Television

Ronald Young Jr., Ed Helms and Randall Park on True Story With Ed & Randall.

Books
Arts

What's making us happy: A guide for your weekend reading, viewing and gaming

5:00pm January 28, 2022

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: True Story With Ed & Randall, a web-based game that isn't Wordle, and more.

Janet Jackson speaks in her new docuseries, Janet Jackson.

Lifetime and A&E's Janet Jackson docuseries promises more than it delivers

4:50pm January 28, 2022

by Eric Deggans

The famously private music legend has the opportunity to open up in a two-part docuseries. But the show leaves many stories left untold.

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In her new show, Bridget Everett imagines someone like her returning to her hometown

2:59pm January 28, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Bridget Everett about her new HBO show, Somebody Somewhere. It's about what may happen if someone like her went back to live in her small Kansas hometown.

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Arts

W. Kamau Bell asks all the right questions in 'We Need to Talk About Cosby'

1:28pm January 28, 2022

by David Bianculli

Nothing is sensationalized or trivialized in Bell's four-part documentary, which reckons with Bill Cosby's legacy both as a barrier-breaking Black star and as a sexual predator.

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Sam Richardson and Ben Schwartz play best buddies in the comedic murder mystery The Afterparty.

Arts

On 'The Afterparty,' a high school reunion really can kill you

5:00am January 28, 2022

by Linda Holmes

The Apple TV+ show might not be as riotous as its roster of comedy stars would suggest, but it's an entertaining murder mystery.

National

After a surprising defeat, 'Jeopardy!' fans reflect on Amy Schneider's historic run

5:23pm January 27, 2022

Over the past couple of months, Amy Schneider has dominated on Jeopardy! Schneider's defeat came Wednesday night, but her run has cemented her as one of the greatest contestants in show history.

After 40 games, Amy Schneider's 'Jeopardy!' run has come to an end

6:10am January 27, 2022

Schneider's winning streak ended Wednesday but she walks away with more than a million dollars. Schneider finished with the show's second-highest record for consecutive wins, behind Ken Jennings.

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Arts

50 years ago, 'Zoom' spoke to children about their real lives

7:19pm January 26, 2022

by Elizabeth Blair

For the anniversary of the kids' TV show, the American Archive of Public Broadcasting has more than 100 episodes set to stream online. Original cast members are celebrating on, you guessed it, Zoom.

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Voice actor Peter Robbins and the character he voiced, Charlie Brown, attend a DVD release party in Hollywood, Calif., in 2008.

Peter Robbins, who voiced Charlie Brown in the 1960s, has died

2:45pm January 26, 2022

by Bill Chappell

As a child actor, Robbins voiced one of Charlie Brown's most famous lines — "I got a rock" — in It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.

Matthew Macfadyen says of his initial impression of Succession was that it was "fantastically acid and funny and interesting."

Arts

With 'Succession', Matthew Macfadyen finds himself a long way from Mr. Darcy

1:08pm January 26, 2022

by Dave Davies

In 2005, the British actor played brooding aristocrat Mr. Darcy in the film adaptation of Pride & Prejudice. Now, he's Tom Wambsgans, a scheming Midwesterner on the HBO series Succession.