Television

Arts

'Sesame Street' To Air Next 5 Seasons On HBO

6:14am August 14, 2015

by Eric Deggans

After the first nine months of airing new episodes exclusively on HBO, Sesame Street will also be available on PBS for free. NPR takes a look at the agreement and its possible consequences.

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Norway 'Slow TV' Event To Broadcast Reindeer Migration

8:20am August 13, 2015

The event on NRK, Norway's national broadcaster, will only last a week. The project manager says anything more would be "too slow — even for slow TV."

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Sports

HBO's 'Hard Knocks' Takes Fans Inside Houston Texans' Training Camp

2:00pm August 12, 2015

by David Greene

The NFL Films show Hard Knocks kicks off its 10th season Tuesday on HBO. The show goes behind the scenes at an NFL team's training camp. This year, it's the Houston Texans under the spotlight.

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Actress Melissa Gilbert arrives at the Award of Excellence Star presentation for the Screen Actors Guild in 2007. Gilbert is trying to win a congressional seat from Michigan, where her husband is from.

'Little House On The Prairie' Actress Runs For Congress. Can She Win?

9:37am August 12, 2015

by Sam Sanders

Melissa Gilbert is running for a congressional seat in Michigan. She's the latest in a long line of celebrities with political aspirations.

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Sports

Frank Gifford, Sports Broadcaster And Ex-NFL Star, Dies At 84

4:10pm August 10, 2015

by Sam Sanders

NFL Football Hall of Famer and long-time sports broadcaster Frank Gifford died on Sunday at his Connecticut home at age 84. He was married to talk show host Kathie Lee Gifford.

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Daryl Hannah in the Netflix series Sense8.

Arts

'Sense8' Is Getting A Second Season — Now What?

2:09pm August 10, 2015

by Tasha Robinson

The elaborate, idiosyncratic Netflix series, created by the Wachowskis and J. Michael Straczynski, has at least one more season to spin its world-spanning story. Where should it go next?

Frank Gifford arrives at an opening on Broadway in a photo from Oct. 2007.

Sports

Sports Broadcaster And Former NFL Star Frank Gifford Dies At 84

11:21am August 10, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The NFL Hall of Famer played 12 seasons with the New York Giants. He went on to a second career in television, first with CBS and later as a longtime co-host of ABC's Monday Night Football.

An image from Jon Stewart's first appearance as host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show.

Jon Stewart's 'Daily Show' Legacy: Changing How Americans See Satire

5:37pm August 07, 2015

by Eric Deggans

Jon Stewart hosts his last episode of The Daily Show tonight, after 16 years as TV's satirist supreme. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans says Stewart's barbs changed how people talk about politics and media.

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Arts

Jon Stewart Makes A Laugh-Filled, Sentimental Exit From 'The Daily Show'

3:07pm August 07, 2015

by David Bianculli

After 16 years as host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central, Jon Stewart presented his farewell program last night. TV critic David Bianculli says it was an entertaining finale from start to finish.

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Jon Stewart leaves the studio Thursday after taping his final episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in New York.

Politics & Government

It's A Wrap: Jon Stewart's Last 'Daily Show'

2:01pm August 07, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The host of the political satire program for 16 years ended his run with many of the personalities who had either helped him make the jokes or been on the receiving end of them over the years.