Television

The new Netflix docuseries We Are: The Brooklyn Saints, follows the players, coaches, and parents of a youth football program for kids between the ages of eight and 13. On the older end of that spectrum is Kenan, who has to choose which New York high school he wants to attend, in the hopes of getting enough scouting attention to eventually land a college scholarship. The coach of one of his prospective schools runs down the absolutely brutal math: At any given time, a million kids in America are playing...

Cloris Leachman, the Emmy- and Oscar-winning actress beloved by generations for endearing and comedic roles, died of natural causes on Tuesday in Encinitas, CA, according to her longtime manager Juliet Green. She was 94. Leachman was perhaps best known for her role as Phyllis Lindstrom from The Mary Tyler Moore Show and her own subsequent sitcom Phyllis, but she also won an Oscar for her work in The Last Picture Show and had hilarious turns in the Mel Brooks movie Young Frankenstein, and on the TV shows Malcolm in the Middle...

Netflix has revealed the new series Crime Scene, which tackles the mythology of locations in contemporary crime. The first season focuses on the nefarious Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Directed by Joe Berlinger, the trailer contains footage of “Hotel Death,” explaining the murders and suicides that have occurred within its walls since the early Thirties. “Is there a room here that somebody hasn’t died in?” the hotel manager asks. “I never got used to that.” The series also investigates the mystery of Elisa Lam, a Canadian college student who...

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson reflects on his formative years while being interviewed as a presidential candidate during the year 2032 in the new trailer for NBC’s Young Rock. Co-created by Nahnatchka Khan (Fresh Off the Boat, Always Be My Maybe) and Johnson, the comedy series based on the wrestler-actor’s life premieres on February 16th. “To understand me,” Johnson tells the interviewer, “you gotta understand where I came from.” Actor Randall Park, who portrays himself as a journalist in 2032, covers Johnson’s campaign journey in the series, as Entertainment Weekly reports....

Netflix has released the trailer for Ginny & Georgia, a new comedy-drama that, in the vein of Gilmore Girls, follows the misadventures of a thirty-something mother trying to raise her teenage daughter. The series premieres February 24th on the streaming platform. Ginny & Georgia stars Antonia Gentry as Ginny Miller, a biracial 15-year-old girl who has grown up on the move with her young, extroverted mother Georgia (Brianne Howey). After moving repeatedly from small town to small town and high school to high school, the two of them finally settle in a...

Products featured are independently selected by our editorial team and we may earn a commission from purchases made from our links; the retailer may also receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. It all comes down to this: After a season of unpredictable swings and shifts (and a few questionable calls) the 2020/2021 NFL campaign reaches its finale this month with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers taking on the Kansas City Chiefs at Super Bowl LV in Tampa, Florida. Patrick Mahomes looks to repeat as Super Bowl champ with the Chiefs,...

OWN has released the trailer for Season 5 of Ava DuVernay’s drama series Queen Sugar, which sees the Bordelon family and the community of St. Josephine come face-to-face with the Covid-19 pandemic. When production on Queen Sugar was forced to shut down in spring of 2020 due to the novel coronavirus, DuVernay chose to revamp the entire series storyline to address the pandemic — as well as this past summer’s worldwide protests for racial justice that were sparked by the police killing of George Floyd. Charley (Dawn-Lyen Gardner) continues her dispute...

This post contains spoilers for the second Euphoria special, which premieres Sunday night on HBO and is available on HBO Max. “I feel like real life is always such a letdown,” Jules Vaughn (Hunter Schafer) announces midway through this second Euphoria special, titled “Fuck Anyone Who’s Not a Sea Blob.” She’s referring to how much more satisfying she finds online relationships than in-person ones, particularly in the aftermath of being catfished by sociopath supervillain Nate (Jacob Elordi). But it’s striking to see how much this special and the one focusing...

Products featured are independently selected by our editorial team and we may earn a commission from purchases made from our links; the retailer may also receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. After years of pleading with showrunners to make Freaks and Geeks available for streaming, fans of Paul Feig’s beloved coming-of-age comedy can finally watch the show online. The first (and only) season of Freaks and Geeks is now available to stream on Hulu, and we’ve found a couple ways to stream Freaks and Geeks for free, or with a...

Products featured are independently selected by our editorial team and we may earn a commission from purchases made from our links; the retailer may also receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Facing a year without a single theatrical release from Marvel Studios, dozens of titles featuring Earth’s mightiest heroes have been brought to streaming, with a massive catalogue of Marvel content landing on Disney+. From Saturday-morning cartoons, to the latest installments from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Disney+ has quickly become the exclusive home to Marvel TV shows and movies...

Larry King, the award-winning TV and radio host who became a household name with his long-running CNN show Larry King Live, died Saturday morning at the age of 87. “With profound sadness, Ora Media announces the death of our co-founder, host, and friend Larry King, who passed away this morning at age 87 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles,” King’s official Twitter announced Saturday morning. No cause of death was provided, but King’s death came weeks after it was revealed that the 87-year-old host was battling coronavirus. “For 63 years...

Machine Gun Kelly, Phoebe Bridgers and Nathaniel Rateliff will perform on Saturday Night Live when the show returns later this month. Machine Gun Kelly will be the musical guest on the first episode back, January 30th, with host John Krasinski. Bridgers will perform on February 6th with host Dan Levy, and Rateliff will play February 13th with host Regina King. All three musical guests and hosts will be making their SNL debuts. Hello, 2021. pic.twitter.com/zJqJhsCpMu — Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) January 22, 2021 Last September, Machine Gun Kelly...

A review of this week’s WandaVision coming up just as soon as I tell you a story about my temp job… (With apologies to Sherwood Schwartz and Frank De Vol…) Here’s the storyof a lovely ladywho was hexing up a very lovely life.She had bought a nice new housein the suburbswhere she’d be Vision’s wife. Here’s the story of a man named Visionwho died so Thanos could take the Mind Stone.He’s alive now,working in an office,so she won’t be alone. Though WandaVision is on a weekly release schedule, Disney+ gave...