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In College Behind Bars, Prisoners Find a Way Forward in the Classroom

 A new PBS documentary follows the students of the Bard Prison Initiative, a degree-granting program in six New York prisons. By Ted Alcorn
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In Watchmen’s Clothing, the Past Is Present

 The HBO series weaves the threads of complex and often painful personal histories throughout its characters’ costume choices. By Samantha Powell
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Sad Breasts and Giant Hogs: A Party Down Reunion

 Featuring a surprise appearance by Steve Guttenberg, who was magnificent. By Jesse David Fox

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  1. overnights
    His Dark Materials Recap: Blood DebtAnd just like that, the Gyptian campaign gets an armored bear and an aeronaut.
    By Devon Maloney
  2. trailer mix
    Jason Segel Returns With Dispatches From Elsewhere Teaser, Elsewhere Being AMCThe dispatches seem to be from Richard E. Grant, but you just can’t trust dispatches these days.
    By Halle Kiefer
  3. stand-up
    Why Lil Rel Howery Filmed His New Special in a High School GymIt was all thanks to a suggestion by director Jerrod Carmichael.
    By Katie Mears
  4. documentaries
    In College Behind Bars, Prisoners Find a Way Forward in the ClassroomA new PBS documentary follows the students of the Bard Prison Initiative, a degree-granting program in six New York prisons.
    By Ted Alcorn
  5. his dark materials
    Lin-Manuel Miranda’s His Dark Materials Mustache Was His IdeaFor his big entrance into the HBO series, Miranda tapped into Lee Scoresby’s yeehaw energy through the transformative power of facial hair.
    By Benjamin Lindsay
  7. easter eggs
    A Guide to Watchmen’s Stealth Easter EggsThe HBO series is packed with subtle background references to the original comic. Here are some of the deepest deep cuts you may have missed.
    By Brian Tallerico
  8. tv review
    Servant Is Extremely Silly, and Extremely WatchableThe M. Night Shyamalan–produced Apple TV+ thriller is overwrought, overacted, and withholding, and yet I just kept watching.
    By Jen Chaney
  9. american idols
    Kelly Clarkson Fully Weeps During These Garth Brooks Covers“To Make You Feel My Love” really got her.
    By Justin Curto
  10. watchmen
    In Watchmen’s Clothing, the Past Is PresentThe HBO series weaves the threads of complex and often painful personal histories throughout its characters’ costume choices.
    By Samantha Powell
  11. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Keeping Up AppearancesIs this the season of RHOA where we discover that the tenuous bonds keeping these women together are as fragile as a Forever 21 bralette?
    By Ali Barthwell
  14. reunions
    Sad Breasts and Giant Hogs: A Party Down ReunionFeaturing a surprise appearance by Steve Guttenberg, who was magnificent.
    By Jesse David Fox
  15. overnights
    Rick and Morty Recap: The Perfect HeistWho doesn’t love a good heist story? Rick Sanchez, that’s who.
    By Liz Shannon Miller
  16. who were the 2010s?
    Kim Kardashian West on Her Decade of Multi-Platform FameThroughout the 2010s, she demonstrably shifted American culture, changing the way we understand fame and the internet.
    By Jonathan Van Meter
  17. overnights
    Mr. Robot Recap: Fighting BackReeling from a traumatic revelation, Elliot must refashion what he perceives as cowardice into a version of strength.
    By Vikram Murthi
  18. overnights
    Silicon Valley Recap: We Are Experiencing Tethical DifficultiesThe show’s master of bullshit phrases traps Richard in a real Tethical conundrum.
    By Odie Henderson
  19. overnights
    The Walking Dead Recap: Mercy and WrathA tense, satisfying midseason finale gives us an accounting of Dante’s sabotage, a Michonne side mission, and one horde of a cliffhanger.
    By Richard Rys
  20. chat room
    Watchmen’s Jovan Adepo on Playing Young Will ReevesAnd how he (literally) shared the role with Regina King in a mind-bending episode that reworks Watchmen’s history.
    By Jackson McHenry
  21. spoilers
    Who Is Hooded Justice? Watchmen Has a Stunning Answer.Watchmen writer Cord Jefferson talks Hooded Justice, generational trauma, and the show’s best episode yet.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  22. overnights
    Watchmen Recap: … and Justice for AllThe series’ bold reimagining of one of Watchmen’s most mysterious figures is a truly singular episode of television.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  23. lingering questions
    9 Big Questions From This Week’s Watchmen“This Extraordinary Being” gives us a big revelation about Hooded Justice and puts the series’ inciting mystery to bed. Sort of.
    By Keith Phipps
  26. close reads
    Watchmen Beautifully Wrestles With Toxic Nostalgia“This Extraordinary Being” is a dizzying exploration of memory and the dangers of failing to see the past for what it was.
    By Jen Chaney
  27. overnights
    Dublin Murders Recap: a ReckoningThe series’ attempts to plausibly layer two already implausible book premises may already be falling apart.
