858/this-photo-is-the-perfect-example-of-what-internet-will-look-like-if-net-neutrality-losses/|title= This Photo Is The Perfect Example Of What Internet Will Look Like If Net Neutrality Loses|website=[[Inquisitr]]|access-date=30 August 2018}}</ref> and entertainment website featuring reviews, interviews, and other articles that examine films, music, television, books, games, and other elements of [[popular culture|pop-culture]] media. ''The A.V. Club'' was created in 1993 as a supplement to its [[satirical]] parent publication, ''[[The Onion]]''. While it was a part of ''The Onion''{{'}}s 1996 website launch, ''The A.V. Club'' had minimal presence on the website at that point.

A 2005 website redesign placed ''The A.V. Club'' in a more prominent position, allowing its online identity to grow. Unlike ''The Onion'', ''The A.V. Club'' ~~and~~is ~~other~~not ~~sites~~satirical, ~~owned~~though byit ~~G/O~~does ~~Media~~use ~~are~~a ~~not~~similarly ~~satirical~~irreverent style.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/about/|title=About Us|date=1 January 1988|website=The A.V. Club|access-date=23 March 2017}}</ref> The publication's name is a reference to [[audiovisual]] (AV) clubs typical of American high schools.<ref name="About Us">{{cite news|url=http://www.avclub.com/about/|title=About Us|date=1 January 1988|work=The A.V. Club|access-date=12 November 2015}}</ref>

==History==

In 1993, five years after the founding of ''The Onion'', [[Stephen Thompson (journalist)|Stephen Thompson]], a student at the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]], launched an entertainment section of the newspaper.<ref name="NPR">{{~~citation~~cite web ~~needed~~|~~date~~title=~~May~~Stephen ~~2022~~Thompson, Writer/Editor, NPR Music |url=https://www.npr.org/people/5244882/stephen-thompson |accessdate=July 23, 2017 |work=[[NPR Music]] |publisher=NPR}}</ref>

"A.V. Club" is for "audiovisual club."~~<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www~~.~~avclub.com/about/|title=About Us|date=1 January 1988|work=The A.V. Club|access-date=12 November 2015}}</ref>~~ In the United States in the late 20th century, many [[high school]]s would have clubs for students who wanted to use and learn about speakers, projectors, and other ~~early~~ video and audio equipment.<ref name="About Us"/>

In 1996, both ''The Onion'' and ''The A.V. Club'' debuted on the Internet.<ref name="wayback_snapshot_1999">{{cite web |url=http://www.theonion.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961231135054/http://www.theonion.com/ |archive-date=31 December 1996 |title=The Onion: America's Finest News Source |work=The Onion |date=19 December 1996 |access-date=23 March 2017}}</ref> ''The A.V. Club'' was originally a subsection<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theonion.com:80/|date=19 December 1996|access-date=19 July 2018|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961219015005/http://theonion.com:80/|archive-date=19 December 1996|title=The ONION, Number One in News }}</ref> of the main ''theonion.com'' domain name.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}

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===~~Television~~Univision ~~series~~era and TV show===

On 16 February 2017, ''The A.V. Club''{{'s}} editor-at-large, John Teti, posted an article on the website announcing the upcoming release of a television series, titled ''The A.V. Club'', based on the website.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/v-club-will-soon-exist-tv-show-form-250460|title=The A.V. Club will soon exist in TV show form|last=Teti|first=John|date=16 February 2017|website=The A.V. Club|access-date=23 March 2017}}</ref> The series, hosted by Teti, began airing on [[Fusion TV|Fusion]] on 16 March 2017 and ran for one season.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hughes|first1=William|title=The A.V. Club TV show debuts tomorrow night, on Fusion|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/v-club-tv-show-debuts-tomorrow-night-fusion-252145|website=The A.V. Club|access-date=15 March 2017|date=15 March 2017}}</ref> The series featured news, criticism, and discussions about various popular-culture topics and featured staff members from the website.

