Television

Arts

The Spirit Tunnel is unapologetic celebrity worship — and extremely fun

5:00am May 12, 2025

Celebrity guests on The Jennifer Hudson Show — Michelle Obama, Usher, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Tina Knowles to name a few — have all caught a ride through this viral backstage ritual.

Michelle Williams' biggest takeaway from 'Dying for Sex': Pleasure belongs to you

1:45pm May 06, 2025

Williams' FX/Hulu series follows a woman with terminal cancer who decides to pursue her own sexual pleasure. She says the show is about sex, friendship and "being scared and brave at the same time."

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I do think we should be having more TV weddings

7:00am May 03, 2025

As we enter wedding season, culture critic Linda Holmes suggests that we bring back the splashy TV wedding at full power.

Jay North, TV's mischievous 'Dennis the Menace,' dies at 73

1:55am April 07, 2025

Jay North, who starred as the towheaded mischief maker on TV's Dennis the Menace for four seasons starting in 1959, has died. He was 73.

A police officer investigates her own sister's disappearance in 'Long Bright River'

1:12pm March 18, 2025

Set in a Philadelphia neighborhood that's been ravaged by opioids, Amanda Seyfried stars in this heartfelt Peacock series that centers wounded communities and families.

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Natasha Rothwell on checking into 'The White Lotus' Thailand: 'It felt like home'

2:06pm February 27, 2025

In the new season of The White Lotus, Rothwell reprises her role of spa manager Belinda, a woman "on the precipice of change" as she straddles the line between guest and staffer.

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'Beyond the Gates' is the 1st hour-long network daytime soap centering a Black family

4:11am February 24, 2025

by Eric Deggans

The CBS soap opera debuts on Monday, focusing on a family living in a wealthy D.C. suburb. "This is not your grandmother's soap opera," says star Tamara Tunie.

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Arts

'The Pitt' is a medical drama worth watching. Stat.

7:00am February 22, 2025

Each episode of the new Max series covers one hour in a single day in a busy emergency department. The show manages to feel sympathetic to the hospital staff and to the patients in their care.

4 decisions that turned SNL into a cultural juggernaut — and 3 mistakes

5:00am February 13, 2025

Critic Eric Deggans explains how Saturday Night Live became the long-lived force it is.

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Saturday Night Life mocks Donald Trump by creating a new flattering 'hot, jacked, Trump' character as an ironic show of support, 9 November

National

'Saturday Night Live' cast jokingly ask Trump to keep them off his ‘enemies list’

11:48am November 10, 2024

The cast of Saturday Night Live jokingly touted their support for Donald Trump and his billionaire backer Elon Musk in their first episode since Trump's re-election this past week.