    By Hillary Kelly
  28. overnights
    Ray Donovan Recap: One for the RoadLong live Mickey Donovan.
    By Brian Tallerico
  29. last night on late night
    Scarlett Johansson’s Ex and Fiancé Get Their Very Own SNL Love SummitThey talk “intercourse” and more.
    By Devon Ivie
  30. last night on late night
    Is Will Ferrell Seeking the Approval of Ryan Reynolds, or of God?A very amusing SNL monologue.
    By Devon Ivie
  31. last night on late night
    Please, Turn SNL’s Kamala Harris Into a Damn MemeIt’s all she wants.
    By Devon Ivie
  32. star wars
    Just the Baby Yoda Parts of The MandalorianAn illustrated guide to the cutest li’l baby in the galaxy.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk, Jen Chaney, and Jackson McHenry
  33. overnights
    Saturday Night Live Recap: Dems Debate as Will Ferrell Crushes on Ryan ReynoldsFerrell enters the Five-Timers Club with old-pro energy, keeping every sketch he’s a part of afloat, even those that really shouldn’t work.
    By Matthew Love
  34. trailer mix
    Doctor Who Season 12 Trailer: Shiny Unhappy Cybermen, Not Holding HandsThey continue to be the worst.
    By Devon Ivie
  35. last night on late night
    Daniel Craig Is ‘Done’ With James Bond, Which Complicates No Time to Die’s EthosHe now has more important things to do, like drink Guinness.
    By Devon Ivie
  38. last night on late night
    Ricky Gervais’s Golden Globes Hosting Prep: Lawyers!And little else.
    By Devon Ivie
  39. spooky stuff
    Apple TV+ Asks M. Night Shyamalan’s Servant Back for a Second SeasonYou could get a nanny who isn’t seemingly in league with the devil, but good help is so hard to find.
    By Halle Kiefer
  40. casting
    Camila Morrone Will Chase Rock Dreams With Riley Keough in Daisy Jones & The SixThe series is based on the book by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  41. cat news
    Louie Anderson Is a Talking CatSpecifically, the titular feline star of Fox’s Tigsley.
    By Halle Kiefer
  42. a return to horniness
    Grey’s Anatomy Promises a Return to Horniness in 2020When the series returns to a later, more adult time slot.
    By Halle Kiefer
  43. behind the scenes
    How See’s Blindness Consultant Helped Demystify a Sightless WorldAccessibility advocate Joseph A. Strechay was instrumental in the Apple TV+ production’s comprehensive approach to accurately depicting a blind world.
    By Calum Marsh
  44. true crime
    After 33 Years, Alex Kapp Is Ready to Talk About ‘the Preppy Killer’“I feel terrible guilt, still to this day. I don’t know what to do with that.”
    By Maria Elena Fernandez
  45. the industry
    One Day at a Time’s Co-Creator Is Jumping to AmazonGloria Calderón Kellett signed a multiyear deal to develop TV shows and films for Prime Video.
    By Josef Adalian
  46. close reads
    The Crown’s Royal Sisters Finally Understand Each OtherAfter years of Elizabeth and Margaret’s bond being eroded by the monarchy, the end of season three sees them finding their way back to each other.
    By Alicia Lutes
  47. this week in late night
    Celine Dion Judging a Drag Pageant of Herself Won Late Night This WeekPlus Nicole Byer’s NSFW spreadsheet, Helena Bonham Carter’s tea, and yet more impeachment talk.
    By Bethy Squires
  50. snl
    Will Ferrell Quickly Loses His Temper in This SNL Promo“Everyone’s been making fun of me all week, and I’m sick of it!”
    By Megh Wright
  51. last night on late night
    Will Ferrell and Jimmy Fallon Look Back on Their ‘Cowbell’ SNL SketchChristopher Walken later told Ferrell it’s “ruined his life.”
    By Megh Wright
  52. overnights
    For All Mankind Recap: Top SecretA slow burn of an episode builds to a twist that brings two seemingly unrelated plot threads together in a shocking way.
    By Liz Shannon Miller
  53. close reads
    The Morning Show Isn’t a Train Wreck. It’s Something Even More Exciting.It’s terrible and it’s great and that’s precisely why it’s so watchable.
    By Jen Chaney
  54. overnights
    Grey’s Anatomy Recap: The PackageMeredith’s first day back features her being proven right about something and the introduction of another potential love interest. Classic Meredith!
    By Maggie Fremont
  55. overnights
    The Mandalorian Recap: This Is the WayAmid a tense stealth mission and a thrilling battle, we start to get a clearer picture of what sort of man the Mandalorian really is.
    By Keith Phipps
  56. overnights
    The Morning Show Recap: Natural DisasterWill Alex and Bradley’s tenuous relationship be forged through fire, or go up in smoke?
    By Maggie Fremont
  57. last night on late night
    Desus and Mero: Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan to Solve an Escape Room“Let’s not argue with him; let’s just fix it.”
    By Bethy Squires
  58. last night on late night
    Watch Billie Eilish Get Kids to Say the Darndest, Creepiest ThingsWho casts these weird little birdies?
    By Bethy Squires
  59. true crime
    Yorgos Lanthimos Is Bringing The Man in the Rockefeller Suit to TVOriginally in development as a film, the project will now be a limited series.
    By Bethy Squires
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