The A.V. Club
| Type | Popular culture, entertainment, news, reviews, politics, progressive |
|---|---|
| Format | Internet |
| Owner(s) | Paste Media Group |
| Editor-in-chief | Danette Chavez |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Website | avclub |
The A.V. Club is an online newspaper and entertainment website featuring reviews, interviews, and other articles that examine films, music, television, books, games, and other elements of 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 is not satirical, though it does use a similarly irreverent style. The publication's name is a reference to audiovisual (AV) clubs typical of American high schools.