Inside the Boys' Club Culture at NBC

[ view in browser.   add esquire@newsletter.esquire.com to your address book ]             FOLLOW US       The Peacock Patriarchy: Inside the Boys' Club Culture at NBC   From his $20-million-a-year perch at Matt Lauer turned NBC into his personal playground. Then, suddenly, he was gone. But Lauer's axing has only raised unsettling questions about the network's leadership, its boys'-club culture, and how it covered the #MeToo moment. READ MORE       Floribama Shore Briefly Offered a Surprisingly Insightful Look at Race and Policing   MTV's Floribama Shore is a delightfully familiar breed of reality show—a paean to alcoholism, steroid use, and incipient melanoma. But its last two episodes did feature something unexpected, as the frivolous orgy of sun, sand, and sangria yielded to an insightful storyline about race and policing. For reality TV, it was all surprisingly real. Read On         Fall 2018 TV Preview: Your Complete Guide to the Season's Premieres   The dog days of summer and the early fall are too hot to do much else than lounge around. Naturally, television programming executives figure you might as well do this in front of some sort of screening apparatus (actually, they want you to do everything in front of your monitor as long as you keep it on). Luckily for all of us, the next couple of months will bring us the return of our favorite shows—plus a lot of new series worthy of checking out. Read On         The Light-as-Air Blazer That's Perfect for Summer   What to do when the dog days of summer arrive but you still need to look professional? Reach for Ring Jacket's light-as-air Balloon Jacket. It's the perfect blazer to keep you cool on hot days. Read On         Mrs. Robinson Was My Unlikely Sexual Role Model   In an exclusive excerpt from his new book My Life as a Goddess: A Memoir Through (Un)Popular Culture, comedian Guy Branum reveals the iconic film character who informed his understanding of sex and seduction: The Graduate's messy and aggressive Mrs. Robinson, played by Anne Bancroft. As a young gay man, Branum recognized something in Mrs. Robinson, who was done asking for permission to lead a life she hated. She was going to take something, even if it was wrong. Read On         Light Wash Jeans Are Summer's Most Easygoing Essential   Great jeans are appropriate year-round, but there's a refreshing feel to a new pair of light wash ones. Lighter denim is inherently more casual than dark blue and black—and summer is the perfect time to capitalize on that. Here are 12 stylish options to get you started. Read On       Unsubscribe •  Privacy Notice   esquire.com ©2018 Hearst Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hearst Email Privacy, 300 W 57th St., Fl. 19 (sta 1-1), New York, NY 10019