Television

'Succession' Season 2 Is A Cleverly Plotted Portrait Of Privilege

1:45pm August 08, 2019

by John Powers

The superbly acted HBO series is a darkly funny riff on King Lear. Members of a family struggle for control of a media empire — and not one of them is likable, but all of them are fun.

Queue Listen Now

TV Providers Are Still Looking For The Next 'Game Of Thrones'

5:39pm August 07, 2019

by Eric Deggans

The Television Critics tour again highlighted the blizzard of content being produced for broadcast and streaming. It's a more diverse slate, but providers are still looking for the next Game of Thrones.

Jennie Garth and Tori Spelling play themselves in BH90210, which both is and isn't a Beverly Hills, 90210 reboot. It's complicated.

Arts

The Old Gang Is Back Together In 'BH90210,' Sort Of

5:00am August 07, 2019

by Linda Holmes

There's certainly no need to revisit the characters from Beverly Hills, 90210. So to fill what they hope is an appetite for nostalgia, the stars are playing themselves in a showbiz story.

On The Bachelorette, Hannah Brown — a Miss Alabama USA winner from Tuscaloosa — recently sparked a conversation about sex and morality. "I can't decide if I'm glad it was me or not that started the conversation — but I'm in it now," she says.

Arts

'I Have Had Sex ... And Jesus Still Loves Me': 'Bachelorette' Stands Firm In Her Faith

3:44pm August 06, 2019

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Hannah Brown, the lead on this season of The Bachelorette, recently sparked a conversation about sex and morality. "I have an audience of one, and that's the Lord," she says.

Queue Listen Now

Gina Rodriguez and Justin Baldoni as Jane and Rafael, whose wedding was the centerpiece of the finale of Jane The Virgin.

Arts

'Jane The Virgin' Ends On A High Note

5:15pm August 03, 2019

by Linda Holmes

It's hard to end a show as beloved as Jane The Virgin, but the Wednesday night finale was funny, sad, silly and ultimately hopeful.

Arts

Not My Job: We Quiz Actor Anthony Anderson On Minor League Baseball

10:30am August 03, 2019

Anderson's initials are A.A., which made us think of Double-A baseball. Anderson plays sitcom dad Dre Johnson on Black-ish and also hosts ABC's To Tell the Truth.

Queue Listen Now

Nathalie Emmanuel is the best thing about the ultimately disappointing television adaptation of Four Weddings and a Funeral.

Arts

'Four Weddings And A Funeral' On TV Can't Live Up To A Classic Romcom

7:44am August 03, 2019

by Linda Holmes

Four Weddings And A Funeral, a new Hulu series inspired by the film and co-created by Mindy Kaling, squanders an appealing central performance on a series of bad ideas.

Wanda Sykes surprised herself by coming out publicly as a lesbian at a 2008 LGBTQ rally in Las Vegas. "I didn't even know that I was going to do it," she says. "It wasn't planned at all."

Arts

Wanda Sykes Loves Stand-Up: That's Where 'I Can Be Free,' She Says

11:37am August 02, 2019

by Terry Gross

Before Sykes became a comic, she worked at the National Security Agency, where she had top security clearance. Now she takes on the president in her Emmy-nominated Netflix special Not Normal.

Queue Listen Now

Arts

A Black Lady Radio Interview

4:59pm August 01, 2019

Comedian Robin Thede is back with a new sketch series on HBO.

Politics & Government

Did The 2nd Round Of Democratic Presidential Debates Serve Voters?

4:20pm August 01, 2019

This week's Democratic presidential debates had features of a reality show and sporting events. How did that serve voters? Was the "show" any good? Do ratings matter?