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Mindy Kaling Brings A New Nerd To TV, And Finds She 'Was Not Alone' As A Teen

2:35pm July 10, 2021

by Terry Gross

"It ended up being very cathartic," Kaling says of creating the show Never Have I Ever. The series follows an Indian American teen who's on the hunt for a boyfriend. Originally broadcast April 2020.

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Documentaries 'Summer Of Soul' And 'McCartney 3-2-1' Celebrate The Sound Of The '60s

2:35pm July 10, 2021

by David Bianculli

Summer of Soul reveals never-before-seen film from a '69 Harlem concert series known as the Black Woodstock. McCartney 3-2-1 is a six-part series in which Paul McCartney talks to producer Rick Rubin.

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Jolene Purdy and Murray Bartlett play members of the staff in HBO's new series The White Lotus.

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A Bright And Acidic Satire Unfolds In HBO's 'The White Lotus'

7:12am July 10, 2021

by Linda Holmes

Creator Mike White brings a group of rich guests to a luxury Hawaiian resort, where he explores the question of how much it costs to care about nobody except yourself.

Julia Quinn, author of the Bridgerton novels, has lost her father and sister in a car crash.

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'Bridgerton' Author Julia Quinn Loses Father And Sister In Utah Car Crash

2:15pm July 08, 2021

by Neda Ulaby

The author of the Bridgerton novels shared news of the family tragedy in a social media post. "I have lost my father, and I don't have my sister with whom to grieve," she wrote.

Sunny (Sanjeev Bhaskar) and Cassie (Nicola Walker) head up a police unit in charge of cold cases in the series Unforgotten.

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An Old Murder Is 'Unforgotten' In This Crime Drama's 4th And Finest Season

4:55pm July 07, 2021

by John Powers

The latest season of the British police series on PBS Masterpiece is twistily plotted and suffused with sadness. Unforgotten packs much more of an emotional punch than your ordinary cop show.

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Italian singer and TV host Raffaella Carrà being lifted by dancers in a 1983 performance.

Raffaella Carrà, Glittery Queen Of Italian TV, Has Died At 78

4:09pm July 07, 2021

by Neda Ulaby

The beloved entertainer is often credited with having sparked a sexual revolution in Italy with her spangled midriff-baring costumes and frank lyrics about initiating sex — and falling for gay men.

Netflix's I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson delights in depicting acts of thoughtless, entitled masculinity — but only to expose the desperation, defensiveness and hilariously fragile egotism that drive them.

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'I Think You Should Leave' Season 2 Proves That It Never Should

5:09am July 07, 2021

by Glen Weldon

The new season of I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson finds the sketch comedian digging even deeper under the surface of toxic masculinity to reveal its soft, hilariously pathetic center.

Jordan Alexander, Thomas Doherty, Evan Mock and Emily Alyn Lind in HBO Max's Gossip Girl.

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'Gossip Girl' For Gen-Z Seemed Like A Great Idea, So What Went Wrong?

3:46pm July 06, 2021

by Linda Holmes

HBO Max is launching a sequel to the original CW series Gossip Girl. And while it strains to be more contemporary, the series stumbles on the basics of good bad TV.

Sesame Street's Elmo adopts a puppy in a new special, Furry Friends Forever.

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Elmo Got A Pandemic Puppy — Meet Sesame Street's Newest Character

3:45pm July 06, 2021

by Neda Ulaby

Sesame Street is welcoming a new character, Elmo's adopted puppy Tango, who'll teach kids how to care for pets. An animated special will tell Tango's backstory, and then she'll join the regular cast.

'We The People' Creator On Making A Kids' Show About American Democracy

5:13pm July 04, 2021

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with children's television creator Chris Nee about her new show, We The People, out on Netflix today.