Television

"I thought Ted Cruz was a lot of fun," Late Night host Seth Meyers said of the senator's March interview on his show.

Politics & Government

Seth Meyers Takes On The Campaign, From Canned Jokes To Day Drinking

3:57pm November 06, 2015

by NPR Staff

The presidential campaign is the butt of many of Late Night host Seth Meyers' jokes these days. "So many butts, there are so many butts in this campaign," he says.

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Books
Arts

Lena Dunham On Sex, Oversharing And Writing About Lost 'Girls'

1:58pm November 06, 2015

Dunham says when she started writing HBO's Girls, she was drawn to characters with "a bit of a Zelda Fitzgerald lost, broken woman quality." Originally broadcast Sept. 29, 2014.

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Books
Arts

Ron Perlman On 'Sons Of Anarchy' And His Many On-Screen Transformations

1:58pm November 06, 2015

In his book, Easy Street (The Hard Way), actor Ron Perlman describes himself as having a face "that was not ugly but surely one of its kind." Originally broadcast Sept. 22, 2014.

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Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher star in Brooklyn Nine-Nine on Fox.

Arts

Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' And Things We Meant To Do

9:20am November 06, 2015

by Linda Holmes

On this week's show, we check in on a comedy in progress: Fox's Brooklyn Nine-Nine. We also talk about culture we've been meaning to get to, and about what's making us happy this week.

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Aziz Ansari plays Dev, an Indian-American actor in search of fulfilling roles, in Netflix's Master of None.

Arts

Ansari And Yang Explore The First-Generation Experience In 'Master Of None'

4:50pm November 05, 2015

Parks and Recreation colleagues Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang bonded over their experiences as Asian-Americans living very different lives from their parents. Their new series is streaming on Netflix.

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Critics have been hard on Ken Jeong's new sitcom, Dr. Ken, but ratings are solid and ABC has ordered a full season.

Arts

Fall TV: The Good, The Bad And The Inexplicable

2:51pm November 04, 2015

by Eric Deggans

With the fall TV season well underway, networks are making decisions on the future of their shows. What gets picked up? What gets canceled? TV critic Eric Deggans says quality isn't much of a factor.

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National

Jon Stewart Signs New 4-Year Deal With HBO

4:13pm November 03, 2015

by Bill Chappell

"Appearing on television 22 minutes a night clearly broke me," Stewart says. "I'm pretty sure I can produce a few minutes of content every now and again."

Politics & Government

Presidential Debate Quandary: What's At Stake For Networks And Candidates?

5:07am November 03, 2015

by David Folkenflik

Republican presidential candidates are in a fury over the way debates have run this year. They are negotiating independent of the party with TV networks, making fairly specific editorial demands.

Bruce Cambpell — and his famous chainsaw — are back in the new series Ash Vs Evil Dead.

Arts

Join Ussss... Join Ussss.... For The Return Of 'Evil Dead'

8:36am October 31, 2015

by Eric Deggans

Tonight, Starz debuts Ash vs Evil Dead, a horror comedy series that continues the story from the cult hit Evil Dead films. NPR's Eric Deggans talks to stars Bruce Campbell and Lucy Lawless.

FXX Celebrates Halloween With 'The Simpsons' Treehouse Of Horror Marathon

8:58pm October 30, 2015

by Elizabeth Blair

FXX cable network is airing a week-long marathon of every episode of The Simpsons annual Halloween show, "Treehouse of Horror." It will culminate in a full day marathon of all 25 "Treehouse of Horror" episodes.

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