[embedded content] This week, Saturday Night Live decided not to give Donald Trump — fake or otherwise — the first word, as it has done so many times before. Instead, the latest cold open centered on Kate McKinnon as Elizabeth Warren, hosting an energized town hall wherein she got to field questions from potential voters
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Fans of The Americans know how easy it is to shake up Matthew Rhys‘ appearance — curly perms and eyeglasses could change up his entire facade. In HBO’s new limited series Perry Mason, starring Rhys in the title role, all it takes is a hat to do the trick. The premium cable network released the
[Warning: The following contains spoilers for Season 3 of Atypical. Read at your own risk!] After a slow-burn reveal that Casey (Brigette Lundy-Paine) and Izzie (Fivel Stewart) had feelings for each other during Season 2 of Atypical, the writers did not feel any pressure to press the gas pedal on having the two track stars
Three’s a trend — that’s the saying, right? Following Aram- and Harold-heavy episodes the last two weeks, The Blacklist gave Ressler (Diego Klattenhoff) a turn at the center of the action, sort of. “Norman Devane” had more business to handle than the previous two efforts, but it still provided a solid exploration of Ressler’s shifting
Photo: Kelsey Pfeifer For the month of November, Men’s Health Awareness Month, TV Guide is presenting “I See You Man,” a series of stories that take a deeper look at representations of men on TV today. Check back here throughout the month for more stories about men on television. One of the more touching moments
[Warning: The following contains spoilers for Thursday’s episode of The Good Place,”A Chip Driver Mystery.” Read at your own risk!] Michael (Ted Danson) may not have enough money to buy a copy of Brent’s (Ben Koldyke) book, but in Thursday’s episode of The Good Place he delivered the next best thing. The episode, titled “A
Now that we’re living in a post-Game of Thrones world, everyone is looking for the next big fantasy hit. And if Netflix’s The Witcher series lives up to the hype, the upcoming drama might just be it. The series comes from Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, whose previous credits include The Umbrella Academy, Daredevil, Power, and The
[embedded content] So you’re all amped to hunker down for your weekly Wednesday helping of The Masked Singer, but you turn on the TV and find baseball instead. What in the fresh hell? Yeah, your favorite singing competition series was bumped (again) this week, and here’s why. In order to air Game 7 of the
The Creepshow must go on. Shudder announced on Wednesday that it has renewed its hit horror anthology series for a second season after a record-setting first season. In a statement, Shudder executive Craig Engler said, “Creepshow has met every expectation we had for Shudder’s first original scripted series and then some, with record numbers across
[embedded content] The executives behind HBO Max gave their first real preview of the new streaming service on Tuesday, announcing its $14.99 subscription cost and its May 2020 launch window. They also unveiled HBO Max’s slate of original programming. Some shows, like Kaley Cuoco‘s The Flight Attendant and the Gossip Girl sequel series, had been
When Lauren Cohan surprised fans at New York Comic Con by taking off her Jason mask and announcing that she’d be returning to The Walking Dead, the official story was that she would be back as a series regular in Season 11 next year. That’s true, but that’s not exactly the whole story. The whole
It’s spooky szn! And you better believe your favorite dance show isn’t missing out on the fun. From an undead dance set to Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy” to kick off the show to a truly terrifying routine by Sean Spicer, Dancing with the Stars went for it this Halloween Night. (Even though Halloween is, you
Sick of new streaming services yet? Well too bad, you’re going to have to get used to them, because November brings two big ones into the streaming wars via Apple TV+ and Disney+. First up will be Apple TV+ (Friday, Nov. 1), which launches with nine new shows, including a showbiz drama starring a trio
Aside from what seems to be the inciting incident in Michonne’s (Danai Gurira) final Walking Dead story (more on that later), “Silence the Whisperers” was an internal episode, focusing on the emotional and mental states of Lydia (Cassady McClincy), Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), and Ezekiel (Khary Payton) specifically, and the increasingly paranoid and fearful communities
It’s been 24 years since The Golden Compass, the first novel in Philip Pullman‘s His Dark Materials series, was released. And it’s been 12 years since the abysmal film of the same name flopped miserably in theaters, thus canceling future plans to adapt the two other books in the trilogy. But finally, fans of the
