Television

On The Muppet Show, Miss Piggy was obsessed with Kermit the Frog. But Piggy, her modern incarnation on Disney Junior's Muppet Babies, is BFFs with Summer, a laid back, creative penguin.

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Sorry, Kermit — In New TV Reboots, The Future Of Friendship Is Female

8:07am May 12, 2018

by Neda Ulaby

In The Muppet Show reboot, Miss Piggy has dropped the "Miss" and is BFFs with Summer, a laid back penguin. To freshen up familiar characters, producers are re-imagining relationships between girls.

"Nothin' up mah sleeve ...": Bullwinkle and Rocky return in a new animated series on Amazon.

Arts

New 'Rocky And Bullwinkle' Is Something We Hope You'll Really Like

5:00am May 11, 2018

by Glen Weldon

Amazon's The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle is no lifeless retread — it captures the anarchic, slightly sardonic tone of the original, and delivers solid gags that stand on their own.

Benedict Cumberbatch plays the title character in the Showtime miniseries Patrick Melrose, which begins on Saturday.

Arts

Cumberbatch Is A Riveting 'Patrick Melrose,' An Aristocrat Haunted By His Past

3:18pm May 10, 2018

by David Bianculli

Benedict Cumberbatch stars in the Showtime miniseries, based on novels by Edward St. Aubyn. Critic David Bianculli finds the show wickedly funny, searingly dramatic and unforgettably gripping.

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Mishel Prada plays the returning daughter Emma in Starz' half-hour drama Vida.

Arts

'Vida' Brings Two Sisters Back To Their Old Neighborhood

8:46am May 07, 2018

by Linda Holmes

The new Starz half-hour drama tells the story of two young women who learn a lot about their mother when they go home to deal with the consequences of her death.

Stormy Daniels appeared as herself in the opening of Saturday Night Live.

Stormy Daniels, Other Stars Guest In 'SNL' Cold Open

11:18am May 06, 2018

by James Doubek

"I know you don't believe in climate change, but a storm's a-coming, baby," she says to Alec Baldwin's President Trump.

'The Jazz Ambassadors': Cold War Diplomacy And Civil Rights In Conflict

6:11pm May 05, 2018

A new PBS film documents the African-American musicians who spread good will for the U.S. overseas during the war, despite discrimination faced at home. Michel Martin talks to filmmaker Hugo Berkeley.

Singer Kanye West and President-elect Donald Trump talk as they arrive to talk to the press after their meetings at Trump Tower December 13, 2016 in New York.

What The Kanye Controversy Can Teach Us About Black Voters

5:33pm May 04, 2018

by Gene Demby

The reactions to Kanye West's noisy rightward lurch illustrate some important dynamics about black voting behavior and why a country with many black conservatives has so few black Republicans.

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William Zabka and Ralph Macchio star in Cobra Kai, which revisits Johnny Lawrence and Daniel LaRusso more than 30 years after The Karate Kid.

Arts

A Crane Kick Of Nostalgia Right To The Throat: 'Cobra Kai'

12:35pm May 02, 2018

by Linda Holmes

Johnny and Daniel are still at it in Cobra Kai, a surprisingly interesting look at what happens later to people who peak — or crash — in high school.

National

Ashley Judd Sues Harvey Weinstein, Saying He Tried To Damage Her Career

12:53pm May 01, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The 50-year-old actress said that after she rebuffed the producer's sexual advances, he badmouthed her to the filmmaker of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, costing her a prime role.,

John Mulaney returns to Netflix in Kid Gorgeous.

John Mulaney Returns With 'Kid Gorgeous'

5:00am May 01, 2018

by Linda Holmes

Netflix is churning out comedy specials almost as fast as you can watch them — maybe faster. In the latest, John Mulaney tries to wrap his head around the state of the world.