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'The Daily Show' at age 30: Why it remains the most relevant comedy in late night TV.
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (315+ words) The Daily Show may be one of the most resilient and enduring shows in TV comedy. Yes, The Tonight Show and Saturday Night Live have been around a while, too. But it tough to imagine a show which has taught…...
‘The Odyssey’ and the history of storytelling: How Chris Nolan’s epic meets our cultural and media moment
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (516+ words) (This poster circulated on social media highlighting the movie’s more controversial cast members gets a couple of roles wrong; Elliot Page plays Sinon, not Achilles, and Travis Scott plays a bard whose nationality is not specified.) Spend a moment studying…...
A few questions – and cheeky answers – raised by this year’s Emmy nominations
2+ week, 1+ day ago (376+ words) As you can tell by my dismal record at the prediction site Gold Derby, I do a terrible job forecasting how Hollywood is going honor itself at shindigs like the Emmy awards. BUT – I still had a lot of fun…...
Ken Burns, America's documentarian, says the lesson of the USA's 250th birthday is about unity
2+ week, 5+ day ago (476+ words) Ken Burns is fond of dropping this saying, popularly attributed to Mark Twain: “History doesn’t repeat itself. But it rhymes.” So I wasn’t surprised when we spent loads of times talking about the lessons America’s revolution offered for people in…...
Louis C.K., 48 Hours, America’s 250th: Spending July 4th musing on myths the country tells itself
3+ week, 23+ hour ago (1016+ words) When you’re committed to advocating for equality in America, you spend a lot of time challenging myths. Some big ones: That America is mostly a meritocracy now. That amassing large amounts of wealth proves rich people are smarter, more perceptive…...
The new ‘Supergirl’ movie doesn’t suck. But some attitudes it reveals on superhero films surely do.
3+ week, 4+ day ago (667+ words) Most moviegoing folks have good reason to feel cynical about the latest blockbuster starring people who fly around in tights, lifting cars and writing wrongs. There are still too many superhero stories out there which haven’t lived up to their…...
Why 'The Bear' series finale works so well: A story about found family that really stuck the landing
3+ week, 5+ day ago (506+ words) It’s been a rough time to be a fan of The Bear in recent years. But too many episodes in the last couple of seasons have felt like the show was running in place. It was a series which could…...
From 'Widow's Bay' to 'The Pitt' and 'Heated Rivalry': What makes for a good TV show nowadays?
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (605+ words) Voting for the Emmy awards nominations ends Monday – which is why you’re seeing all these video podcasts with TV stars talking about their process all of a sudden – and balloting for winners in the TV Critics Association awards just started…...
Summer TV's best: 'Star Trek,' 'Superman,' 'The Bear' and the story of history's best R&B band
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (279+ words) Back in the day, the TV industry mostly went to sleep during the summer. Broadcast networks, reasoning that most Americans would be traveling on vacation or outside enjoying balmy weather, scheduled re-runs of episodes already aired. When cable TV came…...
Why 'The Boys' showrunner Eric Kripke - and his subversive superhero show - deserve Emmy gold
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (880+ words) I’m not sure if this is any kind of betrayal of my TV critic’s code to disclose this now. But by the time I finally got on the microphone recently to interview Eric Kripke, creator and showrunner for Prime Video’s…...