Television

A red-eyed tree frog found in the jungle in Costa Rica.

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Nature's Ready For Her Close-Up: 'Planet Earth II' Returns In Ultra High-Def

9:41am February 17, 2017

by Will Huntsberry

The original BBC series was one of the first blockbuster high-definition TV shows. A decade later, drones and light-weight steady cams give viewers a front-row view of nature's majesty and fragility.

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Syd Barrett (Rachel Keller) and David Haller (Dan Stevens) in the FX series Legion.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Legion' And 'Planet Earth 2'

9:30am February 17, 2017

by Linda Holmes

On this week's show, TV critic Alan Sepinwall joins the table to talk about two new shows: FX's 'Legion' and the follow-up to the BBC's beloved 'Planet Earth.'

Galifianakis' character, Chip Baskets, has moved back home to Bakersfield, Calif., after dropping out of clown school.

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Zach Galifianakis Says 'Baskets' Isn't For Everyone, 'And That Was The Point'

5:22am February 16, 2017

by NPR Staff

The comic plays a clown school dropout who finds work with a rodeo. He describes the show as "a weird mix" of drama and comedy. "It's an acquired taste," he says.

Beyoncé performs onstage during the 59th Grammy Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday.

Beyoncé Is Not The Magical Negro Mammy

8:55pm February 15, 2017

by Denene Millner

Just imagine Beyoncé, one of the world's most celebrated, recognized and highest-paid stars, being asked to "mother" Adele and Faith Hill. Not happening.

Rachel and Nick smooch in a highly realistic, tooooootally normal romantic situation on The Bachelor. Spoiler alert: He isn't going to pick her, because she's the next Bachelorette.

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The Purely Accidental Lessons Of The First Black 'Bachelorette'

4:55pm February 14, 2017

by Linda Holmes

Television shows don't have to be good or smart to tell you something about the culture that spawns them, and you might be surprised how much The Bachelor has to say about power.

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Melissa McCarthy was back as White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, demonstrating TSA procedures.

Melissa McCarthy's 'Spicey' And Alec Baldwin's Trump Return To 'SNL'

11:19am February 12, 2017

Melissa McCarthy got a lot of attention for her enraged impression of White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer last week. This week she was back, along with Alec Baldwin reprising Donald Trump.

What's Galentine's Day, you ask? It's only the greatest gift we've ever gotten from Leslie Knope, the unfailingly earnest bureaucrat at the helm of the NBC series Parks and Recreation

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Galentine's Day: Celebrating Women, Waffles, And, OK, More Waffles

9:00am February 12, 2017

by Kristen Hartke

Monday's the day to celebrate the best unofficial holiday made just for women: Galentine's Day. And for that, we thank our lady of Parks and Recreation, Leslie Knope.

This is not a photo of Stephen Colbert answering the questions we planned to ask Lena Dunham, but rather, testifying before the House Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law subcommittee in September 2010. His face kind o

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Not My Job: We Ask Stephen Colbert 3 Questions Meant For Lena Dunham

12:14pm February 11, 2017

We planned to have the creator and star of HBO's Girls on the show this week, but when a snowstorm kept her from joining us, we quickly tracked down someone who didn't have any Thursday evening plans.

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Tom and Dick Smothers battled with CBS censors over the content of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.

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50 Years Later, The Biting Satire Of 'The Smothers Brothers' Still Resonates

2:42pm February 10, 2017

by David Bianculli

Before SNL and The Daily Show, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour mixed entertainment and advocacy in a way that influenced a generation of satirical political shows. Critic David Bianculli looks back.

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Robin (Michael Cera), Alfred Pennyworth (Ralph Fiennes), Batman (Will Arnett), Batgirl (Rosario Dawson) in The LEGO Batman Movie.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: LEGO Batman And Kids Who Cook On TV

9:34am February 10, 2017

by Linda Holmes

This week, we've got podcast cousins all over the place including Sam Sanders talking about 'The LEGO Batman Movie' and Kat Chow chiming in on 'MasterChef Junior.'