~~===Move to Univision, then G/O Media===~~

In January 2016, [[Univision Communications]] acquired "a 40 percent, controlling stake" in Onion Inc., the parent company of ''The A.V. Club''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Area Satirical Publication The Onion Sold To Univision (Seriously)|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/19/463535648/area-satiric-publication-the-onion-sold-to-univision-seriously|publisher=NPR|date=19 January 2016|first=David|last=Folkenflik}}</ref> Later that year, Univision also purchased [[Gawker Media]] and reorganized several of Gawker's sites into the new [[Gizmodo Media Group]], a division of [[Fusion Media Group]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/veronicavillafane/2016/09/22/univision-rebrands-gawker-media-as-gizmodo-media-group-starts-translating-content-for-univision-com/|title=Univision Rebrands Gawker Media As Gizmodo Media Group; Starts Translating Content For Univision.com|work=Forbes|date=22 September 2016|first=Veronica|last=Villafañe}}</ref>

On 16 February 2017, ''The A.V. Club''{{'s}} editor-at-large, John Teti, posted an article on the website announcing the upcoming release of a television series, titled ''The A.V. Club'', based on the website.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Teti |first=John |date=16 February 2017 |title=The A.V. Club will soon exist in TV show form |url=http://www.avclub.com/article/v-club-will-soon-exist-tv-show-form-250460 |access-date=23 March 2017 |website=The A.V. Club}}</ref> The series, hosted by Teti, began airing on [[Fusion TV|Fusion]] on 16 March 2017 and ran for one season.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hughes |first1=William |date=15 March 2017 |title=The A.V. Club TV show debuts tomorrow night, on Fusion |url=http://www.avclub.com/article/v-club-tv-show-debuts-tomorrow-night-fusion-252145 |access-date=15 March 2017 |website=The A.V. Club}}</ref> The series featured news, criticism, and discussions about various popular-culture topics and featured staff members from the website.

In November 2017, due to the community's expanding membership and an increasing volume of original content, ''The A.V. Club'' offshoot website ''After Dark'' was switched from [[Disqus]] to a separate [[WordPress]] site and re-branded ''The Avocado''. The site was subsequently migrated from Bulbs, an internal [[content management system]] developed by Onion Inc. to the Gawker-developed [[Kinja (website)|Kinja]] platform.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.poynter.org/news/kinja-publishing-system-heart-gawker-lives-under-univision|title=Kinja, the publishing system at the heart of Gawker, lives on under Univision|date=16 June 2017|first=Benjamin|last=Mullin|publisher=Poynter}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/welcome-back-to-the-a-v-club-1798329810|title=Welcome (back) to The A.V. Club|author=Laura M. Browning and Sean O'Neal|website=The A.V. Club|date=23 August 2017}}</ref> It deleted the comment section and audience reviews hosted on the previous site. In July 2018, Univision announced it was looking for a buyer for the entire Gizmodo Group.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.avclub.com/hi-were-the-a-v-club-and-were-for-sale-1827493253|title=Hi, we're the A.V. Club, and we're for sale|date=10 July 2018 }}</ref>

The site was subsequently migrated from Bulbs, an internal [[content management system]] developed by Onion Inc. to the Gawker-developed [[Kinja (website)|Kinja]] platform.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.poynter.org/news/kinja-publishing-system-heart-gawker-lives-under-univision|title=Kinja, the publishing system at the heart of Gawker, lives on under Univision|date=16 June 2017|first=Benjamin|last=Mullin|publisher=Poynter}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/welcome-back-to-the-a-v-club-1798329810|title=Welcome (back) to The A.V. Club|author=Laura M. Browning and Sean O'Neal|website=The A.V. Club|date=23 August 2017}}</ref> Audience reviews hosted on the previous site were deleted and the Kinja comment system was heavily derided by the site's commenting community, leading to a sharp decline in activity.

