Television

'SNL' Alum Leslie Jones Debuts Netflix Special: 'Time Machine'

5:22am January 15, 2020

After five seasons on Saturday Night Live, Leslie Jones is back on stage doing what she loves: stand-up. NPR's David Greene talks to Jones about her new Netflix comedy special: Time Machine.

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ABC To Run A Politically Charged Episode Of 'The Conners' Live For N.H. Primary

6:02pm January 14, 2020

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Danielle Turchiano, a Variety senior editor for television, about ABC's announcement that The Conners will air live on the night of the New Hampshire primary.

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Patrick Stewart Didn't Want To Reprise Captain Picard In A Post-Brexit World

12:16pm January 12, 2020

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Before Brexit, he was hopeful the European Union would have similarities to Star Trek's Federation of Planets. In Star Trek: Picard, producers created a very different universe.

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Coma Unto Me: Pope Pius XIII (Jude Law) lies between life and death in the world's most stylish hospital in HBO's The New Pope.

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Meet 'The New Pope,' Same As 'The Young Pope'

9:26am January 12, 2020

by Glen Weldon

It's got a new title and a new lead actor, but everything else about writer/director Paolo Sorrentino's series — a soapy, deeply weird peek under the papal robes — remains intact.

The Party of Five reboot centers on five Latinx siblings who are left to navigate life on their own after their parents are deported.

In 'Party Of Five' Reboot, Deportation Separates The Family

6:42am January 12, 2020

by Michel Martin

The hit '90s TV drama is back with a timely twist. Co-creator Amy Lippman and writer Gabriel Llanas talk about creating a show about five Latinx siblings whose parents are deported to Mexico.

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An HBO adaptation of Stephen King's novel The Outsider follows police detective Ralph Anderson (Ben Mendelsohn) and private eye Holly Gibney (Cynthia Erivo) as they investigate the murder of an 11-year-old boy.

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TV Adaption Of 'The Outsider' Takes Stephen King's Scary Story Seriously

1:18pm January 10, 2020

by John Powers

A 10-part series based on the 2018 novel centers on the murder of a young boy — then spirals out to draw connections between our inner demons and the ones roaming out in the world.

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TV Review: HBO's Version Of Stephen King's 'The Outsider'

5:49am January 10, 2020

by Eric Deggans

The HBO series begins as a straightforward investigation into a boy's murder. The program, which debuts Sunday, takes a dark subject and adds an even darker twist.

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Screenwriter And Actor Buck Henry Dies At 89

4:21pm January 09, 2020

by Elizabeth Blair

Screenwriter and actor Buck Henry has died at age 89 after suffering a heart attack. Among his many credits, he co-wrote the screenplay for The Graduate and hosted Saturday Night Live 10 times.

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The Navarro College team competes at the national championships.

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'Cheer' Is An Incisive Look At Injury, Coaching And Competition

5:00am January 08, 2020

by Linda Holmes

The Netflix series Cheer may not be quite as cleanly inspirational as it intends to be, but it tells a gripping story of a coach who knows her team will give until it hurts if she tells them to.

After an earthquake strikes during an MRI, Zoey (Jane Levy) finds that her brain is infused with music in Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist.

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'Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist' May, Or May Not, Be Your Jam

11:38am January 07, 2020

by David Bianculli

NBC mixes music and drama in a risky new TV show about a woman who sees (and hears) people express their innermost thoughts in song.