Television

(Clockwise from upper left) Joshua Caleb Johnson in The Good Lord Bird, Rafe Spall in The Salisbury Poisonings, Whoopi Goldberg in The Stand, Nicole Kidman in The Undoing, Joseph Gordon-Levitt in The Trial of the Chicago 7 and Amelie Smith in The Haunting

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NPR's Fall TV Preview: 23 Suggestions For What To Watch Next

5:00am September 28, 2020

It feels like a minor miracle that there are so many high-quality shows coming to the small screen this season. Four NPR critics share their picks to keep you entertained during a challenging year.

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Michelle Buteau On Her Long Career And New Netflix Special

7:42am September 27, 2020

Host Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to comedian Michelle Buteau about her new Netflix special, Wecome to Buteaupia.

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Politics & Government

Kal Penn On New Show Meant To Empower Young Voters

7:04pm September 26, 2020

NPR's Michel Martin speaks to actor Kal Penn about his new TV show aimed at Millennial and Gen Z voters, called Kal Penn Approves This Message.

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Larry Wilmore And Amber Ruffin Host Late-Night Shows For Peacock

4:14pm September 25, 2020

by Eric Deggans

Streaming service Peacock is making history with Larry Wilmore and Amber Ruffin as hosts of two late-night talk shows. They're the first Black male and female hosts to form such a programming block.

Sir David Attenborough, shown here during a ceremony last September, broke the world record on Thursday for the fastest time to reach one million followers on Instagram.

Sir David Attenborough Reaches 1M Instagram Followers In Hours, Breaking World Record

12:50pm September 25, 2020

by Reese Oxner

The famed naturalist and broadcaster beat out actress Jennifer Aniston for fastest time to reach one million followers on Instagram, according to Guinness World Records.

Chris Rock is the head of the new gang trying to gain power in Kansas City, Mo., in the fourth season of Fargo.

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'Fargo' Season 4 Is As Good As It Gets — Again

11:37am September 25, 2020

by David Bianculli

The new installment of the FX anthology series deals with racism and sexism in 1950 Kansas City. But don't let the period trappings fool you: Fargo's conflicts sizzle with resonance to today's world.

Chris Rock Stars In Newest Season Of 'Fargo'

6:52am September 25, 2020

by Eric Deggans

Fargo, FX's popular adaptation, begins its new season. It's directed by Noah Hawley and stars Chris Rock as a gangster in 1950s Kansas City.

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(Center to Right): Samantha (Jessica Rothe), Becky (Ashleigh LaThrop), Ian (Dan Byrd) and Wilson (Desmin Borges) are bunker buddies in Utopia.

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Amazon's Violent, Cynical 'Utopia' Just Wasn't Made For These Times

5:00am September 25, 2020

by Glen Weldon

The US adaptation of a 2013-14 British series about comic book nerds attempting to save the world from a viral pandemic dials back the humor and cranks up the violence.

Niv Sultan stars as a tech-savvy Mossad agent trying to escape Iran in the eight-part spy thriller Tehran.

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An Israeli Agent Finds Herself Stranded In 'Tehran' In A Gripping New Spy Series

1:46pm September 24, 2020

by John Powers

A Mossad agent is charged with crippling the Iranian power grid. After a deadly snafu, she must survive in a city not exactly known for its hospitality toward Israeli spies.

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"The train's afoot!": (L to R) Sherlock (Henry Cavill) and Mycroft (Sam Claflin) literally look down on their younger sister Enola (Millie Bobby Brown) in Netflix's Enola Holmes.

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In The Lively 'Enola Holmes,' Sherlock's Little Sister Goes Sleuthing

10:50am September 23, 2020

by Glen Weldon

This bright and breezy Netflix adaptation of a YA novel finds Millie Bobby Brown starring as the brilliant, fourth-wall-busting little sister of Sherlock Holmes.