In April 2019, Gizmodo and ''The Onion'' were sold to [[private-equity firm]] Great Hill Partners, which combined them into a new company named [[G/O Media]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/04/univision-finalizes-sale-of-former-gawker-portfolio-and-the-onion-to-private-equity-firm-great-hill-partners-1202591007/|title=Univision Finalizes Sale Of Former Gawker Portfolio And The Onion To Private Equity Firm Great Hill Partners|last1=Hayes|first1=Dade|date=8 April 2019|work=Deadline Hollywood|language=en|access-date=16 January 2020}}</ref> In July 2019, executive editor Laura M. Browning and managing editor Caitlin PenzeyMoog left.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hays |first1=Kali |title=The Media Carousel: A roundup of who's been hired, fired or maybe just jumped ship in media land recently |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/media/media-editors-hiring-layoffs-2019-1203227682/ |website=Women's Wear Daily |date=26 July 2019 |publisher=PMC |access-date=6 May 2020}}</ref> In early 2020, former [[People (magazine)|''People'' magazine]] and ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' editor Patrick Gomez was named editor-in-chief, and it was announced that the site was opening a Los Angeles bureau.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/345357/patrick-gomez-named-editor-in-chief-the-av-club.html|title=Patrick Gomez Named Editor-in-Chief, The A.V. Club, Reid To BDG Fashion Director|website=mediapost.com|language=en|access-date=16 January 2020}}</ref> In August 2021, Yahoo! Entertainment and E! Online alum Scott Robson joined to lead the team.<ref>{{Cite press release|last=Media|first=G/O|title=G/O Media Announces New Editors In Chief Of AV Club, Gizmodo, Jezebel|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/go-media-announces-new-editors-in-chief-of-av-club-gizmodo-jezebel-301366488.html|access-date=2021-10-27|website=prnewswire.com|language=en}}</ref>

=== Onion Inc. Union ===

In March 2018 the employees of the company announced they had unionized with the [[Writers Guild Ofof America, East]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=29 March 2018|title=Staff of the satire website The Onion has unionized|url=https://apnews.com/474f4a636212453ead62a789ab6c4904|access-date=1 September 2020|website=AP NEWS}}</ref> The union comprises "all of the creative staffs at Onion Inc.: ''The A.V. Club'', ''The Onion'', ''ClickHole'', ''The Takeout'', Onion Labs, and Onion Inc.'s video and art departments."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Club|first=The A. V.|title=Onion Inc. has unionized|url=https://news.avclub.com/onion-inc-has-unionized-1824163858|access-date=1 September 2020|website=News|date=29 March 2018 |language=en-us}}</ref> (''ClickHole'' was subsequently acquired by ''[[Cards Against Humanity]]'' in February 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cards Against Humanity Bought Clickhole|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katienotopoulos/cards-against-humanity-buys-clickhole|access-date=1 September 2020|website=BuzzFeed News|date=3 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>) The union was recognized on 20 April 2018<ref name="tweet1">{{cite tweet |author=Onion Inc Union |user=OnionIncUnion |number=1075831417509240838 |date=20 December 2018 |title=We're proud to announce that the Onion Inc Union has a contract! We voted unanimously to ratify our first contract as a union under @wgaeast. We're incredibly happy. https://t.co/YufzA6KpIk |language=en |access-date=13 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309185402/https://twitter.com/OnionIncUnion/status/1075831417509240838 |archive-date=9 March 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> and reached a contract agreement with management on 20 December 2018.<ref name="tweet1"/> The contract includes "annual pay increases, minimum pay grades, strong diversity and anti-harassment language, just cause, union security, editorial independence, intellectual property rights, and an end to permalancers."<ref>{{Cite web|date=20 December 2018|title=Onion Inc. Ratifies First Contract with the Writers Guild of America, East {{!}} Press Room|url=https://www.wgaeast.org/onion-inc-ratifies-first-contract-with-the-writers-guild-of-america-east/|access-date=1 September 2020|website=Writers Guild of America, East}}</ref>

=== ~~2022~~G/O ~~closure~~Media ofera ~~Chicago~~and ~~office and~~2022 staff departures ===

