Television

The Emmys are always the Fredo Corleone of the Hollywood award-show crime family — they want respect, but they’re lucky if they get a little pity and/or the occasional banana daiquiri. They always get overshadowed by their glitzier, glammier, drunker siblings. But even by Emmy standards, the 73rd annual event was a tedious mess. If the entertainment scale has “Bowen Yang’s shoes” at one end, and “Dr. Phil comedy sketch” at the other, this long, dark night of the gold went off the charts all the way into “The Queen’s...

Chris Rock revealed on social media Sunday that the comedian has tested positive for Covid-19. “Hey guys I just found out I have COVID, trust me you don’t want this,” Rock tweeted Sunday. “Get vaccinated.” Hey guys I just found out I have COVID, trust me you don’t want this. Get vaccinated. — Chris Rock (@chrisrock) September 19, 2021 Rock didn’t elaborate on the severity of his condition, but the diagnosis likely represents a “breakthrough” case, the comedian announced on The Tonight Show in May that he did receive the...

The Roy family returns in all their conniving, backstabbing glory in the new trailer for Season Three of Succession, set to premiere October 17th on HBO. The trailer captures the chaos following Kendall’s betrayal of his father, Logan, at the end of Season Two, with all sides scrambling to wrest control over Waystar RoyCo. But amid the high-stakes corporate maneuvering and family drama, there’s plenty of outside pressure mounting as well that threatens to bury the company before anyone can even take it over. And, of course, along with all...

Creepy chaos comes to the Northern California suburbs in the new trailer for Season Three of You, set to premiere October 15th on Netflix. The new season finds new parents Joe (Penn Badgley) and Love (Victoria Pedretti) trying to escape their bloody past in Los Angeles by moving to a suburb steeped in the most ridiculous aspects of Silicon Valley culture. Like so many fresh starts, however, this one never seems to really materialize, as Joe quickly winds up obsessed with his neighbor, and Love’s violent impulses grow. Unsurprisingly, not...

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. The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards take place this Sunday and there’s only one way to catch the action this year — whether you’re a celebrity or not. Last year, with Covid restrictions in place, organizers had to take the festivities online. But this year the ceremony will once again go up as an in-person show at the Microsoft...

Netflix has announced “2021’s hottest new show,” which it admits is only really new on the streaming service, in their cute trailer for Seinfeld. All 180 episodes of the beloved sitcom hit the platform on October 1st. The clip informs viewers that the show was created by “rising stars Larry David and Jerry Seinfield,” and features lots of fan-favorite moments, with Jerry’s “Oh, hello” welcoming viewers. There are “heartwarming” love story scenes, like when Elaine asks bluntly “OK, are we gonna have sex or not?” as well as hugs, kisses,...

A review of this week’s Ted Lasso, “Beard After Hours,” coming up just as soon as I share a few thoughts on the fragility of life… Season One of Ted Lasso was 10 episodes. Season Two, you may have heard, was originally planned to be the same length, but the overwhelming response to that first season prompted Apple to order two additional episodes after showrunner Bill Lawrence, Jason Sudeikis, and company had already outlined all the Season Two arcs. Rather than mess with those original plans, the creative team instead...

Mayim Bialik and former champion Ken Jennings will serve as the interim hosts of Jeopardy! for the remainder of the long-running game show’s season following the departure of executive producer Mike Richards. “Jeopardy! will see Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings host shows that will air through the end of the calendar year. Beginning Monday, September 20th, Bialik is hosting several weeks of episodes, which will air through November 5th,” Sony said Thursday. “After that, Bialik and Jennings will split hosting duties as their schedules allow.” Not sure if you’ve heard...

CBS’ upcoming show The Activist, whose initial concept was to have various activists compete against each other, is switching gears following intense criticism. It will now be presented as a primetime documentary special, the network said in a statement to Rolling Stone on Wednesday. The show was originally slated to debut on October 22nd with hosts Julianne Hough, Usher, and Priyanka Chopra Jonas. Produced by the international advocacy group Global Citizen, critics have lambasted the reality show’s initial format, which was going to pit six activists against each other in various...

CBS’ upcoming show The Activist, whose initial concept was to have various activists compete against each other, is switching gears following intense criticism. It will now be presented as a primetime documentary special, the network said in a statement to Rolling Stone on Wednesday. The show was originally slated to debut on October 22nd with hosts Julianne Hough, Usher, and Priyanka Chopra Jonas. Produced by the international advocacy group Global Citizen, critics have lambasted the reality show’s initial format, which was going to pit six activists against each other in various...

“Believe it or not,” Dr. Jean Milburn tells an acquaintance during Season Three of Netflix’s high school comedy Sex Education, “I don’t think everything comes back to sex.” This is an interesting statement from Jean (Gillian Anderson), a therapist specializing in sexual relationships, who is among the most sex-positive characters ever to appear on television. And it’s also notable coming from Sex Education itself, which very much lived up to its title in its marvelous debut season before focusing more on relationship melodrama than matters hormonal in its disappointing second...

For decades, Norm Macdonald was a favorite of David Letterman’s. Between the host’s Late Night and Late Show programs, the comic made more than two dozen appearances, and Letterman returned the favor appearing on Norm Macdonald Live and Norm Macdonald Has a Show. On Tuesday, the veteran host paid tribute to his late friend. “In every important way, in the world of stand-up, Norm was the best,” Letterman said in a statement. “An opinion shared by me and all peers. Always up to something, never certain, until his matter-of-fact delivery...

Netflix has released a new trailer for its upcoming limited series, Maid, which is set to premiere on October 1st. The new series is based on Stephanie Land’s memoir, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive. It stars Margaret Qualley as Alex, a single mother who winds up unhoused with her daughter, Maddy, after leaving an abusive relationship. The trailer finds Alex struggling to get back on her feet and eventually finding some work cleaning houses — a job that both puts her in proximity to...

Last year’s Primetime Emmy Awards were defined by dominance. Pop TV’s Schitt’s Creek became the first series in Emmys history to sweep all four acting categories in its genre, while also winning for writing, directing, and Outstanding Comedy Series. HBO’s Watchmen and Succession didn’t do quite as well in, respectively, the limited series and drama categories, but they came close. It was a night where the concept of sharing the wealth seemed largely foreign to the voters of the Television Academy of Arts and Sciences. Schitt’s Creek won all those...