Television

Marie Kondo's Netflix Show Aims To Help People Declutter

6:00am January 21, 2019

by Linda Holmes

In the new Netflix show Tidying Up With Marie Kondo, the Japanese decluttering diva shows Americans how to do with less, challenging America's hoarding and consumer cultures.

Comedian Conan O'Brien speaks at The New Museum on May 17, 2016 in New York City.

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Not My Job: Conan O'Brien Gets Quizzed On Hot Cocoa

12:34pm January 19, 2019

We've invited the longtime, late night talk show host to play a game called "Team Coco, meet hot cocoa!" O'Brien is now host of Conan on TBS, and has a new podcast called Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend.

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Bryan Cranston takes his opening night curtain call in the Broadway version of Network.

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On Broadway, 'Network' Goes From Satire To Tragedy

7:04am January 19, 2019

by Tom Vitale

The 1976 movie Network struck a nerve with its darkly comic predictions about celebrity news anchors and the rise of infotainment. Now, a stage adaptaion is one of the hottest tickets on Broadway.

Festival attendees wound up dragging their luggage to tents — and that's only one of the indignities documented in the Netflix film Fyre.

Fighting 'Fyre' With 'Fyre Fraud': Two Documentaries About The Same Disaster

8:04am January 18, 2019

by Linda Holmes

Netflix and Hulu both have documentaries about the fiasco of Fyre Festival available this week. Both are serviceable, but there are some differences, and some ethical questions about both.

I Try To Do Everything They Throw At Me, 'Shameless' Star William H. Macy Says

5:22am January 18, 2019

David Greene talks to William H. Macy about playing the degenerate father on the award-winning dark comedy Shameless. The show, which follows a working-class family in Chicago, is in its 9th season.

Benedict Cumberbatch plays Dominic Cummings, the top strategist for Britain's "Leave" campaign in the HBO film Brexit.

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Breezy And Irreverent 'Brexit' Captures Big Truths About Today's Politics

4:59pm January 17, 2019

by John Powers

Benedict Cumberbatch stars as the top strategist for Britain's "Leave" campaign in a new HBO film that offers a jaunty — if incomplete — take on the U.K.'s pending departure from the EU.

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TV Review: 'Star Trek: Discovery' Begins Its 2nd Season

6:57am January 17, 2019

by Eric Deggans

Star Trek: Discovery starts a new season Thursday on CBS All Access, which is trying to build a new version of the franchise for an all-access world — hoping its reinvention will draw in subscribers.

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Johnny (Eugene Levy) and Moira (Catherine O'Hara) get some things to crow about in season 5 of Schitt's Creek.

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'Schitt's Creek' Flows Smoothly Into Season 5

11:29am January 16, 2019

by Glen Weldon

The characters have grown, their relationships — to each other, and to viewers — have deepened, the writing's sharp and the actors are having a ball. Dive in.

Jeanine Mason as Liz and Nathan Parsons as Max in the CW's Roswell, New Mexico.

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Everyone Is A Traveler As The CW Returns To 'Roswell, New Mexico'

12:02pm January 15, 2019

by Linda Holmes

In a reboot of the late-'90s drama, three secret space aliens struggle to hide their secret in a town trained to look for them. And believe it or not, it's a solid show.

"I'll just ... I'll just wait here, shall I?": On The Passage, evil Tim Fanning (Jamie McShane) can't help but look bored as he bides his time. And bides, and bides and bides.

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'The Passage' Keeps Its Viral Vamps Waiting In The Wings, For Now

1:38pm January 14, 2019

by Glen Weldon

This FOX series based on the Justin Cronin trilogy combines the pulpiest elements of science-gone-awry thrillers with shlocky creature-features, but — early on at least — skimps on the fun.