Television

FCC Wants To Force Cable Companies, And Their Set-Top Boxes, To Adapt

3:08pm February 18, 2016

by Brian Naylor

A proposal being launched Thursday could result in boxes that subscribers could buy, not just rent, and that could provide streaming online content alongside traditional cable channels.

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Music & Culture

Watching The 58th Annual Grammy Awards With A Critical Eye

8:11am February 16, 2016

by Eric Deggans

Record of the Year went to Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk," featuring Bruno Mars. Ed Sheeran and Amy Wadge won Song of the Year for "Thinking Out Loud." And Taylor Swift's 1989 won for Album of the Year.

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Arts

'Saul' And The Limits Of Hustle

11:32am February 15, 2016

by Sarah Ventre

Better Call Saul succeeds in part, Sarah Ventre writes, because the struggle to get by without losing yourself is one so many people understand.

TV Review: Hulu's '11.22.63' Takes Too Long To Get To The Point

6:47am February 15, 2016

by Eric Deggans

The TV mini-series 11.22.63 is based on a Stephen King novel in which a man goes back in time to stop the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. It premieres Presidents Day on Hulu.

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Arts

Not My Job: We Quiz The Duplass Brothers On Sibling Rivalry

11:34am February 13, 2016

Mark and Jay Duplass take a break from writing, directing, acting and producing to play a game called "Hating you is like hating myself."

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Arts

Animated Show 'Bordertown' Explores Both Sides Of Immigration Debate

7:44pm February 12, 2016

by Mandalit del Barco

Bordertown is about two families on both sides of the immigration debate. One is a white border patrol agent and his family and the other is a Mexican-American immigrant family.

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Arts

Is John Oliver's Show Journalism? He Says The Answer Is Simple: 'No'

7:44pm February 12, 2016

by NPR Staff

"Everything we do is in pursuit of comedy," Oliver says. But to get the comedy right, you have to get facts right: "You can't be wrong about something, otherwise that joke just disintegrates."

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It was recently announced that Aaron Sorkin will be adapting To Kill A Mockingbird for Broadway. Above, Scout's legs are tired after a particularly long "walk and talk." (Not really.) Above, Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch with Mary Badham as Scout and Phil

Books
Arts

To Sorkin A Mockingbird: Screenwriter Will Adapt Novel For Broadway

6:40pm February 12, 2016

by Lynn Neary

How will Aaron Sorkin's rapid-fire dialogue fit with Harper Lee's tale of racism and justice in the South?

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Arts

'Better Call Saul' Breathes New Life Into 'Breaking Bad' Characters

1:17pm February 12, 2016

The show's co-creator says it was a writers' room joke that if something didn't fit on Breaking Bad, it would go on the Saul Goodman show (now Better Call Saul). Originally broadcast March 9, 2015.

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Arts

Bob Odenkirk Mixes Laughter And Law In 'Breaking Bad' And 'Better Call Saul'

1:17pm February 12, 2016

The actor's fast-talking, sleazeball character Saul Goodman has been known to bend the law — and to break it. The second season of Better Call Saul begins Feb. 15. Originally broadcast Aug. 6, 2013.

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