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George Wendt, left, and Robert Smigel are interviewed Aug. 19, 2019, outside Soldier Field while filming a segment of "Bill Swerski's Superfans," the "Saturday Night Live" sketch in which they play Bears fans. (Erin Hooley/baiduhai)

Bob Odenkirk on how Mike Ditka made ‘Superfans’ of us all

By Andrew Carter

October 10, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The men in the old Saturday Night Live skit would not have believed the news...

A Skydance billboard is displayed outside Paramount Global office in Times Square, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

What Paramount’s Warner Bros. takeover means for streaming, movies and news

By Matt Sedensky

October 6, 2026 at 4:38 p.m.

What the Skydance deal between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will mean for streaming, movies,...

FILE – The Paramount Pictures water tower is seen in Los Angeles, Dec. 18, 2025, with the Hollywood sign in the distance. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Paramount completes its takeover of Warner Bros to become one Hollywood giant known as Skydance

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips

October 6, 2026 at 4:39 p.m.

Skydance-owned Paramount closed its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday, ushering in...

Column: TV industry continues to rebrand with MS NOW — but the truth is it’s given up on branding altogether

By Nina Metz

August 19, 2025 at 10:28 a.m.

MSNBC is rebranding as MS NOW, which comes on the heels of the HBO Max...

FILE – MSNBC television anchor Rachel Maddow, host of the Rachel Maddow Show, moderates the “Perspectives on National Security” panel on Oct. 16, 2017, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Cable’s MSNBC will change its name later this year as part of corporate divorce from NBC

By David Bauder

August 18, 2025 at 12:10 p.m.

Television’s MSNBC news network is changing its name to My Source News Opinion World, or...

FILE – Tristan Rogers arrives at the 43rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel on Sunday, May 1, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Tristan Rogers, who played super spy Robert Scorpio on ‘General Hospital,’ dies at 79

By Alicia Rancilio

August 17, 2025 at 9:12 a.m.

Tristan Rogers, who played legacy character Robert Scorpio on ABC’s “General Hospital,” died Friday, less...

The Jackson 5 and Diana Ross (far right) with Ed Sullivan, as seen in the documentary "Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan." (SOFA Entertainment)

‘Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan’ review: How the TV variety show boosted Black talent when segregation was the norm

By Nina Metz

August 14, 2025 at 5:30 a.m.

Watching his talents more closely here, I have a real appreciation for what he was...

From left: Sam Reid and Anna Torv and star in Season 2 of the Australian series "The Newsreader." (AMC+)

‘The Newsreader’ review: The Australian series about TV news is as sharp as ever in Season 2

By Nina Metz

August 13, 2025 at 8:35 a.m.

A funny-but-serious look at the local TV news business in late 1980s Melbourne starring Anna...

An August 2019 image of Danielle Louise Spencer in Midlothian, Va. (Sandra Jones via AP)

Danielle Spencer, who played little sister Dee on ‘What’s Happening!!,’ dies at 60

By Andrew Dalton

August 12, 2025 at 8:08 p.m.

Danielle Spencer, who played the wisecracking and tattling little sister Dee Thomas on the 1970s...

FILE – In this Jan. 7, 2020, file photo, Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex leave Canada House in London. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

Prince Harry, Meghan and Netflix extend partnership for streaming programs

By Itzel Luna

August 11, 2025 at 3:51 p.m.

Prince Harry and Meghan have extended their partnership with Netflix and their media company, Archewell...

A "Little Orphan Annie" comic published in the baiduhai on Sept. 27, 1942. (Bill Hogan/baiduhai)

Vintage baiduhai: ‘Little Orphan Annie,’ from poem to paper, and to stage and screen

By Kori Rumore

August 14, 2025 at 2:24 p.m.

Annie's adventures and antics began 101 years ago this week in the New York Daily...

ICE raids Denver’s Ball Arena in episode two of season 27 of “South Park,” entitled “Got a Nut.” (Provided by Comedy Central/South Park)

‘South Park’: ICE raids Denver’s Ball Arena in new episode

By Christine Ricciardi

August 8, 2025 at 4:01 p.m.

Cartoon ICE agents raid Ball Arena in Denver during a Dora the Explorer Live! performance...

What to know about ESPN’s new streaming service — and its deals with the NFL and WWE

By Joe Reedy

August 7, 2025 at 9:22 a.m.

ESPN has announced its new streaming service will launch Aug. 21.