In July 2018, Univision announced it was looking for a buyer for the entire Gizmodo Group.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 July 2018 |title=Hi, we're the A.V. Club, and we're for sale |url=https://news.avclub.com/hi-were-the-a-v-club-and-were-for-sale-1827493253}}</ref> In April 2019, Gizmodo and ''The Onion'' were sold to [[private-equity firm]] Great Hill Partners, which combined them into a new company named [[G/O Media]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Hayes |first1=Dade |date=8 April 2019 |title=Univision Finalizes Sale Of Former Gawker Portfolio And The Onion To Private Equity Firm Great Hill Partners |url=https://deadline.com/2019/04/univision-finalizes-sale-of-former-gawker-portfolio-and-the-onion-to-private-equity-firm-great-hill-partners-1202591007/ |access-date=16 January 2020 |work=Deadline Hollywood |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Baragona |first=Justin |date=2024-03-26 |title=G/O Media Continues Fire Sale, Dumps A.V. Club and Takeout |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/go-media-continues-fire-sale-dumps-av-club-and-takeout |access-date=2024-03-27 |work=The Daily Beast |language=en}}</ref> In July 2019, executive editor Laura M. Browning and managing editor Caitlin PenzeyMoog left.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hays |first1=Kali |date=26 July 2019 |title=The Media Carousel: A roundup of who's been hired, fired or maybe just jumped ship in media land recently |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/media/media-editors-hiring-layoffs-2019-1203227682/ |access-date=6 May 2020 |website=Women's Wear Daily |publisher=PMC}}</ref> In early 2020, former [[People (magazine)|''People'' magazine]] and ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' editor Patrick Gomez was named editor-in-chief, and it was announced that the site was opening a Los Angeles bureau.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Patrick Gomez Named Editor-in-Chief, The A.V. Club, Reid To BDG Fashion Director |url=https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/345357/patrick-gomez-named-editor-in-chief-the-av-club.html |access-date=16 January 2020 |website=mediapost.com |language=en}}</ref> In August 2021, Yahoo! Entertainment and E! Online alum Scott Robson joined to lead the team.<ref>{{Cite press release |last=Media |first=G/O |title=G/O Media Announces New Editors In Chief Of AV Club, Gizmodo, Jezebel |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/go-media-announces-new-editors-in-chief-of-av-club-gizmodo-jezebel-301366488.html |access-date=2021-10-27 |website=prnewswire.com |language=en}}</ref>

On 18 January 2022, the union representing staff at the website announced that all seven staff members based in Chicago had taken severance as opposed to accepting a mandatory move of work location to Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite tweet |author=Onion Inc Union |user=OnionIncUnion |number=1483504541266063360 |date=18 January 2022 |title=UPDATE: The seven A.V. Club workers in Chicago have decided to take their union-contract-protected severances rather than move to L.A. without a cost-of-living adjustment. A statement from the union (1/X): https://t.co/IOUwuR0TWn |language=en |access-date=13 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902182333/https://twitter.com/OnionIncUnion/status/1483504541266063360 |archive-date=2 September 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> This predominantly affected the senior staff of the site and comprised the managing editor, film editor, TV editor, associate editor, senior writer, assistant editor, and editorial coordinator.<ref>{{cite tweet |author=Onion Inc Union |user=OnionIncUnion |number=1483505082645856257 |date=18 January 2022 |title=The A.V. Club will be losing its managing editor, film editor, TV editor, associate editor, senior writer, assistant editor, and editorial coordinator. These workers oversee the site's film, TV, music, comics, and books coverage, and are essential to its daily operations. 5/X |language=en |access-date=13 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120070343/https://twitter.com/onionincunion/status/1483505082645856257 |archive-date=20 January 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

On 18 January 2022, the union representing staff at the website announced that all seven staff members based in Chicago had taken severance as opposed to accepting a mandatory move of work location to Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite tweet |number=1483504541266063360 |user=OnionIncUnion |title=UPDATE: The seven A.V. Club workers in Chicago have decided to take their union-contract-protected severances rather than move to L.A. without a cost-of-living adjustment. A statement from the union (1/X): https://t.co/IOUwuR0TWn |author=Onion Inc Union |date=18 January 2022 |access-date=13 December 2022 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902182333/https://twitter.com/OnionIncUnion/status/1483504541266063360 |archive-date=2 September 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> This predominantly affected the senior staff of the site and comprised the managing editor, film editor, TV editor, associate editor, senior writer, assistant editor, and editorial coordinator.<ref>{{cite tweet |number=1483505082645856257 |user=OnionIncUnion |title=The A.V. Club will be losing its managing editor, film editor, TV editor, associate editor, senior writer, assistant editor, and editorial coordinator. These workers oversee the site's film, TV, music, comics, and books coverage, and are essential to its daily operations. 5/X |author=Onion Inc Union |date=18 January 2022 |access-date=13 December 2022 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120070343/https://twitter.com/onionincunion/status/1483505082645856257 |archive-date=20 January 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

