Television

Ridley turns a horrific true story involving Hurricane Katrina into a scripted drama

7:53am August 12, 2022

by Eric Deggans

The Apple TV+ series Five Days at Memorial explores a terrible question: How did 45 patients die at a New Orleans hospital after Hurricane Katrina? Executive producer John Ridley has answers.

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TV's favorite foul-mouth kids are celebrating an anniversary

6:36am August 12, 2022

Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny have been entertaining and offending for 25 years. South Park premiered in 1997, but the characters first came to life five years earlier in a student film.

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Roberta Colindrez (Lupe), Kate Berlant (Shirley), Abbi Jacobson (Carson), D'Arcy Carden (Greta), Melanie Field (Jo) and Molly Ephraim (Maybelle)

Arts

New Peaches, new problems: 'A League of Their Own' makes a successful move to TV

1:04pm August 11, 2022

by Linda Holmes

The Amazon Prime series, co-created by Abbi Jacobson and Will Graham, is both a loving descendant of the 1992 film of the same name, and an ambitious effort to address its conspicuous gaps.

'A League of Their Own' gets new life as a limited Amazon Prime Video series

5:07am August 11, 2022

The series uses the 1992 film about a World War II-era, female baseball team as a loose template, but it leans into subjects the movie never explored, including gay and non-white players.

Melanie Lynskey has been nominated for an Emmy for her role as Shauna in the Showtime series Yellowjackets.

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'Lord of the Flies' with teen girls? 'Yellowjackets' actor leans into the role

5:15am August 08, 2022

by Ann Marie Baldonado

Melanie Lynskey is up for an Emmy for her leading role in the Showtime series about a girls' soccer team who go down in a plane crash in 1996, and have to survive in the wilderness for over a year.

Lane Factor, Paulina Alexis, D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai and Devery Jacobs play four friends living on an Indian reservation in the series Reservation Dogs.

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'Reservation Dogs,' now in Season 2, remains one of the most original shows on TV

5:00am August 08, 2022

by John Powers

Set in Oklahoma's Native American territory, the show blends satire, pathos and tribal lore — not to mention American Indians' tragic history — into a series that is fresh, funny and heartfelt.

Dad becomes a Ragdoll so Bluey and Bingo have to work out how to move him so they can get some ice cream.

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The secret behind why parents — and kids — love 'Bluey'

8:14am August 07, 2022

by Elizabeth Blair

A new season of the hugely popular Australian cartoon Bluey is dropping on Disney+. With its made-up family games, high jinx and humanity, the series has hooked both kids and their parents.

A conversation with 'A League of Their Own' star Abbi Jacobson

5:24pm August 06, 2022

NPR's Daniel Estrin speaks with comedian and actor Abbi Jacobson about her new series A League of Their Own, based on the hit movie. The show premieres Aug. 12.

Actress Anne Heche attends the WIN Awards at Santa Monica Bay Womans Club on December 11, 2013 in Santa Monica, California.

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Anne Heche's reported hospitalization after a car crash divides social media

2:08pm August 06, 2022

by Chloe Veltman

The 53-year-old, who first rose to fame on the soap opera Another World, was reportedly traveling at a high rate of speed when she crashed into two homes.

Aasif Mandvi as Ben Shakir, Mike Colter as David Acosta, and Katja Herbers as Kristen Bouchard in Evil

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What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend reading, listening and viewing

5:44pm August 05, 2022

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Devil in a Blue Dress, Evil, and more.