Latest TV Features
Joey King Met Real-Life Daughter of Her ‘We Were The Lucky Ones’ Character
Joey King fell in love with her character from We Were The Lucky Ones quickly. Actually, it was before she even read the script. “When you’re dealing with true subject matter, it’s going to hit you a little bit harder,” she says. “You’re going to connect with that person even more, because it’s undeniable. It […]
- By
‘Shogun’ Star Hiroyuki Sanada Delves Into Finale’s Deeper Message: “We Need the Hero Who Brings About Peace”
[This story contains major spoilers from the season finale of FX’s Shōgun.] It’s easy to picture Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada gazing toward the horizon with a beatific sense of satisfaction over everything he has achieved with FX’s smash-hit miniseries Shōgun. His character, Lord Yoshii Toranaga, enjoys several such moments in the show’s 10th and last episode, […]
- By
John Oliver Confesses to “Sporadic Acts of Journalism”
In an alternate universe, there’s a John Oliver who renewed his Daily Show contract in 2013, stuck around to replace Jon Stewart and eventually burned out — like so many with a nightly telecast. Of course, that’s not what happened. The British comic was courted by HBO, where he launched Last Week Tonight on April […]
- By
How Many Showrunners Does It Take to Write a Hit Comedy?
In 2009, Lucia Aniello decided it was time to introduce her two comedy crushes. She’d recently started dating Paul W. Downs, now her husband, whom she met in an Upright Citizens Brigade class, and struck up a budding friendship with Jen Statsky, the only other woman in her sketch group. One fortuitous Gramercy Park coffee […]
- By
‘Good Times’ Boss Defends Animated Reboot, Telling Viewers: “I Understand If This Is Jolting”
Netflix’s Good Times reboot has drawn ire from audiences and national organizations such as the NAACP for its perceived stereotypical depictions of African Americans since its trailer was first released on March 27. That same day, a Change.org petition, which has gathered some 5,000 signatures, was launched calling on viewers to boycott the new show […]
- By
Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone Take a Ride on the Wild Side as TV’s Cringiest Couple
The Curse began with an actual curse, or at least the threat of one. When Nathan Fielder first moved from Canada to L.A. in 2009, a woman approached him on the street asking for a handout. He told her he had no money. She replied, “I curse you.” That anecdote, described by Fielder to pal […]
- By
‘Shogun’ Is Over, But What About Season 2? Creators Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo Weigh In
[This story contains major spoilers from the season finale of FX’s Shogun.] Shōgun masterminds Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo read James Clavell’s novel cover to cover. Their social media intake around the series, however, has not been quite as comprehensive. “We live in Hawaii on the island of Maui with 70 chickens and roosters,” Marks […]
- By
Padma Lakshmi on Her Post-‘Top Chef’ Career Shift to Comedy: “I Want to Be the Funniest Person in the Room”
Padma Lakshmi’s post-Top Chef career may veer further into comedy, as the popular former host of the hit reality competition show shops around a comedy series script and continues to host her stand-up comedy night in Brooklyn. In a wide-ranging and revealing New Yorker profile, out on Tuesday, Lakshmi tells writer Helen Rosner that the […]
- By
Allison Janney and Leslie Bibb on ‘Palm Royale,’ Suffering Through Their 1960s Looks and Playing Wordle With Carol Burnett
Palm Royale with its meticulously matched period décor and costuming is a true immersion in late 1960s Palm Beach culture. But while watching the Apple TV+ series, one can’t help but see the connections between the topics that were emerging as national concerns then and the biggest social issues now. “It’s so cool to think […]
- By
‘The Jinx’ Finally Explains Mystery of Robert Durst Arrest One Day Before TV Confession
For anyone who needed a refresher on The Jinx, the follow-up series to the 2015 true-crime phenomenon that led to the arrest of Robert Durst did just that with its first episode. Except it delved deeper — much deeper — when it took the audience behind the curtain of the murder case against Durst to […]
- By
‘Sugar’ Star Anna Gunn on “True Gent” Colin Farrell, ‘Breaking Bad’ Reunions and Rian Johnson’s Unforgettable Gesture
It had been a minute since Anna Gunn felt the anticipation of an intriguing script hitting her inbox. Understandably, the incomparable writing she received for a combined decade on Deadwood and Breaking Bad set a high bar. But then the Colin Farrell-led Apple TV+ series Sugar came along. Created by Mark Protosevich and executive produced […]
- By
‘Ghosts’ Star Rebecca Wisocky on the Surprising Reveal of Her Character’s Cause of Death
[This story contains spoilers from the season 3, episode 8 of Ghosts, “Holes Are Bad.”] The premise of CBS’ hit comedy Ghosts is a notably ridiculous one: After a near-death experience, Sam (Rose McIver) can communicate with the spirits who haunt the country home she inherited from her great aunt — a group of specters […]
- By
Tobias Menzies Reflects on ‘Manhunt’ Ahead of Finale Fate: “Democracy Is Fragile”
Tobias Menzies has already caught Abraham Lincoln’s assassin John Wilkes Booth going into the finale of Apple TV+’s Manhunt, which will sign off on Friday after seven episodes. But his character, U.S. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, suffering from chronic asthma during the historical drama gives a strong hint of Menzies’ foreordained fate by the […]
- By
Judith Regan’s Hollywood Reporter Column
Editor’s note: On April 25, this article was removed at the author’s request.
- By
‘The Jinx’ Filmmakers Revisit That Robert Durst Confession: “We Screamed”
“Killed them all, of course.” Those five words were spoken by Robert Durst when the New York real estate heir, who was still mic’d, walked to the bathroom after completing his interviews for the HBO true-crime docuseries The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst. Durst had been suspected of killing his close friend Susan […]
- By
Janelle James on That ‘Abbott Elementary’ Guest Star and Why it’s Time for an Ava Clothing Line
[This story contains spoilers from the April 17 episode of Abbott Elementary, “2 Ava 2 Fest.”] Ava Fest returned to Abbott Elementary for a second year in a row during Wednesday night’s “2 Ava 2 Fest” episode. But, unlike the first festival in season two of the ABC sitcom — where the wildly unqualified principal […]
- By