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News Articles: Television

Actress Gabrielle Maiden and fellow SAG-AFTRA members picket outside Universal Studios.

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  • Arts & Life

Contract talks between Hollywood studios and actors break down again

The AMPTP has suspended contract negotiations; SAG-AFTRA accuses the alliance of "bully tactics."

October 12, 2023
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco
Jack Cutmore-Scott as Freddy Crane and Kelsey Grammer as Frasier Crane.

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  • Television

A new 'Frasier' seeks success with fresh characters who seem a lot like the old ones

What's the easiest way to create a new version of the classic sitcom Frasier for the streaming era? Clone the original series with new characters who provide the same functions as the old ones.

October 12, 2023
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By:
  • Eric Deggans
A WGA support sign rests near SAG-AFTRA members picketing outside Warner Bros. Studio as the actors strike continues on September 26, 2023 in Burbank, California.

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  • Movies

Writers union votes to ratify contract, ending one of Hollywood's longest strikes

The deal delivers salary increases to writers, along with boosts to their health and pension funds, and the establishment of guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence.

October 10, 2023
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By:
  • Dave Mistich
If your love for Edgar Allan Poe has been gently rapping, rapping at your chamber door, just embrace it and watch Netflix's <em>The Fall of the House of Usher </em>because it is a hoot and a half.

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  • Pop Culture

How I learned to stop worrying and love Edgar Allan Poe

If your love for Edgar Allan Poe has been gently rapping, rapping at your chamber door, just embrace it and watch Netflix's The Fall of the House of Usher because it is a hoot and a half.

October 07, 2023
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By:
  • Glen Weldon
John Oliver returned to TV with season 10 of his show.

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  • Television

'Utterly joyful': John Oliver tells NPR about returning after 5 months off the air

Late night TV host John Oliver spoke to All Things Considered about the last few months off air, the tentative agreement for writers, and what he hopes for his writers in the future.

October 06, 2023
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  • Jonaki Mehta,
  • Juana Summers,
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Roy Wood Jr. during election coverage on <em>The Daily Show with Trevor Noah </em>in 2016.

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  • Television

Roy Wood Jr. says he's leaving 'The Daily Show' but he doesn't hold a grudge

Late night TV has seen a recent exodus of non-white stars — from Desus and Mero and Ziwe to Trevor Noah himself.

October 05, 2023
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  • Eric Deggans
Two writers, Kylie Brakeman (left) and Elise Brown (right), reflect on the strike and what lies ahead.

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  • Arts & Life

The Hollywood writers strike is over. What's next for the writers?

After 148 days, two writers share what their plans are now, and what they think of the deal their union struck with the studios.

October 03, 2023
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo
Stephen Colbert returns to new episodes during Monday's <em>Late Show</em> program.

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  • Television

Late night TV is back! We rank their first episodes

The strike meant the hosts were sidelined for about five months and their return reminds us that satire helps us process the absurdities of modern life and politics.

October 03, 2023
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  • Eric Deggans
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

The Hollywood writers strike is over, but the actors strike could drag on. Here's why

The actors union, SAG-AFTRA, is hoping to cut as good a deal with the studios as the writers union, WGA, did last week. But the negotiations, starting Monday, could be more complicated.

October 02, 2023
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
Placards are gathered together at the close of a picket by members of The Writers Guild of America outside Walt Disney Studios, Tuesday, May 2, 2023, in Burbank, Calif.

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  • Arts & Life

Hollywood writers return to work, after a nearly five month strike

The 148-day Hollywood writers strike ended just after 12:01 a.m. PT on Wednesday, thanks to a new three-year deal the Writers Guild of America made with major Hollywood studios.

September 27, 2023
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco
GPB News NPR

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  • Obituaries

David McCallum, star of TV series 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' and 'NCIS,' dies at 90

The Scottish-born actor's career included roles on stage and in movies, but the 1960s spy series made him a household name and his role as a quirky pathologist 40 years later brought him fame again.

September 25, 2023
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  • The Associated Press

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  • Author Interviews

How a DNA test inspired actress-activist Kerry Washington's journey of self-discovery

Washington was an adult when she learned that she had been conceived via artificial insemination and the man she considered her father was not her biological dad. Her new memoir is Thicker than Water.

September 25, 2023
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By:
  • Tonya Mosley
Brian Nelson has been a WGA member for 30 years. On the picket line outside CBS Radford Studios on Friday, The screenwriter said "whatever deal we make may be the template for other deals going forward."

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  • Arts & Life

Three things to know about the Hollywood Writers' tentative agreement

Writers are set to vote to ratify a new contract before they can end their nearly five month strike against the studios.

September 25, 2023
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco and
  • Eric Deggans
Screenwriters on strike protest in front of Paramount Studios on May 2, 2023 in Los Angeles, Calif.

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  • Arts & Life

Hollywood writers reach a tentative deal with studios after nearly five month strike

Hollywood production has been halted for months as actors and writers have been on strike. Now, the writers are headed back to work. Actors represented by SAG-AFTRA remain on strike.

September 25, 2023
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco
Linda Evangelista, left, Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell and Christy Turlington in <em>The Super Models.</em>

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  • TV Reviews

'The Super Models,' in their own words

A documentary produced by its subject can come off as hagiography. But The Super Models is a corrective produced by women who were rarely given the opportunity to be seen as complete human beings.

September 24, 2023
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
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