Television

All television shows are collaborative creations, but the Marvel Cinematic Universe shows add a few layers beyond what’s normal. For Loki head writer Michael Waldron, that meant not only coming into the job with the series already having a premise — a variant of Loki, who was plucked from the timestream after the events of The Avengers, runs afoul of the Time Variance Authority, an obscure group even by Marvel standards — but having to set up the idea of a multiverse of parallel realities, which will be at the...

Ron Popeil, the infomercial pioneer and inventor who served as the enthusiastic pitchman for products like Chop-O-Matic and the Showtime Rotisserie, has died at the age of 86. Popeil’s rep confirmed his death to the Associated Press, noting that Popeil died “suddenly and peacefully” Wednesday at Los Angeles’ Cedars Sinai Medical Center. No cause of death was provided. According to Popeil’s official website, he was instrumental in the invention of unique products like “the Chop-O-Matic, Mr. Microphone (the first Karaoke machine), the Popeil Pocket Fisherman, the Veg-o-Matic, the Buttoneer, the...

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. Months before Sunisa Lee was crowned the 2020 Olympics Individual All-Around Champion in women’s gymnastics, the 18-year-old was being trailed by cameras as part of a Peacock Original series titled Golden: The Journey of USA’s Elite Gymnasts. The series premiered in June, but has received renewed interest in recent days following Lee’s stunning gold medal win at the...

A review of this week’s Ted Lasso, “Lavender,” coming up just as soon as I find out that George Harrison has died… Is Ted Lasso a good coach, or just a good person? Are the two mutually exclusive? This was occasionally a source of conflict a year ago, when Coach Beard or Nate would point out all the aspects of soccer football that Ted still didn’t understand, or suggest that the team’s good vibes wouldn’t matter if they didn’t win. But for the most part, Season One was on Ted’s...

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 long-running VH1 series Behind the Music is making a return to the airwaves (or at least the Internet) with a new reboot airing exclusively on Paramount+. Per the streaming service, the new 2021 Behind the Music will feature episodes with both new and legacy artists, who sit down for intimate conversations and interviews to reveal, “The moments...

Bob Odenkirk, the star of AMC’s Better Call Saul, is in stable condition on Wednesday following a heart-related incident, according to reps for the actor. Odenkirk had been filming on set in New Mexico for Better Call Saul on Tuesday, when he was rushed to the hospital after collapsing. “We can confirm Bob is in stable condition after experiencing a heart-related incident,” his reps said in a statement to Rolling Stone. “He and his family would like to express gratitude for the incredible doctors and nurses looking after him, as...

David Letterman will adapt his classic Late Night/Late Show segment, “Stupid Pet Tricks,” into a new comedy-variety series hosted by Sarah Silverman. The 10-episode, half-hour series got the green light from TBS, and production is set to begin in Los Angeles later this year. Letterman introduced “Stupid Pet Tricks” when he was still hosting Late Night on NBC, then took it over to CBS when he launched The Late Show. Like the original segments, the new Stupid Pet Tricks show will center around pets performing silly and impressively unimpressive feats....

Bob Odenkirk was rushed to the hospital on Tuesday after collapsing while on set for AMC’s Better Call Saul, as Variety reports. The location of the incident remains unclear. Better Call Saul is in production for its sixth and final season. The 58-year-old actor collapsed during shooting for the show on Tuesday and crew members called an ambulance to take him to the hospital, where he is currently undergoing medical treatment. The cause of the collapse has not been disclosed. TMZ first reported the news. Better Call Saul centers around...

Steve Martin, Selena Gomez, and Martin Short investigate a strange killing in the new trailer for Only Murders in the Building, a new series premiering August 31st on Hulu. Set in a swanky apartment building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, the show stars Martin, Gomez, and Short as three strangers who come together after one of their neighbors is killed. Along with trying to investigate the crime, the trio also decides to document their efforts in their own true-crime podcast. The trailer teases an absolutely ridiculous investigation that...

Michael C. Hall’s Dexter tries to blend in as a townie in the new trailer for Dexter: New Blood, set to premiere November 7th on Showtime. The 10-episode revival finds Dexter living under an assumed name, Jim Lindsay, while residing in snowy Iron Lake, New York, where he runs a sporting goods store. Although in the new clip Dexter/Jim seems generally well-adjusted, he’s also doing a lot of brooding over the possibility that his real identity might come out, while simultaneously struggling to repress his urge to maim and kill....

Jackie Mason, the stand-up comic whose career spanned several decades and became a template and poster child of sorts for Jewish self-deprecation, died Saturday at New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital the age of 93. His friend, lawyer Raoul Felder, confirmed Mason’s death to the New York Times. “He died peacefully with several close friends and family at his side,” Felder told CNN, adding that he had been hospitalized for two weeks with breathing difficulties. “My humor — it’s a man in a conversation, pointing things out to you,” he told...

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. Let the games begin! After being pushed from 2020 to 2021 due to Covid-19, the Tokyo Summer Olympics will officially kick off with the opening ceremony on July 23rd. The Games, which will run until August 8th, might look a bit different this year, but it’ll still be a place to showcase the talents of top athletes from...

Paramount+ has released a new teaser for its upcoming animated kids’ series, Star Trek: Prodigy, which is set to premiere on the streaming platform this fall. The series is set after the events of the late-Nineties TV series, Star Trek: Voyager, and centers around a group of young aliens, who must learn to work together as they navigate the galaxy in search of a better future. As the new teaser shows, the young adventurers embark on their journey after coming across a strange ship — the U.S.S. Voyager. (Per a...