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Adam Scott stars as Mark in <em>Severance</em>. Season 2 begins on January 17, nearly three years after the first season.

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  • Television

There's great TV coming in January, from 'Severance' Season 2 to a Jerry Springer doc

There is a lot of TV on deck in the new year – including multiple medical dramas, a violent Netflix drama about Utah settlers in the 1850s, plus, cop shows, Westerns and documentaries.

January 07, 2025
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  • Eric Deggans
Zoe Saldaña accepts the award for best supporting actress in a motion picture at the Golden Globes Sunday night for her role in the film <em>Emilia Pérez. </em>

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  • Movies

Here are the winners of the 2025 Golden Globes

Emilia Pérez, The Brutalist, and Shōgun all took home awards Sunday night at the Golden Globes.

January 06, 2025
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  • Dhanika Pineda
Barry Adelman, from left, Nikki Glaser, Helen Hoehne, and Glenn Weiss roll out the red carpet during the 82nd Golden Globes press preview on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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  • Arts & Life

The Golden Globes are Sunday night. Here are 5 things to look for

After a rocky few years and the disbanding of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the Golden Globes have seemingly stabilized. This time, comedian Nikki Glaser will be emceeing the ceremony.

January 05, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Anna Konkle in <em>The Afterparty</em> on Apple TV+

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  • Pop Culture

Apple TV+ is free this weekend. Here's what we'd watch

The streaming platform is free this weekend for anybody who has an Apple ID. I'm not here to tell you to pick this service over any other — but I can offer a little advice on how to maximize the next few days.

January 04, 2025
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  • Linda Holmes
Television producer and director Britt Allcroft in 1973.

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  • Obituaries

Britt Allcroft, who brought Thomas the Tank Engine to television, dies at 81

The beloved blue locomotive was first imagined in the 1940s — he starred in stories Rev. Wilbert Awdry told his son. Allcroft adapted Awdry's The Railway Series into Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends.

January 03, 2025
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  • Chloe Veltman
In<em> Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Special,</em> Bloom describes the heart wrenching moments she faced in 2020, when her daughter was born and stayed in the NICU, and her creative collaborator, Adam Schlesinger, died of COVID complications. During the special, "Death" played by David Hull, keeps interrupting the show from the audience.

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  • Arts & Life

In 2024, film and TV grappled with death. The result was comforting

From Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Special to A Man on the Inside, movies and TV found new ways to address death and dying.

December 30, 2024
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  • Aisha Harris
Beyoncé performed live at halftime during the NFL game between the Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans at NRG Stadium on Dec. 25, 2024.<br>

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  • Television

The 'Beyoncé Bowl' halftime show was a massive hit for Netflix. The football was too

Netflix says more than 200 countries tuned into the "Beyoncé Bowl" and its two NFL games. We may just be starting to learn what that ultimately means for the future of television and sports media.

December 29, 2024
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  • Eric Deggans
FILE - Greg Gumbel, left, watches as Connecticut head coach Jim Calhoun talks to Butler head coach Brad Stevens, right, prior to taping a television interview for the men's NCAA Final Four college basketball championship game on April 3, 2011, in Houston.

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  • Obituaries

Sportscaster Greg Gumbel dies at age 78

Greg Gumbel, a longtime CBS sportscaster, has died from cancer, according to a statement from family released by CBS on Friday. He was 78.

December 27, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Clockwise from top left: Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson in <em>Babygirl </em>(A24); Ted McGinley in <em>Shrinking</em> (Apple TV+); Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada in <em>Shogun </em>(FX); James McAvoy in <em>Speak No Evil (</em>Susie Allnutt/Universal Studios); Tyler James Williams and Quinta Brunson in <em>Abbott Elementary </em>(Gilles Mingasson/Disney); Aaron Pierre in <em>Rebel Ridge</em> (Allyson Rigg/Netflix).

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  • Pop Culture

50 wonderful things from 2024

Pop culture critic Linda Holmes has been making this annual list since 2010. Big, small, inspirational, silly — what these items have in common is that they are all wonderful and brought her joy.

December 27, 2024
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  • Linda Holmes
Clockwise from left: James Earl Jones, Michaela DePrince, Bob Newhart, Maggie Smith, Nikki Giovanni and Richard Simmons.

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  • Arts & Life

Remembering the actors, musicians, writers and artists we lost in 2024

Every year, we remember some of the writers, actors, musicians, filmmakers and performers who died over the past year, and whose lifetime of creative work helped shape our world.

December 26, 2024
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  • Neda Ulaby
Oleksandr Budko, a 28-year-old Ukrainian war veteran, whose military call sign is Teren, poses for a portrait in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 18. Budko, a double amputee, participated in the Ukrainian version of the TV show <em>The Bachelor</em>.

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  • Europe

'The Bachelor,' Ukraine edition, features a veteran who lost both legs in the war

He wants to give hope to the tens of thousands of Ukrainians who have lost limbs since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

December 25, 2024
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  • Joanna Kakissis and
  • Hanna Palamarenko
Hasan Minhaj's <em>Off With His Head, </em>Hannah Einbinder's<em> Everything Must Go, </em>and<em> </em>Ronny Chieng's <em>Love to Hate It</em> were some of the specials that cracked us up this year.

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  • Games & Humor

We needed comic relief in 2024. Here are 5 stand-up specials where we found it

Hasan Minhaj, Ronny Chieng, Mike Birbiglia, Hannah Einbinder and Michelle Buteau all delivered specials that cracked us up this year.

December 24, 2024
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  • Elizabeth Blair
A television camera operator is dressed as Santa Claus during the Baltimore Ravens and San Diego Chargers game on Dec. 18, 2011, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego.

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  • Business

Netflix is dreaming of a glitch-free Christmas with 2 major NFL games set

It comes weeks after Netflix's attempt to broadcast live boxing between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson was rife with technical glitches.

December 21, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
Andrew Scott starred in the Netflix series <em>Ripley</em>, which was the most stunningly shot show TV critic David Bianculli saw in 2024.

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  • TV Reviews

In 2024, our TV critic was grateful for fantastic shows and familiar faces

Fresh Air critic David Bianculli watches more TV than anyone he knows. He found it impossible to come up with a top 10 list this year — and is reveling in the abundance of exceptional shows.

December 18, 2024
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  • David Bianculli
<em>Girls On The Bus</em> was the first TV series to depict access to abortion via telehealth.

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  • Television

Study finds more TV depictions of abortion this year — but they're still mostly getting it wrong

The findings of an annual report on how abortion is depicted on TV are released today.

December 18, 2024
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  • Elizabeth Blair
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