Television

Noomi Rapace plays an astronaut on the International Space Station in the Apple TV+ series Constellation.

Arts

Disaster follows an astronaut back to Earth in the thriller 'Constellation'

11:54am February 22, 2024

by David Bianculli

Watching this Apple TV+ series takes commitment and attention, but you'll be rewarded for that effort with a haunting story that, at its center, is about the love between a mother and a daughter.

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The Bachelor producers Jason Ehrlich, Claire Freeland and Bennett Graebner answered questions at the TV Critics Association's winter press tour.

I asked about race on reality shows at the TV critics press tour. It didn't go well

11:07am February 20, 2024

by Eric Deggans

What's ahead for the TV industry in 2024? Original series are down 14% but it still feels like too much TV. Executives and streaming services are feeling the squeeze post strikes. Race issues persist.

Music & Culture

Revisiting the relationship between Selena and the woman convicted of murdering her

5:09am February 20, 2024

NPR's A Martinez talks to Maria Garcia, creator and host of the podcast Anything for Selena, about the new docuseries on the Oxygen network called: Selena & Yolanda: The Secrets Between Us.

An Apple TV+ animated special shows how Franklin, the first Black Peanuts character, meets Charlie Brown and friends in Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin.

Arts

The first Black 'Peanuts' character finally gets his origin story in animated special

6:00pm February 19, 2024

by Barry Gordemer

The origin story of the first Black Peanuts character is streaming on Apple TV+.

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My first thought after watching two episodes of Couple to Throuple was: "This seems like a relationship structure perfect for people who like to attend a lot of meetings." Above, Denyse, left, Wilder, and Corey in the "Communication" episode.

Arts

Two's company, three's allowed in the dating show 'Couple to Throuple'

7:00am February 17, 2024

by Linda Holmes

All dating shows have varying amounts of sex and mess and Couple to Throuple has plenty of both. There is nothing inherently salacious about polyamory, but this show leans into being joyfully trashy.

Alexei Navalny and his wife Yulia board the plane prior to flight to Moscow in the Berlin Brandenburg Airport in Schoenefeld, near Berlin, on Jan. 17, 2021.

World News

In Navalny's final hours of freedom, he was calm, funny and watching 'Rick and Morty'

3:37pm February 16, 2024

by Juliana Kim

Russian authorities announced on Friday that opposition leader Alexei Navalny had died in a remote Russian prison. Navalny was imprisoned after returning to Russia in 2021.

Franklin, first Black character in 'Peanuts' strip has his own animated special

8:17am February 16, 2024

Craig Shultz, son of Peanuts creator Charles Schulz, talks about a new special, Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin, the origin story of Franklin Armstrong, the comic strip's first Black character

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Sunday's Super Bowl was the most watched telecast in U.S. TV history

5:28pm February 13, 2024

by Eric Deggans

NPR's Juana Summers talks with NPR TV critic Eric Deggans about Super Bowl viewership and the reach and dominance of NFL programming.

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Kansas City Chiefs fans gather for a Super Bowl watch party in Kansas City, Mo., on Sunday. Viewership data show that 200 million people saw at least some part of the game.

Yes, a lot of people watched the Super Bowl, but the monoculture is still a myth

1:51pm February 13, 2024

by Linda Holmes

Super Bowl viewership isn't faltering in the same way broadcast, cable and awards shows are. But do we really need mass consumption of the same cultural work? Or just smart and connected consumption?

Jon Stewart returned Monday as host of The Daily Show.

Jon Stewart's 'Daily Show' return is so smooth, it's like he never left

1:48pm February 13, 2024

by Eric Deggans

Stewart eased back into the host's chair Monday night without missing a beat, firing off jokes with a familiar style that felt like he had left just a few weeks ago, rather than in 2015.

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