TV and Streaming – Page 56

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...

Natasha Lyonne as Charlie Cale, the drifter, human lie detector and crime solver in Season 2 of "Poker Face." (Peacock)

‘Poker Face’ review: TV’s best case-of-the-week series returns for Season 2

By Nina Metz

May 7, 2025 at 5:30 a.m.

The "Columbo-esque" Peacock murder mystery starring Natasha Lyonne is better than ever

Author Walter Podrazik lies on the couch at the Bob Newhart sculpture on Navy Pier in Chicago with a copy of his book "Watching TV: American Television Season by Season," on April 29, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Column: When Harry met Wally, the result was a definitive book on how to watch television

By Rick Kogan

May 7, 2025 at 11:27 a.m.

“Watching TV: American Television Season by Season” by Walter Podrazik and Harry Castleman is now...

This combination photo shows Lisa at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala on May 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

K-pop star Lisa slammed for Met Gala lingerie that appears to feature Rosa Parks’ face

By Jami Ganz

May 6, 2025 at 12:47 p.m.

K-pop star Lisa is facing backlash after appearing to wear the face of Civil Rights...

Writer Nelson Algren at the YMCA at Milwaukee Avenue and Division Street on May 24, 1956, in Chicago. (Arnold Tolchin/Chicago American)

Column: Bradley Cooper’s next screen role will be the cantankerous Chicago writer Nelson Algren

By Rick Kogan

May 6, 2025 at 2:42 p.m.

The Chicago writer's relationship with Simone de Beauvoir is said to be getting the big-screen...

Met Gala pays tribute to Black fashion and designers and includes Rihanna pregnancy surprise

By Leanne Italie

May 5, 2025 at 8:18 p.m.

Welcome to the first Monday in May. Here's how to watch the 2025 Met Gala...

FILE – “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” co-stars Ruth Buzzi and Gary Owens share a laugh during NBC’s 75th Anniversary Party, in Los Angeles, Jan. 9, 2002. (AP Photo/Rene Macura, File)

Ruth Buzzi, comedy sketch player on groundbreaking series ‘Laugh-In,’ dies at 88

By Beth Harris

May 5, 2025 at 1:05 p.m.

Ruth Buzzi, who rose to fame as the frumpy and bitter Gladys Ormphby on the...

From left: Marco Calvani as Claude, Colman Domingo as Danny, Tina Fey as Kate and Will Forte as Jack in "The Four Seasons." (Jon Pack/Netflix)

‘The Four Seasons’ review: Tina Fey is no Alan Alda, but at least there’s the Vivaldi

By Nina Metz

May 1, 2025 at 7:34 a.m.

A pointless TV adaptation of the droll 1981 film about three couples vacationing together.

From left, Prince Harry,
Meghan Markle, Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales, leave after escorting the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II to Westminster Hall from Buckingham Palace for her lying in state on Sept. 14, 2022, in London. (Emilio Morenatti /Getty Images archives)

Meghan Markle to lose royal title after William becomes king: report

By Martha Ross

April 30, 2025 at 7:49 a.m.

Prince William reportedly plans to strip Meghan Markle and Prince Harry of their HRH tiles...

Graham Chapman (left) and Terry Jones in the 1975 comedy "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." (Python Pictures/TNS)

Column: 50 years ago, ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ showed us what comedy needs — and doesn’t

By Michael Phillips

April 30, 2025 at 5:40 a.m.

Back in theaters for its 50th birthday, "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" remains a...

Keeley Hawes as Cassandra Austen in "Miss Austen." (Robert Viglasky/PBS Masterpiece)

‘Miss Austen’ review: The mystery of Jane Austen’s burned letters

By Nina Metz

April 30, 2025 at 9:09 a.m.

Most of Jane Austen’s correspondence was burned after her death. This PBS Masterpiece series speculates...