Television

Activist reflects on Jerry Springer's depiction of transgender people

5:36pm April 29, 2023

Trans activist Raquel Willis reflects on the legacy of The Jerry Springer Show and how it depicted transgender people. She shares her thoughts with NPR's Sarah McCammon.

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Hollywood writers prepare to strike

5:36pm April 29, 2023

by Mandalit del Barco

The Writers Guild of America seems poised to go on strike next week, when their current contract with The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers expires.

Michelle Yeoh, winner of the Best Actress in a Leading Role award for Everything Everywhere All at Once at the 95th Annual Academy Awards on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, Calif. Mallory Yu recommends The Criterion Channel's "Starring Michelle Yeoh Collection."

Arts

What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend listening and viewing

5:40pm April 28, 2023

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Bend It Like Beckham, Review, and the Criterion Channel's "Starring Michelle Yeoh" playlist.

Comedians Hank Azaria and Hari Kondabolu on the impact of race post-public callout

4:30pm April 28, 2023

What happens after a public callout? For comedians Hari Kondabolu and Hank Azaria, the answer to that has a lot to do with their race.

Comic Roy Wood Jr. taps into America's psyche on 'The Daily Show'

1:35pm April 28, 2023

by Terry Gross

Wood Jr. will host the White House Correspondents' dinner April 29. In 2018, he explained how the years he spent performing in comedy clubs in the South and Midwest prepared him for The Daily Show.

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Tucker Carlson at the FOX Nation Patriot Awards on Nov. 17, 2022 in Hollywood, Fla.

Fired Tucker Carlson Producer: Misogyny and bullying 'trickles down from the top'

7:07am April 28, 2023

by Mary Yang

A former senior booker for Tucker Carlson Tonight sued Fox News for downplaying her claims of misogyny. That lawsuit names Carlson, among others, as responsible.

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Since the firing of Tucker Carlson, viewers have deserted Fox

5:07am April 28, 2023

by David Folkenflik

Since Monday when Fox News fired its biggest star, Tucker Carlson, its ratings have slumped. But Carlson's fate is much more uncertain.

Talk show host and a former Cincinnati mayor, Jerry Springer, dies at 79

5:07am April 28, 2023

A remembrance of Jerry Springer, who is best known for hosting the hugely popular 1990s confrontational talk show: The Jerry Springer Show.

National

'Dead Ringers' shows pregnancy's beauty, horrors as Rachel Weisz plays Mantle twins

5:08pm April 27, 2023

NPR's Melissa Block speaks with actress Rachel Weisz and screenwriter Alice Birch about the new series Dead Ringers, about a pair of celebrity OB/GYN twins in New York.

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Controversial talk show host Jerry Springer dies

4:43pm April 27, 2023

by Ann Thompson

He was a news anchor and a politician but Jerry Springer was perhaps best known for his namesake television talk show. Springer died Thursday due to pancreatic cancer. He was 79.