Television

"Take me to my agent, boy!": Crystal (played by Isabelle Cornish) and Lockjaw the teleporting bulldog (played by A Bunch of Pixels) in Marvel's Inhumans.

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Introducing ... The Inept, Inert 'Inhumans'

10:44am September 29, 2017

by Glen Weldon

Look, it's not good. The series about Marvel's moon-dwelling not-mutants gets off to a two-hour start Friday that'll leave you scowling more than Black Bolt (Anson Mount). Which is saying something.

In 2007, members of "SixofOne" — a fan club of the television series The Prisoner — re-enacted the game of human chess from the episode "Checkmate," while the sinister Rover (center) looked on.

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Number Six At 50: The 50th Anniversary Of 'The Prisoner'

7:36am September 29, 2017

by Glen Weldon

The series, about an ex-spy chafing against his imprisonment in a sunny, seaside village, was one of the first shows to end with a finale that sharply divided viewers.

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Americana: A 400-Year History Of American Capitalism

1:45pm September 28, 2017

Bhu Srinivasan came to this country as a wide-eyed eight-year-old, his head filled with all the possibilities America evoked.

Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally once again play Jack McFarland and Karen Walker in NBC's Will & Grace.

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'Will & Grace' Is Back, But Will Its Viewers Be?

9:54am September 28, 2017

by Linda Holmes

NBC is bringing back Will & Grace for at least two revival seasons, more than 10 years after it went off the air the first time. But the show has some work to do to get its viewers back.

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Maggie Gyllenhaal plays Candy, a prostitute who hopes to get out of the trade by learning to make porn films, on the HBO series The Deuce.

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'Deuce' Creators Capture The Birth Of America's Billion-Dollar Porn Industry

5:18pm September 27, 2017

by Terry Gross

David Simon and George Pelecanos' new show depicts the growth of porn from illegal enterprise to full-fledged industry. Since then, Simon says, "the 'pornographication' of America has been profound."

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Sterling K. Brown as Randall, still being the best thing about the season premiere of This Is Us.

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Death Watch: 'This Is Us' Kicks Off Its Second Season, Teary As Ever

9:19am September 27, 2017

by Linda Holmes

NBC's surprise hit of last fall, the drama This Is Us, began its second season with an episode that stayed mostly in the here and now before dipping dramatically back to the past.

'Will & Grace' Returns To TV

4:58am September 27, 2017

by Linda Holmes

Will & Grace was groundbreaking television when the show first hit prime time back in 1998. Now NBC has brought the gang back for a series reboot that starts Thursday night.

Miles Gaston Villanueva as Lyle Menendez and Gus Halper as Eric Menendez in Law & Order True Crime - The Menendez Murders.

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The 'Law & Order' Franchise Goes True-Crime With 'The Menendez Murders'

10:41am September 26, 2017

by Linda Holmes

Law & Order is a resilient franchise that's been on television in some form since 1990. Tuesday night, it makes a push into true crime, covering one of the most famous murder cases of the 1990s.

CBS' 'Star Trek: Discovery' Goes Boldly Where No Trek Show Has Gone Before

4:33pm September 25, 2017

by Eric Deggans

How does CBS's new Star Trek: Discovery stack up against all the TV series that have boldly gone before? NPR's Eric Deggans reviews the first new, original Star Trek series in a dozen years.

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TV Director Lesli Linka Glatter On Trusting Your Gut

6:01am September 25, 2017

by Eric Deggans

Director Lesli Linka Glatter is one of the rare TV directors who's worked in high-quality television for three decades. Her newest project is Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders.