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‘Saturday Night Live’ takes on Marilyn Monroe’s fan mail, features Brendan Gleeson on mandolin

SNL featured first-time host Brendan Gleeson and musical guest WILLOW.

‘Inside Amy Schumer’ is back — with a new home

Now on Paramount+, the series will premiere on Oct. 20, and it will contain five episodes — the first two will stream on the premiere date, and the other three will follow weekly.

Capitol attack hearing, documentary air dates set

The Jan. 6 committee will meet next Thursday, Oct. 13; Discovery+'s "January 6th" will stream on Jan. 5, a day before the two-year anniversary of the attack on the US Capitol.

Why TV vampires have our undying attention

The trend on TV continues, most recently with the premieres of AMC’s “Interview with the Vampire,” Showtime’s “Let the Right One In,” and Syfy’s “Reginald the Vampire.” We can quit them; we just don’t want to.

Ziwe masters the art of asking all the wrong questions
On her self-titled Showtime variety and talk show, the Lawrence native's aim is to subvert the tradition of talk show niceties to get to something more real.

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At halfway point, ‘The Serpent Queen’ commands attention
Samantha Morton is mesmerizing as Catherine de’Medici in the royal drama from Starz.

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Trash-talking ‘SNL’ has always been part of the game

It’s time to accept that all the Sunday-morning quarterbacking and grousing is part of the phenomenon that is “Saturday Night Live.”

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Why British streamers aren’t getting this TV critic’s attention

Britbox and Acorn carry a lot of excellent series, but they have comparatively few subscribers. In deciding which shows I should review, those numbers can be disqualifying.

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This week’s TV: True-crime kidnapping, a ‘Community’ movie, and a Hilary Swank series

Peacock has announced that it has greenlit a “Community” movie, with a number of original cast members already signed on to star.

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Untitled upcoming NBC show has local ties

NBC has ordered a multi-cam comedy that Mike O’Malley, a former local guy, will showrun. What's more, two of the show’s executive producers are Tom Werner of the Red Sox and Wyc Grousbeck of the Celtics.

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12 great TV show title sequences that stand out

Some of the best TV dramas open with slick and impressive title sequences that are more concerned with setting the mood than being literal. Here are a dozen standouts.

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Apple TV+ announces some series return dates

“Little America" will be back for season two on Dec. 9, “Mythic Quest” will be back for season three on Nov. 11, “Slow Horses” returns for season 2 on Dec. 2, and “The Mosquito Coast” will return on Nov. 4.

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Fresh blood brings new life to ‘Interview with the Vampire’

Anne Rice’s complex, sensual creatures have survived the transition to TV intact, while the AMC series alters specifics of the novel’s story line in ways that wind up working spectacularly well.

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‘Bridgerton’ prequel on tap for 2023

“Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story” will be about the Queen’s marriage to King George. India Amarteifio will play the young Queen Charlotte, and Corey Mylchreest will play the young King George.