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Rachel Maddow on her show last week in New York. Credit An Rong Xu for The New York Times Rachel Maddow had a big scoop, and she handled it her way. With a single tweet on Tuesday, Ms. Maddow, the MSNBC anchor, set the political world ablaze, announcing at 7:36 p.m. that she was poised…
The Sports Bubble Has Already Burst 3.8k shares share tweet sms send email By: Ty Duffy | March 10, 2017 2:10 pm ET Follow @tyduffy There’s a word to describe the past year for sports on TV: brutal. NFL ratings declined. Sports debate programs were down year over year. NBA games on regional sports networks…
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Daredevil season 2. Sometimes, it feels unfair to overanalyse plot holes in comic book adaptations. The genre relies on suspension of disbelief, and as long as the narrative makes emotional sense, who cares if there are a few discrepancies? Daredevil‘s second season, however, went further than most. Its…
Television googleon: index Jack Is Back: After A 13-Year Hiatus, ‘Samurai Jack’ Returns For A Final Season END CLASS=”STORYTITLE” END CLASS=”STORY-TOOLS” END ID=”STORY-META” CLASS=”STORY-META HAS-BYLINE” The Way Of The (Temporarily) Peaceful Warrior: Samurai Jack, in repose. Turner hide caption toggle caption Turner The Way Of The (Temporarily) Peaceful Warrior: Samurai Jack,…
Editor’s note: This review is spoiler-free. Iron Fist arrives with more baggage than its creators intended. Dogged by accusations of cultural appropriation (was it really a good idea to cast a white man as the protector of a mythical Asian culture?), it’s a show with something to prove. And in the six episodes made…
“Let’s see where it goes,” Ben Seklow, his director, replies. Later in the episode, the guru hands Aslan a bit of human brains, saying “Look, I am eating.” The Aghori pops the brains into his own mouth. “Eat,” he says. Aslan looks at the brains, clearly disgusted. After hesitating, he pops it into his mouth…
GTM DataLayer Umbel End Umbel [if lte IE 9]>< ![endif][if gte IE 10]>< ![endif] Google Tag Manager Container End Google Tag Manager Container Amazon has never ordered a show straight to series from a woman. Why? On paper, it seems pretty reasonable that Amazon Studios asked Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino to produce a pilot episode of her new…
Image: Amazon Some conservatives and Donald Trump supporters are freaking out online because there’s a new pirate station called Resistance Radio, dedicated to fighting fascism and Nazi propaganda. Only one problem: It’s fake. Amazon announced this week that it was launching Resistance Radio as a companion program for The Man in the High Castle, an…
Charbonneau/REX/Shutterstock Start Article Post Content Jason Isaacs is the latest cast member to come aboard CBS All Access’ upcoming series “Star Trek: Discovery,” Variety has learned. Isaacs will play Captain Lorca, the captain of the Starship Discovery. Isaacs is one of the most high-profile names to be cast in “Star Trek: Discovery.” He joins “The Walking Dead” actress Sonequa…
Your Post Has Been Launched! Fabulous! Don’t forget to share with your friends on Twitter and Facebook. 1. Kate McKinnon had people cracking up with her impressions of Hillary Clinton on Saturday Night Live during the election, but she took on the role of Attorney General Jeff Sessions in a Forrest Gump parody on…