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Following reports that CNN intended to exile Acosta to midnight, the longtime journalist's exit was expected
Versions of this story have been told before, but few demonstrate so well how our celebrity worship got us here
Olatunde Osunsanmi, Alex Kurtzman and Omari Hardwick talk about latest film in Paramount 's "Star Trek" universe
“More than ever,” Maddow said in her Monday night broadcast, “this is not a time to pretend this isn’t happening"
It's tough to make a dupe out of a sweet guy who automatically disbelieves everything that doesn't add up
From "Twin Peaks" to "Chicken Nugget," preserving your sanity on Inauguration Day is just a click away
David Lynch figured out how to beguile TV audiences with unease. Some of the best shows still follow his lead
Trading co-star chemistry to visit the scenes of scams, Laci Mosley's hit loses something in its TV translation
TV's murderously meta reality competition shows us how fame leads us to assume the wrong things about worthiness
We get it in our heads that some flavors could never, ever work together — only for their collision to yield something wonderful. Kids make...
Before the man who transformed “The Jerry Springer Show” into a gladiatorial showcase of the worst common denominator took over as its...
Last year’s Golden Globes telecast provided its strongest case yet for its retirement from public life. The previous version of the Hollywood...
Before Elon Musk effectively bought an American presidency, he mounted a hostile takeover of the attention economy. His initial bulk acquisitions...
You already have your own list of best TV shows, and who am I to disagree? Any show that makes your mood a little lighter or moves you in some...
From the moment the Golden Globes added a category for best stand-up comedy performance, cynics like me had doubts. Globes voters have a...
Louis Winston’s contribution to “Shrinking” begins like so many of us watching, with a rearview glimpse at his fortunate life. Each day he and...
“What We Do in the Shadows” was never intended to be the perfect pandemic comedy. In the way of all TV legends, it simply happened to peak at...
By now somebody in my position, which is to say those who analyze popular culture for a living, should know better than to write off the Golden...
Since the first “Star Wars” blasted a hole in popular culture we've been gifted a few unforgettable (and not in a good way) Christmas-adjacent...
Every culture has its bewildering holiday traditions. One that never gets old for Americans is arguing over Christmas movies. Although Netflix's...
"Come back in a couple of weeks, and we'll talk then," the woman at the animal rescue chirped. The short version of this story is my husband and...
The “Wicked” nation is still relatively young, like the musical itself. This year marks its 21st anniversary on Broadway, and the touring version...
Awards season always brings a parade of Very Important Cinema to theaters, most of which have the appeal of roughage. They may be good for us, but...
Mike Schur devised a mostly foolproof formula for the perfect modern workplace sitcom that began with “The Office” and steadily evolved through...
What “Dune: Prophecy” offers on its face is bound to appeal to women who are sick of everything. Given the present circumstances, who wouldn’t...
“Say Nothing” begins in a state of knotted tension: an introductory voiceover by Lola Petticrew’s resolute Dolours Price lets us know we’re...
Although the troubles of our world never bled into “What We Do in the Shadows,” the story never shied away from politics within its own musty,...
Throughout this election cycle, Don Lemon has been taking the pulse of the election person by person in cities across the country. During his...
For a little while on Tuesday evening “Election Night with Brian Williams” was the breaking political news equivalent of a meditation app. As...
This may be challenging to consider at a time when clipped-out segments have become the primary delivery system for headlines, information and...
While hosting MSNBC's "The Last Word," Lawrence O’Donnell has never held back about the danger Donald Trump poses to our democracy, or how he...
Those who know how reality TV works may take issue with Chris Coelen viewing “Love Is Blind” as a documentary. "We just want to know what's the...
“Grotesquerie” may have been inscrutable to most of us when it began, but its star and executive producer, Niecy Nash-Betts, knew exactly where...
“What is happening with the whales? I've read about this.” Over the years, Joe Rogan has welcomed an array of accredited scientists and nature...
Gauging Sofia Falcone’s situational anger at any moment in “The Penguin” isn’t tough. Just look at her eyes — not simply the emotions...
Energy vampires existed long before “What We Do in the Shadows” introduced Colin Robinson. Healthline posted a 2018 manual on how to spot and...
In an alternate universe, Vice President Kamala Harris’ first Fox News interview probably would have been conducted by Chris Wallace. A veteran of...
Therapy rarely begins smoothly. Initial sessions tend to be colored by weeping, hesitancy and half-truths as the clinician and client get a feel...
PBS could not have wanted for better organic, coincidental advertising for its four-part series “Citizen Nation” than Oakland University...
We expect stories of first kisses to be singular and unforgettable because that’s what movies and books taught us to expect. “Three Women”...
Over the weekend, a gaggle of media establishment figures lost their collective crackers at the news that Vice President Kamala Harris sat down...
If all horror is metaphor, then of course “Grotesquerie” would feature a turducken. The hedonistic holiday feast occasions Det. Lois Tryon (Niecy...
Two old statements haunted my thoughts during Tuesday’s vice presidential debate between Republican nominee Sen. JD Vance of Ohio and Minnesota...
John Landis knew exactly what he was doing in casting John Amos opposite James Earl Jones in 1988’s “Coming to America.” The audience related to...
Dame is a term that shifts dramatically in the cross-Atlantic translation between Britain and the United States. Here it’s considered archaic, a...
The last step that “One Person, One Vote” director Maximina Juson needed to complete her documentary on the Electoral College was to film the...
All great stories can be dragged down by fan service. No matter how lofty the concept, regardless of how successfully it launches, the...
Natasha Rothwell’s life would be unrecognizable, compared to what we know of her today, if she hadn’t stopped still at a crossroads and changed...
Days before I sat down for my conversation with John Lithgow, and purely by coincidence, I watched “The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the...
One would think “The Choice 2024” would have been, if not easier for “Frontline” producer and director Michael Kirk, perhaps a slightly easier...