Shows like Lost or The X-Files are carefully packed with secrets and hidden connections for viewers to untangle. But plenty of shows aren't high-concept puzzle boxes and you can just ... watch them.
Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: The Soundtrack Show, Reservation Dogs, Janelle Monáe and more.
When stars hit it big just as a generation comes of age, it can create a unique, lifelong bond with their fans. Think: Frank Sinatra, the Beatles, and of course, Beyoncé. It goes way beyond nostalgia.
Election night brings the true character of the Roy siblings into devastatingly stark relief — and reveals with new clarity the show's point of view about wealth and power.
Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Jury Duty, The Other Two, Every Frame a Painting and Rutherford Falls.
For the first time ever, viewers in the U.S. can vote for their favorite act in the lavish international spectacle that is the Eurovision Song Contest. Our critic shares his top 10 songs.
The performances are wonderful, the consideration of race is welcome, and the interiority of older women is rarely so sensitively considered. Just be prepared for the second half to get awfully grim.
An election-eve party brings new information about Matsson, a line drawn by Gerri, some domestic strife for Kendall, and a defining fight between Shiv and Tom.
Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Fake Doctors, Real Friends, Bupkis, Unicorn: Warriors Eternal and Weird Al Yankovic.
The third Guardians film assumes a strangely somber tone and a plot that features more cruelty to animals and children than audiences have any reason to expect from a wacky space yarn.
The Writers Guild of America is on strike — that's the writers of the TV and films you watch. That will disrupt your viewing schedule, but in the long run, there could be benefits.
The Waystar Royco team travels to L.A., where Kendall pitches eternal life (kind of), Shiv reconnects with the most unlikely of men, and Roman can't stop firing women.
In 1970, Judy Blume published the story of one girl, at one moment, with one group of friends, who experiences early adolescence in a way particular to her. And that's what makes it compelling.
Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Bend It Like Beckham, Review, and the Criterion Channel's "Starring Michelle Yeoh" playlist.
Joshua Jackson and Lizzy Caplan and star in an uninspired reboot of the 1987 thriller — which tries really hard to mount an enlightened case for its existence.