Strong women continue to dominate at The CW. The network is giving its two new fall dramas, Batwoman and Nancy Drew, full-season orders, it was announced Friday. Each show will get an additional nine episodes, bringing each of their first seasons up to 22 episodes. Batwoman takes place in Gotham three years after the mysterious
The Vampire Diaries was famous for its decade dances over the years, and now Legacies is keeping the tradition alive with a bitchin’ new theme. The CW’s synopsis for Episode 5 of Legacies‘ second season teases an ’80s-themed decade dance, and OMG, sweet dreams are made of this. “As the Salvatore School prepares for its
The supporting character spotlight continues on The Blacklist. After Aram’s odyssey into the dark heart of one-percenter death parties in last week’s episode, “Kuwait” pushed Harold (Harry Lennix) to center stage with a quintessential story, told in a quintessential way. A colleague thought to be dead suddenly surfaced very much alive, and very much holding
[embedded content] It’s been a tough year for Earpers. The future of the cult Syfy drama Wynonna Earp was in jeopardy after funding issues plagued production company IDW Entertainment, but the show’s fandom refused to let the demon-hunting drama go down without a fight. The fans campaigned hard to get a fourth season of Wynonna,
Here I am, just emerging from my emergency cocoon of self-care (face masks and wine in bed) after trying to cope with the horror show that went down last week on Evil — they murdered their own son, you guys — only to find that for its Halloween episode, this series once again wants to
[embedded content] Looking for something new to watch on Netflix? Here is a list of all the best new shows and movies released on Netflix the week of Oct. 25-31. I hope you like reading small print that goes by too fast, because this week’s new Netflix releases are dominated by foreign shows from non-English
Wrestling looks a lot different than it did just six years ago. Women like WWE’s Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair are headlining pay-per-views, while others like All Elite Wrestling‘s Awesome Kong and Riho are given creative freedom to create fully-realized and engaging characters to back up their impressive in-ring skills. It’s a far cry from
[embedded content] I was growing up in New Jersey, at an almost all Jewish or Italian-American high school, when I first learned about Rudy Ray Moore. A friend had Big Daddy Kane’s tape Taste of Chocolate, which featured a diss war between the rapper and what was, to our ears, the dirtiest old man we’d
For those of you who were heartbroken to hear that John Jr., aka JJ (Charlie Barnett), grew up to be a career criminal in Arrow‘s flash-forwards, you may not want to give up on John and Lyla’s son just yet. Sure, he seems like a murderous mastermind leading Star City to ruin as the head
[embedded content] [Warning: The following essay contains graphic language about suicide that may be upsetting or triggering for some people.] I had a lot of feelings when Hulu announced that Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage would be adapting John Green‘s debut novel, Looking for Alaska into an eight-episode miniseries. Excitement, because Looking for Alaska is
[embedded content] Is there anything Rob Lowe can’t do? On TV alone, he’s been a doctor, a lawyer, a city manager, a White House employee, and even a paranormal investigator. And now, he’s also a lifesaving fire captain in 9-1-1: Lone Star, the midseason spin-off of Ryan Murphy‘s popular drama 9-1-1. In a first look
The last decade was a remarkable one for television, from who was making it, how we watched it, and the types of stories being told on it. Over the course of the last 10 years, Netflix revealed itself to be a major producer of content, HBO continued to dominate pop culture (and was even louder
“Ghosts,” the third episode of The Walking Dead‘s tenth season, was as well-balanced an episode of the show as you’ll ever see. It divided its time between several characters, and gave them all compelling stuff to do that moved their stories along, especially Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), who finally got to demonstrate in a measurable
Supernatural kicked off its final season last week with a thrilling premiere that saw unforgettable villains like the ghost of John Wayne Gacy and the Woman in White return. This week’s episode, titled “Raising Hell,” flipped the script and enlisted a few helping hands for Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) instead, including Rowena
[embedded content] Actor John Cho suffered a freak knee injury on the set of Netflix’s upcoming Cowboy Bebop, and now the live-action series will halt production for seven to nine months while he recovers, Deadline reports. Cho, who had been shooting on location in New Zealand, was hurt during the last take of what is