Television

KJ Apa plays Archie Andrews on the CW's Riverdale.

Arts

Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Riverdale' and Teen Soaps

9:58am January 27, 2017

by Linda Holmes

The CW has brought the Archie comics to television as dark and gritty versions of their paper selves. We talk about this show and about the long history of the high school drama.

Actor Mike Connors, who starred in the TV detective show Mannix, flashes a smile after filming a scene with Dick Van Dyke, for an episode of Diagnosis Murder in 1997. The show centered around an unsolved mystery from Mannix, with Connors returning to his

National

'Mannix' Star Mike Connors Dies At 91

3:30am January 27, 2017

by Doreen McCallister

Mannix aired on CBS for eight years starting in 1967. Mike Connors was nominated for an Emmy four times for his role in the series, and won a Golden Globe award in 1970.

Riverdale: These are not the innocuous Archie comics of your childhood.

Arts

'Archie Got Hot' Is A Sentence You'll Hear In New, Noir 'Riverdale'

6:15pm January 26, 2017

by NPR Staff

The CW's new show takes the sunny, optimistic teens of the classic Archie Comics and drops them into a re-imagined hometown full of sex, secrets and murder — and yes, Archie now has great abs.

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Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) and Alex Karev (Justin Chambers) have been through a lot together across 13 seasons.

Arts

'Grey's Anatomy': The Secret Sauce Is Blood ... And Friendship

6:15pm January 26, 2017

by Linda Holmes

The ABC series Grey's Anatomy, set in a hospital full of possibly cursed doctors, has been on TV for 13 seasons. We talk about what has kept it popular with its fans for so long.

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Author Miriam E. Tucker, right, with Mary Tyler Moore in August 1997.

How Mary Tyler Moore Helped Me Live With Type 1 Diabetes

11:44am January 26, 2017

by Miriam E. Tucker

Mary Tyler Moore was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes just before The Mary Tyler Moore Show launched. If Mary could take it on with a smile, I thought, maybe those daily shots wouldn't be so bad.

Mary Tyler Moore in 1969, one year before the debut of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show."

Music & Culture

Bob Mould On Hüsker Dü's Cover Of 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' Theme

10:55am January 26, 2017

by Andrew Flanagan

Following the death of Mary Tyler Moore Wednesday, Mould calls "Love Is All Around" "a great song, and a nice tribute to" Minneapolis, Hüsker Dü's home town.

Mary Tyler Moore (left, as Mary Richards) gives a 'thumbs up' sign as she sits at her desk with Betty White (as Sue Ann Nivens) in a scene from 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' in 1975.

Arts

Mary Tyler Moore: On Her Own, Single And Singular

9:08am January 26, 2017

by Linda Holmes

Actress Mary Tyler Moore helped redefine women's roles on TV. She starred in one of the first hit shows to feature a single career woman — The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Moore died Wednesday at age 80.

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(Left) Rachel Bloom as Rebecca and Donna Lynne Champlin as Paula in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. (Right) Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards on The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1971.

Arts

'A Funny Ingenue': Rachel Bloom On The Influence Of Mary Tyler Moore

10:13pm January 25, 2017

by Linda Holmes

Mary Tyler Moore died Wednesday at 80 years old. Host Linda Holmes talks to Crazy Ex-Girlfriend star and co-creator Rachel Bloom about how one very funny woman of television influenced many others.

Actors Mary Tyler Moore and Ted Knight laugh in a still from The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1976.

Arts

She Turned The World On With Her Smile: Mary Tyler Moore Dies At 80

5:20pm January 25, 2017

by Jesse Baker

The comedic actress was loved for her roles on The Dick Van Dyke Show and, later, The Mary Tyler Moore Show. To this day, however, it's her comedy that endures.

Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces the new Apple TV app during a product launch event in Cupertino, Calif., in October. The company now plans to make original movies and TV programming, according to sources.

Economy

Apple Looks To Compete With Netflix Originals, But Making Hits Is Hard

12:10pm January 25, 2017

by Laura Sydell

Apple is about to join Amazon and Netflix and get into the content-making business, sources say. Apple stands to boost revenue, analysts say, but finding success in Hollywood isn't easy.

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