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In Netflix's One Day at a Time, Justina Machado (center) plays a military veteran who is raising her two kids (Marcel Ruiz, left, and Isabella Gomez) without their father.

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Justina Machado On Her Quinceañera, Rita Moreno's Abs And 'One Day At A Time'

7:33pm February 02, 2017

by NPR Staff

Machado and Moreno star in Netflix's reboot of the 1970s sitcom. This time, the family is Cuban-American and its single mom (Machado) is a veteran who served in Afghanistan.

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Kim Cattrall as socialite — and murder victim — Emily French in The Witness for the Prosecution.

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Kim Cattrall, More Than Just A Murder Victim In 'Witness For The Prosecution'

8:25am January 29, 2017

by NPR Staff

Cattrall — best known for her role on Sex and the City — plays a murdered socialite in a new TV adaptation of Agatha Christie's play. She says she wanted to open up the character and understand her.

Brooding? Just a bit. Rufus Sewell stars as American Nazi leader John Smith in The Man in the High Castle.

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Cast As Brooding Leads, Rufus Sewell Says His Real Talent Is Comedy

8:11am January 28, 2017

by NPR Staff

Rufus Sewell is seemingly everywhere these days — on stage and on the small screen, including Amazon's alternate-history series The Man in the High Castle, in which he plays an American Nazi leader.

John Hurt waits for his photo to be taken in 2014 during a publicity tour for Snowpiercer. The British actor's death was confirmed Friday by his publicist.

John Hurt, 'Elephant Man' Star And Character Actor, Dies At 77

12:44am January 28, 2017

by Christopher Dean Hopkins

Hurt recovered from a career lull in the '90s to take key supporting roles in movies such as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Snowpiercer and last year's Jackie, and was a recent incarnation of Doctor Who.

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Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, The Smart, Comic Actress Who Inspired A Generation

2:56pm January 27, 2017

Moore, who died Wed. at the age of 80, played a single professional woman on the 1970s show named after her, and became beloved for her role on The Dick Van Dyke Show. Originally broadcast in 1995.

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KJ Apa plays Archie Andrews on the CW's Riverdale.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Riverdale' and Teen Soaps

9:58am January 27, 2017

by Linda Holmes

The CW has brought the Archie comics to television as dark and gritty versions of their paper selves. We talk about this show and about the long history of the high school drama.

Riverdale: These are not the innocuous Archie comics of your childhood.

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'Archie Got Hot' Is A Sentence You'll Hear In New, Noir 'Riverdale'

6:15pm January 26, 2017

by NPR Staff

The CW's new show takes the sunny, optimistic teens of the classic Archie Comics and drops them into a re-imagined hometown full of sex, secrets and murder — and yes, Archie now has great abs.

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Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) and Alex Karev (Justin Chambers) have been through a lot together across 13 seasons.

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'Grey's Anatomy': The Secret Sauce Is Blood ... And Friendship

6:15pm January 26, 2017

by Linda Holmes

The ABC series Grey's Anatomy, set in a hospital full of possibly cursed doctors, has been on TV for 13 seasons. We talk about what has kept it popular with its fans for so long.

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Author Miriam E. Tucker, right, with Mary Tyler Moore in August 1997.

How Mary Tyler Moore Helped Me Live With Type 1 Diabetes

11:44am January 26, 2017

by Miriam E. Tucker

Mary Tyler Moore was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes just before The Mary Tyler Moore Show launched. If Mary could take it on with a smile, I thought, maybe those daily shots wouldn't be so bad.

Dennis Quaid (right) reunites with an old pal in A Dog's Purpose.

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A Dog's Actual Purposes, Based On Unscientific Observation Of Real Dogs

10:44am January 26, 2017

by Linda Holmes

In light of the new film A Dog's Purpose, we consider the actual purposes of dogs. They involve loud noises, tongues, and watching television.