Television

A man cowers under a desk, hugging a pillow shaped like a slice of bread, in a scene from a Little Caesars commercial that ran during the 2020 Super Bowl.

Sports
Arts

Super Bowl Ads 2020: Strange, Serious, Smaaht, And So Very Expensive

11:30pm February 02, 2020

by Eric Deggans

Commercials cost as much as $5.6 million per 30 seconds this year. Here's how some of America's largest corporations (and Michael Bloomberg and Donald Trump) spent their money.

BoJack Horseman — voiced by Will Arnett — is a washed-up '90s sitcom star, who also happens to be a horse.

Arts

'BoJack Horseman' Rides Into the Sunset

5:29pm February 01, 2020

by Sarah McCammon

Netflix's adult animation series about a washed-up sitcom star who happens to be a horse set its serious examinations of addiction, trauma and mental illness against a bright, cartoony backdrop.

Breaking Down This Year's Crop Of Super Bowl Ads

6:28pm January 31, 2020

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Robert Klara, senior editor for Adweek, about the best and worst Super Bowl commercials — which are often more memorable than the big game itself.

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Arts

'Giri/Haji' Is A Story Of Cultural Cross Pollination Unlike Anything Else On TV

1:35pm January 31, 2020

by John Powers

A Tokyo police detective heads to London to bring back his gangster brother in this BBC series, which is playing on Netflix. Giri/Haji is a thriller that bursts with compelling scenes.

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Kristen Bell as Eleanor, William Jackson Harper as Chidi, Ted Danson as Michael and D'Arcy Carden as Janet.

Arts

A Goodbye To 'The Good Place'

1:19pm January 31, 2020

by Linda Holmes

The NBC afterlife comedy ended Thursday after four seasons, and it did so in a rich, emotionally satisfying, provocative fashion.

Influential TV Programmer Fred Silverman Dies At 82

6:23pm January 30, 2020

by Eric Deggans

The television executive worked for CBS, ABC and NBC, programming shows like All in the Family, Roots, Charlie's Angels, The Jeffersons, Scooby-Doo and M*A*S*H. Silverman died Thursday at age 82.

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Gwen Ifill, one of the nation's most esteemed journalists, will be the face of the U.S. Post Office 43rd stamp in the Black Heritage series.

National

Journalist Gwen Ifill Honored With Black Heritage Forever Stamp

10:18pm January 29, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

The veteran reporter, who died at the age of 61 after battling cancer, will be memorialized on a new U.S. Postal Service Forever stamp.

Does Netflix's 'The Circle' Count As An Epistolary Drama?

6:30am January 29, 2020

by Neda Ulaby

Contestants on the new social-media-based reality show, The Circle, never meet in person. Their online profiles may not be what they seem — reminding us of a certain kind of literary drama.

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In the second season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Midge (Rachel Brosnahan) visits the Catskills. Costume designer Donna Zakowska says this outfit "in the boat with a funny lampshade hat" was among her favorites.

Arts

Meet The Designer Who Makes 'Mrs. Maisel' Look So Marvelous

12:03pm January 28, 2020

by Jeff Lunden

Donna Zakowska has already won two Emmys for her work on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel — and two of her costumes are in the Smithsonian. Now she's up for an award from the Costume Designers Guild.

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Politics & Government

Fox News Ditches Impeachment Trial Coverage In Favor Of Prime Time Shows

7:56am January 26, 2020

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Some TV networks have nonstop impeachment news, but Fox News broke away for its top-rated evening shows. CBS also cut out mid-afternoon. We speak to former NBC Vice President Mark Lukasiewicz.

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