Television

On the Saturday Night Live before Super Bowl Sunday, the show began with a cold open sketch that parodied pregame shows, brands’ politically charged Super Bowl ads and the head coaches hoping to lead the Kansas City Chiefs/Tampa Bay Buccaneers to victory. The sketch, which also mocked studios overstuffed with football commentators and analysts, noted that the Super Bowl would be simulcast on Nickelodeon (which is true) as well as Bravo, where the matchup between quarterbacks Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes is being advertised as “Old Hag Vs. Young Slut.”...

Production on the VH1 reality series T.I. and Tiny: Friends and Family Hustle has been paused after the show’s stars, rapper T.I. (real name Clifford Harris) and his wife, Tameka “Tiny” Harris, were accused of sexual abuse. Production on the fourth season of T.I. and Tiny had started in December. A spokesperson for MTV Entertainment said, “We are aware of the allegations, and while they are not connected to our show, we have reached out to T.I. and Tameka Harris, as well as local and state officials. Given the serious...

ALLEN v. FARROW HBO is releasing an investigative documentary film on the accusation of sexual abuse against Woody Allen involving Dylan, his then seven-year-old daughter with Mia Farrow. Using home videos, court documents, police evidence, and never-before-released audio tapes, the film goes deeper than the headlines ever have, to examine the fractured family’s trauma. (February 21st) Coming 2 America In the latest trailer for the sequel to Eddie Murphy’s 1988 comedy, King Akeem (Murphy) is facing a threat to his leadership. However, his rule can be stabilized if only he...

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. Much has been written — and released — about Britney Spears over the years, from a tell-all book by her mother, to a number of unauthorized documentaries that explore everything from her rise to fame, to her sudden fall and much-publicized personal and professional setbacks. Now, a new documentary aims to reveal the latest developments in her legal...

The very public and scandalous divorce of Woody Allen and Mia Farrow — including custody battles, allegations of sexual abuse and the filmmaker’s secret relationship with his adopted daughter — are the focus of the upcoming HBO docuseries Allen v. Farrow, premiering February 21st. Through archival footage, the teaser for the four-part series first shows the Hollywood power couple and their family in happier times before fissuring. The trailer then hints at the scandal and investigation into the director’s alleged sexual abuse involving Dylan, his then seven-year-old daughter with Farrow....

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. HBO is celebrating Black History Month by making many of its most popular black-driven TV shows and movies available to stream for free online. It’s part of the network’s “Black History Is Our History” spotlight page, which aims to highlight HBO’s “diverse and expansive slate of content” and “rich history of amplifying Black stories and talent.” Among the...

Former reality show star/president Donald Trump resigned from SAG-AFTRA Thursday ahead of a vote about whether to expel him from the actors union for his role in the U.S. Capitol insurrection. In January, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists announced it would hold a hearing about whether to banish Trump from SAG-AFTRA, which includes journalists who were stationed at the Capitol and put in danger thanks to Trump’s misinformation leading up to the January 6th riot. Before the guild could vote, however, Trump said he would...

Cardi B visits the set of Wayne’s World in a nostalgia-driven Super Bowl ad from Uber Eats that doubles as a call to support local restaurants amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The reunion of Mike Myers’ Wayne Campbell and Dana Carvey’s Garth Algar was previously revealed in a teaser for the Super Bowl commercial, and on Wednesday the full Uber Eats ad debuted online, with Cardi B assisting with a “shameless celebrity cameo.” “As a local access show, we want everyone to support local restaurants,” Wayne says in the Uber Eats...

Chris Rock discusses racism, the Trump administration, and his recent “remixed” comedy special in an hour-long interview with Gayle King. No Joke: Chris Rock and Gayle King, airing on BET on February 4th, is a continuation of a conversation that Rock and King first conducted at the comedian’s home and aired on CBS This Morning in January. During the extended interview, Rock also talks about his divorce, the Biden presidency, and his role on Fargo. “Chris Rock makes you laugh, and more importantly, gets you thinking,” BET said of the...

The 2021 Golden Globe Awards will broadcast live from separate coasts for the first time, with returning co-hosts Tina Fey in New York and Amy Poehler in Los Angeles, Variety reports. Fey will helm the event from the Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center, while Poehler will lead the festivities at the Beverly Hills Hotel, where the Golden Globes are typically held. This will be the fourth time Fey and Poehler have shared Golden Globes hosting duties; the pair co-hosted three consecutive years, from 2013-2015. As previously announced, Satchel and Jackson...

NBC’s Peacock streaming service has dropped the first trailer for the Punky Brewster revival series, where Punky (Soleil Moon Frye) returns as a single mom. The 10-episode sitcom premieres February 25th only on Peacock. Taking place nearly four decades after the events of the original show, Punky is now a newly divorced mother raising three children on her own and trying to get her life back on track when she meets Izzy (Quinn Copeland), a young, rebellious girl who, like her childhood self, is part of the foster care system. Punky...

Everyone knows that Super Bowl ads draw in just as many viewers, if not more, than the big game itself, so it comes as no surprise that Super Bowl “ad events” get their own teaser trailers now ahead of February 7th. On Monday, Uber Eats unveiled the teaser for their Wayne’s World reunion ad, where Mike Myers and Dana Carvey reprise their roles as Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar from the Saturday Night Live sketch series and 1992 hit film. In the 30-second clip, Myers and Carvey — who are now 59 and...

Dustin Diamond, the actor who portrayed lovable nerd Samuel “Screech” Powers across four incarnations of Saved by the Bell from 1988 to 2000, died Monday after a three-week battle with carcinoma. He was 44. Diamond’s agent, Roger Paul, confirmed the actor’s death to Rolling Stone. “He was diagnosed with this brutal, relentless form of malignant cancer only three weeks ago,” Paul said in a statement. “In that time, it managed to spread rapidly throughout his system; the only mercy it exhibited was its sharp and swift execution. Dustin did not...