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HBO airs a new documentary. The “Game of Thrones” spinoff wraps up its second season.
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The company is trying to make the league accept its match of Amazon’s bid to broadcast games starting with the 2025-26 season.
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The BBC said it would add chaperones to rehearsals after allegations of abusive behavior at a hugely popular dance show that inspired international versions.
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Colbert said the ex-president was “focused on the real issue gripping the country: desperately workshopping a new nickname for Kamala Harris.”
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When the athletes march in — or float in, as they will in Paris on Friday — you can enjoy the illusion that it’s a small world after all.
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The league rejected a bid by Warner Bros. Discovery to match Amazon’s offer.
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A new Faye Dunaway documentary wants to turn us from gossips into cheerleaders.
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The Harris campaign’s embrace of the Gen Z term puzzled cable news analysts of a certain age, but Stephen Colbert was glad to clear things up.
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A contestant on the reality show “Race to Survive: New Zealand” killed and ate a weka during filming. The contestant, who said he was hungry, has apologized for “disrespecting New Zealand.”
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After news broke that President Biden would endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee, the internet was rife with clips and memes from the show.
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The “Late Show” host is putting his aviators on a shelf, now that the president has ended his re-election campaign.
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This latest installment in a long-term Frontline series is an intimate look at two American families, who work hard but struggle to make ends meet.
By Margaret Lyons
The celebrated 1990s police procedural is coming to Peacock in August.
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President Biden’s decision to bow out after a disastrous debate confirms that in a TikTok era, TV is still the biggest political arena.
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As a comic book series to honor the Turtles’ 40th anniversary debuts, here’s a look back at their milestones.
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The opening ceremony airs on NBC. MTV reboots a reality show.
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Rhaenyra sends a gift to the common people of King’s Landing. There may be some strings attached.
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A new host, an embrace of social media and some excellent casting led to the former also-ran becoming the summer’s buzziest show.
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Test your knowledge of the beloved Nickelodeon animated series “SpongeBob SquarePants,” which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.
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Natalie Portman stars in an elaborate adaptation of Laura Lippman’s novel about a pair of 1960s murders.
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Late night was subdued on Monday, after a gunman tried to kill former President Trump. Later in the week, the hosts discussed the R.N.C., JD Vance and Matt Gaetz.
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The last night of the Republican National Convention featured glimpses of a more sober tone — and a whole lot of testosterone.
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Both sociopolitical thriller and parable, this Viaplay series presents a future that can feel uncomfortably plausible.
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“It’s the first positive news he’s had in months,” Fallon said on Thursday.
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He basically invented the stand-up special in 1960 and continued to be a source of comic brilliance until his final years.
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The finale has become so famous in part because it offered a rare moment of real surprise from a taped prime-time television sitcom.
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Inspired by the very (very) brief reign of Queen Jane, the Amazon series has fun rewriting Tudor history — complete with magical creatures.
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In his prime-time debut, the senator and “Hillbilly Elegy” author showed what he has to offer his running mate.
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Set during the plague in 14th century Italy, Netflix’s “The Decameron” finds dark humor in a group of nobles and their servants trying to survive.
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J.D. Vance and Nikki Haley, among other Republicans at the convention, seem to have gotten over their reservations about the former president.
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Nominations for the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced on Wednesday. The Emmys ceremony is planned for Sept. 15, on ABC.
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The hit Hulu comedy moved the action to Broadway for Season 3, which in turn helped the songwriting duo inch closer to joining the exclusive club.
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The categories are more confusing than ever and worthy shows were left out, but this year’s nominations also included some thrilling picks.
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The actor’s supporting actress nod was one of 18 nominations the show received for its final season. She called the honor “a really beautiful end” to her time on the show.
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His roles both had close real-world analogues, the first a power-hungry Christian nationalist, the second an Elon Musk-like character.
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The actress, who plays a stalker in the hit Netflix series, said she has always believed her character is in many ways “quite charming and innocent.”
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Mulaney’s late-night experiment and the eccentric Showtime satire were mostly ignored by the Emmys. But never bet against Stringer Bell.
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HBO earned 91 Emmy nominations, trailing both Netflix, which took 107, and FX, which had 93.
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The historical drama has been renewed for “likely” two more seasons after being billed originally as a limited series.
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The Netflix drama’s Emmy haul included nominations for the two stars and for best limited series.
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The star of “Scandal” demonstrates her range in the Hulu series about an ex-con’s daughter and her relatable traumas.
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The show set a new high for the most Emmy nominations in a single year for a comedy series, beating out “30 Rock” for the record.
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The 76th Emmy Awards ceremony is planned for Sept. 15. See all the nominees below.
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