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On this week’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart accidentally sliced his hand open while smashing a coffee mug on his desk. The gesture was made in anger towards the billions of dollars of federally funded pharmaceutical subsidies ignored by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. As an example of the U.S. government’s history

Longtime MSNBC host Rachel Maddow sounded off during a Monday night broadcast of “The Rachel Maddow Show” on the network’s major line-up changes, which saw the exit of anchor Joy Reid. “Joy Reid’s show, ‘The ReidOut,’ ended tonight. And Joy is not taking a different job in the network. She is leaving the network altogether

The first two episodes of Marvel’s “Daredevil: Born Again” have been unveiled to members of the press, and the first reactions for the Disney+ series are glowing. Screen Rant on-camera reporter Liam Crowley praised the show on X, writing, “[‘Daredevil: Born Again’] has the best pilot of any MCU series thus far, and it’s not

“The White Lotus” hit 3.4 million viewers with the second episode of its third season on Sunday night, marking a 40% increase from the season premiere the week before. That total comes from a combination of Nielsen’s measurement of linear viewers on HBO and Warner Bros. Discovery’s own measurement of streams on Max. WBD also

Patrick Schwarzenegger recently told The Sunday Times that it’s frustrating to be viewed as a nepo baby amid critical acclaim for “The White Lotus” Season 3. The actor is the son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver. Now two episodes into the new season of HBO’s Emmy-winning series, Schwarzenegger is already emerging as one of

TLC has given a Season 2 renewal to “Baylen Out Loud,” its series about a young woman navigating life with Tourette Syndrome. The series has been a hit for the cabler since its launch last month; according to TLC, the show has been seen by more than 14.7 million viewers across linear and streaming over

“Dark Winds” has been renewed for a fourth season at AMC. The news comes ahead of the March 9 premiere of Season 3. The series is set in the ’70s and stars Zahn McClarnon as Navajo Tribal Police lieutenant Joe Leaphorn who works with officers Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon) and Bernadette Manuelito (Jessica Matten) to

Lester Holt’s announcement that he’s soon leaving his position as anchor at “NBC Nightly News” is only the latest in a wave of departures. And it comes at a moment when the national TV news media needs all the help it can get. Holt, renowned for his ability to anchor over long periods of time

Jen Psaki, the former Biden White House press secretary who has become a favorite at MSNBC since joining in 2023, will get even more screen time in front of viewers in April when she takes over the network’s 9 p.m. slot between Tuesday and Friday. The move is the latest to be unveiled from MSNBC

Emma Knight’s recent coming-of-age bestseller “The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus” has been set up as a TV series at Amazon‘s MGM Television. Based on the book of the same name, the series is described as “a sharp coming-of-age journey set in the glamorous world of high academia, old money and one eccentric upper-class

In a podcast first, “Pod Meets World” included the following warning at the top of their latest episode: “This episode contains a bunch of adult language and subject matter. Please proceed with caution.” The Feb. 23 episode featured Maitland Ward, the actor best known as Rachel McGuire on “Boy Meets World.” After appearing on “Girl

Seni Tienabeso has been promoted to vice president of ABC News Live, the Disney news’ unit’s live-streaming operation, and will also oversee ABC News’ medical and climate units while reporting to ABC News President Almin Karamehmedovic. Tienabeso will lead all aspects of ABC News Live, including resource and talent management, content development and programming. He

“Unconditional,” set to woo buyers at this year’s London TV Screenings, might be Keshet’s biggest project to date, but creators Adam Bizanski and Dana Idisis started out small.  “For us, it really started with this mother whose daughter was arrested. She’s a normal woman and she’s never really left her neighborhood before, and now she needs

If one of the newest products from consumer-goods giant Procter & Gamble reminds you of something the company made in the 1960s, 70s or 80s, well, there’s good reason. When “Beyond the Gates” debuts Monday afternoon on CBS, it will mark a return by the company, one of the world’s biggest makers of household staples

Jessica Holscott, a veteran of Warner businesses including HBO, has been named chief financial officer of Nielsen. She will report to CEO Karthik Rao. “Jessica is a proven, world-class financial leader and we are fortunate to have her join Nielsen at such an important time,” said Rao, in a prepared statement. “Within the past year