~~== Controversy ==~~

On 9 December 2010, the website ''ComicsComicsMag'' revealed a [[capsule review]] for the book ''Genius, Isolated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth'' had been fabricated. The book had not yet been published nor even completed by the authors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comicscomicsmag.com/2010/12/most-amazing-review-of-the-year.html|title=The Most Amazing Review of the Year|publisher=Comics Comics|access-date=9 December 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101211124932/http://comicscomicsmag.com/2010/12/most-amazing-review-of-the-year.html|archive-date=11 December 2010}}</ref> After the review was removed, editor Keith Phipps posted an apology on the website, stating that the reporter assigned the review could not locate a copy of the book ("for obvious reasons"), so fabricated it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/an-apology-from-the-av-club,48888/|title=An apology from ''The A.V. Club''|publisher=The A.V. Club|access-date=9 December 2010}}</ref> Leonard Pierce, the author of the review, was terminated from his freelance role with the website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adweek.com/fishbowlny/av-club-writer-loses-gig-after-faking-review/313703|title=AV Club Writer Loses Gig After Faking Review|last1=Kaufman|first1=Rachel|website=Adweek|access-date=7 July 2016}}</ref>

=== Paste Media era ===

~~==Books==~~

In March 2024, it was reported that G/O Media had sold ''The A.V. Club'' to [[Paste Media Group|Paste Media]], who had previously bought the dormant G/O Media sites ''[[Jezebel (website)|Jezebel]]'' and ''[[Splinter News]]'' for a relaunch.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Dade |date=2023-11-29 |title=Weeks After Shutdown, Digital Media Brand Jezebel Is Acquired By Paste Magazine Along With Long-Dormant Politics Site Splinter |url=https://deadline.com/2023/11/jezebel-acquired-by-paste-magazine-splinter-digital-media-1235642351/ |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> This resulted in ''The A.V. Club'' being separated from ''The Onion'' for the first time ever, with G/O Media selling ''The Onion'' to Global Tetrahedron the following month.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Dade |date=2024-04-26 |title=The Onion, Following Acquisition, Names Former NBC News Reporter Ben Collins CEO – Update |url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/the-onion-sold-g-o-media-global-tetrahedron-1235895683/ |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> Two employees were laid off as part of the transition. Paste Media CEO Josh Jackson stressed that ''Paste'' and ''The A.V. Club'' would not be consolidated together and ensured that the comments, briefly disabled by G/O Media, would be restored.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paste Media Acquires The AV Club |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/paste-magazine/paste-media-acquires-av-club |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=Paste Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>

In June 2024, various changes were announced, including that the ''[[A.V. Undercover]]'' web series would be revived after a 7-year hiatus, A.I. written articles during the G/O Media era would be removed, familiar writers would return (including Nathan Rabin and [[Ignatiy Vishnevetsky]]), and a subscriber program will be introduced.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-11 |title=Help us choose the songs for A.V. Undercover season 9! |website=The A.V. Club |url=https://www.avclub.com/av-undercover-season-9-voting-songs-2024-1851533090 |access-date=2024-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611192051/https://www.avclub.com/av-undercover-season-9-voting-songs-2024-1851533090 |archive-date=11 June 2024 }}</ref> In July 2024, Danette Chavez, a writer and editor for ''The A.V. Club'' from 2015 to 2022, rejoined the website as editor-in-chief.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Here's the official song list for A.V. Undercover season 9 |url=https://www.avclub.com/the-official-song-list-for-a-v-undercover-season-9-1851592868 |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=AV Club |language=en-US}}</ref> The same month, ''A.V. Undercover'' season 9 premiered and the site migrated from Kinja to [[WordPress]], returning to the former [[Disqus]]-powered commenting system used under Bulbs.<ref name="chavez" />

