Television

Homeland has come to an end after eight seasons. Claire Danes starred as CIA officer Carrie Mathison and Mandy Patinkin played her boss, Saul Berenson.

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Who'd Have Thought We'd Be Watching The 'Homeland' Finale To 'De-Stress'?

8:32pm April 27, 2020

by Mary Louise Kelly

For eight seasons, Homeland has closely tracked real-life events and anxieties. Now, the show drops its finale in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic — a terrifying real world plot twist.

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Mindy Kaling drew on her own high school experiences to co-create the Netflix series Never Have I Ever.

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Mindy Kaling Brings A New Nerd To TV, And Finds She 'Was Not Alone' As A Teen

1:38pm April 27, 2020

by Terry Gross

"It ended up being very cathartic," Kaling says of creating the Netflix show, Never Have I Ever. The series centers on an outgoing, opinionated, Indian American teen who's on the hunt for a boyfriend.

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New 'Penny Dreadful' Set In Los Angeles

5:17pm April 26, 2020

by Mandalit del Barco

The new version of the Showtime series is set in 1938 Los Angeles. It's a murder mystery that tells the story of the city's first freeway and how it displaced a Mexican American community.

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Remembering Tony Award-Winning Character Actor Brian Dennehy

2:32pm April 24, 2020

by David Bianculli

The burly actor, who died April 15, played the leading role in Death of a Salesman, in both the Broadway production as well as the 2000 TV movie. Dennehy spoke to David Bianculli in 1999.

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On Showtime, 'Homeland' Bids Adieu, While 'Penny Dreadful' Marks Its Return

1:49pm April 23, 2020

by David Bianculli

Critic David Bianculli says both shows have uncanny parallels to today's world. Homeland's final season has been truly unnerving, while Penny Dreadful's new season centers on a supernatural villain.

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Drag Me To Gettysburg: (l to r) Bob the Drag Queen, Shangela and Eureka O'Hara take small-town America by storm on HBO's We're Here.

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'We're Here': It's Queer. You Could Get Used To It

5:00am April 23, 2020

by Glen Weldon

Three charismatic drag queens storm a series of small towns in HBO's six-episode reality series that's better at documenting joy than jerking tears.

People gather outside the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus on Monday to protest the state's stay-at-home order, which is in effect until May 1.

Fox News Executive Tries To Rein In Stars As They Cheer On Anti-Lockdown Rallies

8:35pm April 22, 2020

by David Folkenflik

Fox News stars have championed protests against governors who have ordered shutdowns to contain the pandemic. A top Fox executive ordered hosts to acknowledge health risks posed by the rallies.

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'Bosch' And 'The Good Fight' Capture The Endless Battle Against Evil Doers

1:45pm April 22, 2020

by John Powers

Actual crimes are scary and disturbing, but critic John Powers finds crime stories comforting. He recommends two shows he's been binge-watching during the pandemic.

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In the HBO series The Plot Against America, Zoe Kazan plays Bess, a Jewish mother whose family faces antisemitic discrimination.

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For Zoe Kazan, 'Plot Against America' Is 'Scarily Prescient' And Personal

1:28pm April 20, 2020

by Terry Gross

The show, adapted from Philip Roth's novel, imagines a world in which aviator Charles Lindbergh defeated Franklin D. Roosevelt in the race for the presidency, moving the country toward fascism.

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Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls sit on the bench during a 1998 game.

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Michael Jordan And The Chicago Bulls Play Some Good Basketball In 'The Last Dance'

7:01am April 19, 2020

by Linda Holmes

The ESPN documentary series follows the Bulls and Jordan through their hugely successful run of championships in the 1990s, and through the last season they had together.