Max has set revered Italian auteur Marco Bellocchio’s TV series “Portobello” as its first Italian scripted original. The show tells the story of Italian TV host Enzo Tortora, who was a victim of one of Italy’s most clamorous travesties of justice, and will debut on the platform in 2026. Max is now available in some 25 countries

POWERFUL PROGRAMMING BBC Studios and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) have renewed their content alliance with a comprehensive multi-year deal spanning drama, comedy, kids programming and entertainment fare. The agreement brings fresh installments of Alan Carr’s autobiographical comedy “Changing Ends” (Seasons 3-4) and standup favorite “Live At the Apollo” to ABC platforms. The pubcaster has

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for Season 3, Episode 2 of “The White Lotus,” streaming now on Max. “The White Lotus” pulled another surprise in the second episode of Season 3, with an Oscar-winning actor making a voice cameo. Yes, that was “Everything Everywhere All at Once” star Ke Huy Quan on the other

Netflix’s big award-show outing needs another year to work things out, perhaps. There were tremendous moments in the Screen Actors Guild Awards broadcast — for instance, Jane Fonda’s lengthy and complex acceptance speech for her lifetime achievement award. But every such moment seemed oddly abbreviated or complicated. Fonda was interrupted, randomly, by an announcer’s voice

The last time most people saw Christian Friedel, he was playing the high-ranking Nazi officer Rudolph Höss, who lived next to and served as the commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Beyond a haircut with shaved sides, that role didn’t require much of a physical transformation, and yet, the actor is almost unrecognizable when he

Colin Farrell just took home his first SAG Award. On Sunday night, the actor won best actor in a limited series for his role in Max’s “The Penguin.” Jamie Lee Curtis presented the award, and when she opened the envelope, she read, “And the Actor goes to… the man who gave me covid at the

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from “The Killing Season,” the Season 2 premiere of “1923,” now streaming on Paramount+. Anyone who steps foot on the Dutton clan’s front porch better have a good reason for being there. If they don’t, they are bound to be greeted by the barrel of a shotgun. That’s how

The Joy Reid era at MSNBC is over. The liberal commentator, who will be leaving her 7 p.m. weeknight show amidst a larger shakeup, was perhaps the network’s toughest critic of Donald Trump, delivering blistering critiques of both the president and his voters. Reid seemed to welcome controversy in a way that made her built

A good murder mystery is one thing, but when a TV show also manages to infuse distinct characters and extreme albeit hilarious melodrama, it’s certainly worth tuning into. From “Good Girls” creator Jenna Bans and her co-creator, Bill Krebs comes “Grosse Pointe Garden Society,” the latest unique drama with the same elements that made shows like “Desperate

Richard Gadd may be earning quite a few awards for his breakout Netflix series “Baby Reindeer,” but he’s not holding onto many. “I tend to give most of them out to people, if you can believe that,” he told me Saturday at the Independent Spirit Awards, where he took home the prize for best lead

The years-long road that led to last week’s “SNL50” events was more than a complex programming campaign for NBCUniversal. It was a test of the company’s pipes. The Feb. 14 “SNL50: The Homecoming Concert,” held at Radio City Music Hall, and Feb. 16 “SNL50: The Anniversary Special” are pitch-perfect examples of the kind of distinctive

Rare is the reboot that recaptures the organic magic and enthusiasm cult classics generate, but that certainly hasn’t stopped Hollywood from trying. In the second spinoff to the fan-favorite legal drama “Suits,” creator Aaron Korsh showcases a new crop of lawyers on an entirely different coast. “Suits LA” has the same nuts and bolts that

Taylor Sheridan‘s Western series “1923,” a prequel to “Yellowstone,” portrays the realities of surviving in the wilderness — including the political and social atmosphere of the time period. The show delves into the racism against Indigenous people, such as the systemic abuse in residential schools. Dougie Hall, who plays Two Spears in Season 2, says

MSNBC‘s evening line-up may soon look quite different from what die-hard viewers have come to expect. The NBCUniversal-backed cable network is expected to move the trio of Symone Sanders-Townsend, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele to its 7 p.m. weekday slot Tuesday through Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter, and the group on

SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers from all six episodes of “Zero Day,” now streaming on Netflix. Lizzy Caplan always knew that her character, Congresswoman and former First Daughter Alexandra Mullen, was behind the catastrophic cyberattack that incited the existential and moral panic that runs through “Zero Day.” It’s a plot twist that comes in