Television

Claire Danes plays Carrie Mathison on Homeland. Season 4 begins Sunday on Showtime.

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'Homeland' Regains Urgency With Twin Protagonists And Divided Loyalties

3:31pm March 12, 2015

by David Bianculli

Last year, the Showtime drama about a CIA agent with a bipolar disorder lost its way. But the show's intensity is back in Season 4 when the CIA accidentally bombs a wedding in Pakistan.

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A Travel Show For Your Favorite Weird-Museum And Dance Enthusiast

4:23pm March 11, 2015

by Linda Holmes

Ovation's American Canvas has a lot of fun in San Francisco, starting with the art installation at Alcatraz.

Raychelle, Ben, Lily and Kaitlin are among the nerds in tight competition on TBS's King Of The Nerds.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour, Small Batch Edition: 'King Of The Nerds'

9:54am March 11, 2015

by Linda Holmes

Pop Culture Happy Hour regulars Stephen Thompson and Glen Weldon talk about the TBS competition show King Of The Nerds.

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World News

3 French Athletes Die In Helicopter Crash While Filming Reality TV Show

8:54am March 11, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

France is mourning the loss of three athletes in a TV reality show — the second deadly incident in as many years. Many are left wondering if such shows go too far in their effort to boost ratings.

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New HBO Now Streaming Service Shows Consumer's Will Is King

7:40pm March 10, 2015

by Eric Deggans

HBO on Monday announced a new service presenting its shows online without a cable subscription. NPR TV Critic Eric Deggans says it also shows the power of consumers to bring change in a digital world.

Apple's Partnership With HBO May Redefine Cable TV

7:45am March 10, 2015

by Eric Deggans

Consumers will have to have an Apple device to subscribe to HBO Now, but then they can watch new and old HBO content on that device or their PC. It will cost $14.99 a month.

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Jonathan Banks' character Mike Ehrmantraut (left), a hit man and fixer, was a natural to bring back to Breaking Bad's prequel Better Call Saul. Co-creator Peter Gould says he was the right contrast with Saul Goodman, played by Bob Odenkirk (right).

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'Better Call Saul' Breathes New Life Into 'Breaking Bad' Characters

7:58pm March 09, 2015

The new show's co-creator says it became a writers' room joke on Breaking Bad that if something didn't fit it would go on the Saul Goodman show, or what is now AMC's Better Call Saul.

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Ellie Kemper, right, stars alongside Tituss Burgess in Netflix's Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, which follows a former doomsday cult member as she adjusts to life in New York.

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'Kimmy Schmidt' Finds Optimism (And Jokes) In Dark Premise

8:45pm March 08, 2015

by NPR Staff

The new Netflix comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, co-created by Tina Fey and starring Ellie Kemper, offers a harrowing twist on the "small-town woman moves to the big city" story.

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The Avery Ryan character is based on Mary Aiken (above) a real-life cyber psychologist and director of the RCSI CyberPsychology Research Centre.

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Cyberpsychologist: Online, 'Every Contact Leaves A Trace'

8:25pm March 08, 2015

by NPR Staff

Mary Aiken, who examines digital fingerprints to help solve crimes, is the real-life inspiration for the lead investigator on CSI: Cyber. She says she works where "humans and technology collide."

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Felicity Huffman and Timothy Hutton play two estranged parents whose son is murdered during a home invasion in ABC's American Crime.

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'It Is About Truths': John Ridley On His New TV Show, 'American Crime'

10:15am March 05, 2015

by NPR Staff

The drama, about the aftermath of a racially charged home invasion, challenges its many characters' viewpoints. Ridley says he wanted to explore "what happens when those truths start to fall away."

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