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== Controversy ==

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On 9 December 2010, the website ''ComicsComicsMag'' revealed a [[capsule review]] for the book ''Genius, Isolated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth'' had been fabricated. The book had not yet been published nor even completed by the authors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comicscomicsmag.com/2010/12/most-amazing-review-of-the-year.html|title=The Most Amazing Review of the Year|publisher=Comics Comics|access-date=9 December 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101211124932/http://comicscomicsmag.com/2010/12/most-amazing-review-of-the-year.html|archive-date=11 December 2010}}</ref> After the review was removed, editor Keith Phipps posted an apology on the website, stating that the reporter being assigned to review the book could not locate a copy of it ("for obvious reasons"), so they fabricated it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/an-apology-from-the-av-club,48888/|title=An apology from ''The A.V. Club''|publisher=The A.V. Club|access-date=9 December 2010}}</ref> Leonard Pierce, the author of the review, was terminated from his freelance role with the website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adweek.com/fishbowlny/av-club-writer-loses-gig-after-faking-review/313703|title=AV Club Writer Loses Gig After Faking Review|last1=Kaufman|first1=Rachel|website=Adweek|date=10 December 2010 |access-date=7 July 2016}}</ref>

~~| author2=A.V. Club Staff~~

~~| date=December 10, 2002~~

~~| title=The Tenacity of the Cockroach: Conversations With Entertainment's Most Enduring Outsiders~~

~~| publisher=[[Three Rivers Press]]~~

~~| isbn=978-0609809914~~

~~| url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780609809914~~

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* {{cite book

~~| author1=A.V. Club Staff~~

~~| date=October 13, 2009~~

~~| title=Inventory: 16 Films Featuring Manic Pixie Dream Girls, 10 Great Songs Nearly Ruined by Saxophone, and 100 More Obsessively Specific Pop-Culture Lists~~

~~| publisher=[[Charles Scribner's Sons|Scribner]]~~

~~| isbn=978-1416594734~~

~~| url=https://archive.org/details/inventory16films00avcl_0~~

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* {{cite book

~~| first1=Nathan~~

~~| last1=Rabin~~

~~| date=October 19, 2010~~

~~| title=My Year of Flops: The A.V. Presents One Man's Journey Deep Into the Heart of Cinematic Failure~~

~~| url=https://archive.org/details/myyearofflopsavc0000rabi~~

~~| location=New York~~

~~| publisher=[[Charles Scribner's Sons|Scribner]]~~

~~| isbn=978-1439153123~~

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~~| last2=VanDerWerff~~

~~| author-mask2=Emily St. James~~

~~| date=October 16, 2018~~

~~| title=Monsters Of The Week: The Complete Critical Companion To The X-Files~~

~~| url=https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/monsters-of-the-week_9781419732478/~~

~~| location=New York~~

~~| publisher=[[Harry N. Abrams|Abrams Press]]~~

~~| isbn=978-1419732478~~

}}

==Awards==

In 2017, ''The A.V. Club'' won an [[Eisner Award]] for "Best Comics-related Periodical/Journalism" (for works published in 2016).<ref>{{cite web |title=Awards: 2010-Present |url=https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-award-recipients-2010-present |website=Comic-Con |date=2 December 2012 |publisher=San Diego Comic Convention |access-date=6 May 2020 |archive-date=13 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213024118/http://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-award-recipients-2010-present |url-status=dead }}</ref> The award went to writers Oliver Sava, Caitlin Rosberg, Shea Hennum, and Tegan O'Neil. The award also went to editor Caitlin PenzeyMoog.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rife |first1=Katie |title=Holy crap, The A.V. Club won an Eisner Award |url=https://news.avclub.com/1816390634 |website=The A.V. Club |date=22 July 2017 |publisher=Onion Inc. |access-date=6 May 2020}}</ref>

