Eric Deggans
Stories
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Arts & Life
Super Bowl Ads 2020: Strange, Serious, Smaaht, And So Very Expensive
Commercials cost as much as $5.6 million per 30 seconds this year. Here's how some of America's largest corporations (and Michael Bloomberg and Donald Trump) spent their money.
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Television
Influential TV Programmer Fred Silverman Dies At 82
The television executive worked for CBS, ABC and NBC, programming shows like All in the Family, Roots, Charlie's Angels, The Jeffersons, Scooby-Doo and M*A*S*H. Silverman died Thursday at age 82.
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Movies
Highly Specific Superlatives: TV And Movies From 2019
NPR's All Things Considered best of 2019 lists are going highly specific this year. Up first: highly specific superlatives from TV and movies.
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Arts & Life
NPR's Favorite TV Shows Of 2019
Series such as Fleabag, Watchmen and Succession highlight our pop culture critics' list of the 19 best television and serial streaming programs of 2019.
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Television
'The Mandalorian' Has The Nostalgia And Storytelling That Star Wars Fans Want
The Mandalorian is the first Star Wars live-action spinoff series and the highest profile program on the new Disney+ streaming service. It may be a barometer of Disney+'s chances.
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Television
TV Review: 'The Little Mermaid Live'
The Little Mermaid was performed in front of a live audience on ABC last night. It starred Auli'i Cravalho, the actress who voiced Moana, and combined animation with the live performance.
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Business
Apple, Disney Enter Streaming Market
Apple TV+ launches Friday, setting off a new round of competing streaming services, with Disney+ on Nov. 12 and HBO Max in May 2020.
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Television
TV Review: 'The Morning Show' From Apple TV+
The Morning Show on Apple TV+ is a stylish drama that unfolds like a fictionalized take on Today show anchor Matt Lauer's firing amid sexual assault claims.
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Arts & Life
Who Watches This 'Watchmen?' I Will, And You Should
Showrunner Damon Lindelof's updated twist on a classic graphic novel that turned superheroes into anti-heroes is a bold, compelling HBO revamp centered on racial tensions.
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Television
Review: 'Living With Yourself'
A man who is burned out on life and love undergoes a mysterious treatment, only to discover that he has been replaced by a better version of himself. Living with Yourself stars Paul Rudd.