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NBC Why Saturday Night Live Is Actually Going Live
The show will air at the same time across the U.S. for the first time ever starting in April—thanks to social media.
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Masterpiece PBS's To Walk Invisible Finds Fire in the Lives of the Bronte Sisters
The two-hour work, written and directed by Happy Valley’s Sally Wainwright, is a vibrant dramatization of how three sheltered women became such extraordinary novelists.
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Nomad Soul / Igor Lateci / Shutterstock / … Selling What They Preach
From Amazon to Apple, from Starbucks to upscale hotel chains, brands are making claims not just about what people should buy, but about what people should be.
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AP Photo / Manu Fernandez Netflix Believes in the Power of Thumbs
The company is swapping out its five-star rating system for a simpler one—another sign of its changing approach to the user experience.
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ABC Sympathy for the Con Man
Confidence tricks have enjoyed a special place in American culture since the 1840s. But three TV shows suggest the image of the likable crook may be evolving.
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Netflix Marvel's Iron Fist Is Desperately Seeking a Hero
The new Netflix show suffers from a blank, unsympathetic, and entitled central character.
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CBS / YouTube Stephen Colbert, Anxiety Translator
In his opening monologue on Monday night, the CBS host found the line between comedy and tragedy.
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NBC Trial and Error Wackily Spoofs the True-Crime Craze
The new NBC series makes a mockumentary out of a poetry professor accused of murdering his wife.
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HBO Is Girls Heading Toward a Conventional Happy Ending?
Hannah Horvath's latest decision is an unexpected twist for the HBO show.
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Courtesy of CNN Reza Aslan and the Risks of Making Religion Relatable
The scholar says his new TV show is just what minorities need. Critics say the opposite. What if both are right?
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The WB / Netflix ‘The Body’: The Radical Empathy of Buffy’s Best Episode
As the WB show turns 20, a look at how it dealt with grief in Season 5
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Barry Brecheisen The Game of Thrones Live Experience Lets Fans Bask in the Highlights
The composer Ramin Djawadi leads a concert tour that’s less a musical showcase than a rewind through the HBO drama’s six seasons.
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Richard Shotwell / Invision / AP John Legend on Underground and the Importance of Empathy
The musician and executive producer of the WGN historical drama discusses the contemporary relevance of telling marginalized stories.
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NBC Where Saturday Night Live Loses Its Political Power
The show feels less urgent whenever it presents members of the Trump administration as brainless simpletons.
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TBS Conan O’Brien’s Empathetic Trip to Mexico
The late-night host emphasized America’s common interests with its southern neighbor in his latest international special.
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CBS / YouTube Stephen Colbert and Patrick Stewart Wait for Godot (and an Obamacare Replacement)
The actor and the late-night host gave healthcare the theater-of-the-absurd treatment.
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AP / Reed Saxon Could YouTube TV Mean the End of Cable?
The $35-a-month live-television package is the latest to try to capture the attention of cord-cutters.
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CBS Donald Trump and Late-Night: Two (Completely Different) Strategies
On Tuesday evening, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel offered telling case studies in covering the president.
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Hulu In National Treasure, a Comedian Faces Disgrace
The riveting four-part Hulu miniseries, imported from England, is inspired by real accusations of sexual assault against high-profile entertainers.
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Mary Cybulski / HBO Crashing Is an Antidote to Cynical Comedy Shows
Pete Holmes’s new HBO series is a refreshing break from the darkness of similar prestige shows about the lives of stand-ups.
