tv & radio
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What to watch: your definitive TV guide for fall 2017A comprehensive look at what might prove addiction-worthy over the next few months, from the return of This Is Us to David Simon’s The Deuce
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American Horror Story: Cult review – post-election terror in Trump-inspired new seasonThe seventh installment of Ryan Murphy’s horror anthology series begins on election night and proceeds as a messy but gripping document of political paranoia in the wake of the 2016 election -
When good TV goes bad: how Prison Break absconded from realityThe show was far-fetched from the beginning, but things got truly silly when it adopted a willy-nilly approach to the mortality of its central characters -
Lifetime of sin: ranking the US network’s musical biopicsFrom LiLo’s gravel-voiced Liz Taylor to a Whitney straight out of America’s Next Top Model, we rank Lifetime Movies’ made-for-TV ‘masterpieces’
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The apex of TV as art, and the only show that chimes with our timesWith his bewildering masterwork, David Lynch has created television that makes perfect sense in an age where nuclear war via Twitter feels ever more possible
what to watch
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The Deuce review – David Simon's 70s porn saga is a dazzling achievementThe creator of The Wire returns to the small screen to craft arguably his most accessible work yet without sacrificing his loftier ambitions
episode recaps
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Game of ThronesGame of ThronesGame of Thrones recap: season seven finale – The Dragon and the WolfA supersized, expertly paced and deeply satisfying close to the season, with a big reveal and a recurring theme: family
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Twin PeaksTwin PeaksTwin Peaks finale recap – something very special happened hereSure, David Lynch gave us no closure and it went on far too long. But The Return has undeniably proved one of the most electrifying TV events in years
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John OliverJohn OliverJohn Oliver on Trump: 'Terrifying entity who viciously attacks his enemies'On Last Week Tonight, John Oliver addressed Steve Bannon’s White House departure and the continued fallout over Trump’s remarks about Charlottesville
videos
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Home Alone star John Heard dies aged 71 – video obituaryJohn Heard, the actor best known for his role as Peter McCallister in two Home Alone films, has died aged 71
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'It is insane': late-night TV on Trump Jr's meeting with Russian lawyer – videoTrevor Noah and Stephen Colbert address reports of potential collusion between the Trump administration and the Kremlin
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Late-night hosts on Trump’s climate decision: ‘Even North Korea agreed to this’ – videoTalkshow hosts address Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the Paris climate agreement
talking points
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Punish us, Westeros: here's how the end of Game of Thrones can satisfy fansNow the patchy penultimate season is no more, here’s what must come next in HBO’s paean to incest, violence and dragons – and how the final series can bow out on an agonisingly brilliant high
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Can Facebook take on Netflix with its first season of original shows?The launch of the social network’s new streaming service, Watch, sees a range of offerings – but the strategy to focus on reality TV might limit long term success
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Can the onslaught of TV reboots and revivals survive in 2017?Much-anticipated new seasons of Will & Grace, Roseanne and Curb Your Enthusiasm arrive in a very different small screen landscape, making their success far from guaranteed
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Why HBO was right to stand its ground against Game of Thrones hackersAs the network appears to emerge unscathed from a major cyber attack, experts say that hackers misjudged their leverage
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'Jaime will kill Cersei and their unborn child': your Game of Thrones finale predictionsWill Arya take Littlefinger’s face? Will Jon and Dany marry? And will Trump make a cameo? Here are your best theories on how season seven will end
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What can we learn about Hollywood salaries in 2017?The annual studies from Forbes and Variety provide evidence of the industry’s persistence wage gap, as women and minorities still lag far behind white men
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Marvel's The Inhumans: destined to be the TV disaster of the yearAre you ready to visit the lunar kingdom of the warring mutant superhero royals Black Bolt, Maximus, Crystal, Triton and Gorgon? Prepare to be underwhelmed
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Riot grrrls, beta males and fluid fashion: how My So-Called Life changed TV foreverThe show lasted only one series, but it rewrote television’s rules, breaking down conventions and giving teens an authentic voice
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Tears of clowns: who are the saddest of TV's sad comedians?Television shows built around standup comics have taken a turn for the despairing. Louis CK has a lot to answer for
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The Defenders: why Netflix's ninja-bashing supersquad is supremely daft TVWith its ancient kung fu death cult, Scrappy Doo crime-fighters and petrified magic dragon buried under New York, the latest Marvel superhero show is supersilly. Couldn’t Netflix have come up with something more special?
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Elisabeth Moss defends Scientology after fan compares it to GileadActor, who was raised a Scientologist, denies that the movement is similar to the fictional regime in The Handmaid’s Tale
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Tina Fey to white supremacists: 'It's not our country, we stole it from the Native Americans'The 30 Rock star was a surprise visitor on SNL spin-off Weekend Update and gave her thoughts on Charlottesville and Trump’s response
Twin Peaks: was this the long, perfect goodbye from David Lynch?
Twin Peaks finale recap – something very special happened here