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<i>Pen15 </i>animates Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle for new special episode

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Pen15 animates Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle for new special episode

Also this weekend: Jason Momoa’s Apple TV+ drama See returns, and Guy Fieri takes over Hawaii in new Discovery+…

Saloni Gajjar

8/27/21 12:00AM

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Dave Bautista joins the post-apocalypse in this exclusive look at <i>See </i>season 2

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Dave Bautista joins the post-apocalypse in this exclusive look at See season 2

Along with the erstwhile Guardian Of The Galaxy, Warrior’s Jonathan Tropper boards the Apple TV Plus sci-fi drama

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Kevin Hart masters Fatherhood in a Netflix dramedy more maudlin than funny

Hart's obsession with hustle culture creeps its way into this soggy parenting movie

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Jason Momoa’s See gets a heaping helping of Dave Bautista in season two trailer

Momoa and Bautista’s big boy battle begins August 27 on Apple TV+

Matt Schimkowitz

6/10/21 11:40PM

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<i>SNL</i> to return with first-time hosts John Krasinki, Regina King, and Dan Levy

SNL to return with first-time hosts John Krasinki, Regina King, and Dan Levy

Saturday Night Live returns at the end of January and from the look of its roster of upcoming hosts and musical…

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Tracee Ellis Ross, Regina King, and more to stage all-Black Golden Girls "recreation" on Zoom

We’ve seen celebrities reuniting with old coworkers on video chats to reminisce about the things they’ve done plenty…

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Alfre Woodard and Aldis Hodge want Clemency to show audiences the "whole truth" of capital punishment

An astounding, unflinching look at the lives of the people who live and work within the criminal justice system,…

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Alfre Woodard delivers the performance of her career in the subversive prison drama Clemency

Chinonye Chukwu’s Clemency begins not with an act of mercy but a state-sanctioned death. The details are agonizing:…

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Jason Momoa and some gorgeous scenery can't elevate See beyond standard dystopian fare

Like in José Saramago’s novel of the same name, Fernando Meirelles’ 2008 film Blindness tells the story of an…

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Now we know what to call Apple’s TV service, even if we don’t know how much it’ll cost

The latest Apple keynote, presented today on its Cupertino, California homebase, was all about services. As sales of…

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Nat Geo hires Jeff Goldblum to walk around, being professionally fascinated by things

Welcome to Development Hell, the fiery pit into which we fling recent developments in casting, distribution, and…

William Hughes

7/25/18 8:44PM

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TVReviewsMarvel's Luke Cage

<i>Luke Cage</i> is the first Marvel show to top its first season<em></em>

TVReviewsMarvel's Luke Cage

Luke Cage is the first Marvel show to top its first season

Like its lead character, Marvel’s Luke Cage is aware of the upward climb it’s facing in season two. Luke (Mike…

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Alfre Woodard joins the cast of Empire as Cookie’s mom

When Empire premiered in 2015, it initially centered on Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) dividing up his record-label…

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Mariah Dillard

Who she is: Mariah Dillard, occasionally known as Black Mariah

AV Club Staff

4/13/17 5:47PM

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TVReviewsLemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events

At least the flesh-eating leeches don’t drag <i>A Series Of Unfortunate Events</i> down

TVReviewsLemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events

At least the flesh-eating leeches don’t drag A Series Of Unfortunate Events down

Good news—Aunt Josephine is still alive. At least, she was. For a bit, anyway. Not so much anymore though. I suppose…

Zack Handlen

1/23/17 12:02PM

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TVReviewsLemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events

A Series Of Unfortunate Events’ commitment to format is saved by a petrified guest star

And now we head into rough seas (sorry, lake), where it becomes even more obvious that, at least in its first few…

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The Miss Golden Globe gig is tougher than it looks

The institution of Miss Golden Globe—in which the usually female spawn of a celebrity serves as both eye candy and…

Esther Zuckerman

1/05/17 9:32AM

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TVReviewsLemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events

Orphaned at the cinema, <i>A Series Of Unfortunate Events </i>gets its due on Netflix

TVReviewsLemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events

Orphaned at the cinema, A Series Of Unfortunate Events gets its due on Netflix

Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events wasn’t the only franchise-starter orphaned during the young-adult…

Erik Adams

1/05/17 12:00AM

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Netflix respectfully requests you watch <i>Luke Cage</i>

Netflix respectfully requests you watch Luke Cage

Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Friday, September 30 and Saturday, October 1. All times are Eastern.

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Comic-Con will get a sneak peek at Luke Cage

After sitting out the geektravaganza that is San Diego Comic-Con last year, Marvel Studios is set to make a big…

Sam Barsanti

6/28/16 4:12PM

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