==''A.V. Club'' year-end and decade-end lists==

Starting in 1999, only lists written by individual writers were published. Beginning in 2006, ''The A.V. Club'' began publishing website-consensus, year-end album and film rankings, together with lists created by individual writers. Additionally decade-end lists were published for the 2000s and 2010s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Best Of 2010 S – Pop culture news, movie, TV, music and gaming reviews. |url=https://www.avclub.com/tag/best-of-2010s |website=The A.V. Club |access-date=12 January 2020 |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The best films of the '00s |url=https://film.avclub.com/the-best-films-of-the-00s-1798222348 |website=The A.V. Club |date=3 December 2009 |access-date=12 January 2020 |language=en-us}}</ref>

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| 2022 || [[Beyoncé]] || ''[[Renaissance (Beyoncé album)|Renaissance]]'' || {{flagcountry|USA}} || <ref>{{cite web |title=Here Are the 30 Best Albums of 2022 |url=https://www.avclub.com/best-music-albums-2022-1849871508 |website=The A.V. Club |access-date=2022-12-12 |date=2022-12-13}}</ref>

| 2023 || [[Olivia Rodrigo]] || ''[[Guts (Olivia Rodrigo album)|Guts]]'' || {{flagcountry|USA}} || <ref>{{cite web |title=The 27 best albums of 2023 |url=https://www.avclub.com/best-albums-2023-1851094504 |website=The A.V. Club |access-date=2023-12-20 |date=2023-12-13}}</ref>

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| 2022 || [[Todd Field]]|| ''[[Tár]]'' || {{flag country|USA}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/best-films-of-2022-1849920735| title=The 30 best films of 2022 ranked, and don't try to fight us on this |work=The A.V. Club | date=22 December 2022}}</ref>

| 2023 || [[Celine Song]]|| ''[[Past Lives (film)|Past Lives]]'' || {{flag country|USA}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/best-films-of-2023-1851108465| title=The 30 best films of 2023 |work=The A.V. Club | date=19 December 2023}}</ref>

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| 2022 || ''[[The Bear (TV series)|The Bear]]'' || [[Hulu]] || {{flagcountry|USA}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/best-tv-shows-2022-1849849471|title=The 30 best TV shows of 2022|publisher=The A.V. Club |date=5 December 2022 |access-date=27 December 2022}}</ref>

| 2023 || ''[[Succession (TV series)|Succession]]'' || [[HBO]] || {{flagcountry|USA}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/best-tv-shows-2023-1851071720|title=The 30 best TV shows of 2023|publisher=The A.V. Club |date=5 December 2023 |access-date=20 December 2023}}</ref>

==Books==

* {{cite book

| first=Stephen

| last=Thompson

| author2=A.V. Club Staff

| date=December 10, 2002

| title=The Tenacity of the Cockroach: Conversations With Entertainment's Most Enduring Outsiders

| publisher=[[Three Rivers Press]]

| isbn=978-0609809914

| url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780609809914

}}

* {{cite book

| author1=A.V. Club Staff

| date=October 13, 2009

| title=Inventory: 16 Films Featuring Manic Pixie Dream Girls, 10 Great Songs Nearly Ruined by Saxophone, and 100 More Obsessively Specific Pop-Culture Lists

| publisher=[[Charles Scribner's Sons|Scribner]]

| isbn=978-1416594734

| url=https://archive.org/details/inventory16films00avcl_0

}}

* {{cite book

| first1=Nathan

| last1=Rabin

| date=October 19, 2010

| title=My Year of Flops: The A.V. Presents One Man's Journey Deep Into the Heart of Cinematic Failure

| url=https://archive.org/details/myyearofflopsavc0000rabi

| location=New York

| publisher=[[Charles Scribner's Sons|Scribner]]

| isbn=978-1439153123

}}

* {{cite book

| first1=Zack

| last1=Handlen

| first2=Todd

| last2=VanDerWerff

| author-mask2=Emily St. James

| date=October 16, 2018

| title=Monsters Of The Week: The Complete Critical Companion To The X-Files

| url=https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/monsters-of-the-week_9781419732478/

| location=New York

| publisher=[[Harry N. Abrams|Abrams Press]]

| isbn=978-1419732478

}}

==References==