Eric Deggans
Stories
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Television
TV Review: 'Batwoman' Returns For Season 2
The second season of the CW series Batwoman premieres Sunday night. It stars Javicia Leslie, the first Black woman to play the character. She replaces Ruby Rose, who quit the series after one season.
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Television
New Series 'Coyote' Explores Crisis At America's Border With Mexico
Michael Chiklis plays a Border Patrol agent forced to work for a drug cartel in the CBS All Access series Coyote. But some question whether a series on border issues should focus on a white officer.
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National
A Look At How Different U.S. Media Outlets Covered The Pro-Trump Riot On Capitol Hill
For those watching the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on TV, the news might have looked very different, depending on which cable network one tuned into. NPR looks at how the media covered the event.
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Television
Why Did It Take 25 Season For There To Be A Black 'Bachelor?'
The new season of the hit TV show The Bachelor premiered Monday night. It's the first time in the history of the series that it has featured a Black bachelor as the central character.
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Arts & Life
4 Ways 2020 Changed Media: The Consumer Has Never Had More Power
All the biggest media companies are chasing viewer tastes more intensely than ever, focusing on their streaming platforms as consumers create an increasingly personalized, fractured media diet.
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Movies
'Soul' Surprises With Its Messages About Finding Purpose
Pixar's new film stars Jamie Foxx as a jazz musician whose soul gets separated from his body. The animated feature explores themes of music and transformation.
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Arts & Life
The Best Of Television In 2020
NPR TV critic Eric Deggans gives us his picks for best the TV programs of 2020 and a few more specific things viewers might want to seek out.
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Books
HBO Adapts Ta-Nehisi Coates' Best-Selling Book Into A Movie
Our critic says the movie — like Coates' book Between the World and Me — reveals the story of Black survival within the ugliness of America's white supremacy.
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Television
'Small Axe' Series Offers A Look At Lives Of West Indian Immigrants In London
Directed by Steve McQueen, Small Axe is a new five-film anthology series on Amazon Prime about real-life experiences from London's West Indian community in the 1960s and '70s.
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Television
Princess Diana Makes Her First Appearance In Season 4 Of 'The Crown'
Season 4 of Netflix's 'The Crown' dramatizes the royals' awful treatment of Diana Spencer in her marriage with Prince Charles, with Gillian Anderson in a masterful turn as Margaret Thatcher.