One evening in May, the most-watched man in late-night television these days staked out a curious if characteristic position: A 38-year-old teacher who allegedly had sex with a 16-year-old student, […]
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During a three-part special examining the crimes of the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer that aired last November on “Dr. Phil,” Phil McGraw, the host of the daytime talk show, played […]
Late Night Shows Go Dark in First Fallout From Writers’ Strike
Just hours after the union representing thousands of television and movie writers announced that they were going on strike, hundreds of their members occupied an entire city block in Midtown […]
Hollywood Writers Go on Strike, Halting TV and Film Production
Hollywood’s 15 years of labor peace was shattered Tuesday, as movie and television writers went on strike, bringing many productions to a halt and dealing a blow to an industry that […]
‘Night Court’ Is Back, and America Is Tuning In
In recent years, network executives have rebooted and revived decades-old TV series at will, all in the hope of finding a born-again hit.Classic series like “Magnum P.I.,” “Murphy Brown,” “The […]
‘Don’t Look Up’ Nails the Media Apocalypse
“That’s me calling myself out,” Mr. McKay said. “I am in no way above this. I really want Ben Affleck and J. Lo to find happiness together, and I really […]
Chappelle Special on Netflix Draws Criticism and Internal Unrest
“Netflix has gone from the underdog and outsider poking the establishment to the epicenter of the Hollywood establishment,” he said. “When you’re at the center, everything is magnified 100 times. […]
Joe Rogan Is Too Big to Cancel
He has appeared to attribute his own popularity to an underserved market, recently recalling the bafflement of advertising professionals over his audience demographics. “They’re like, ‘Jesus Christ, he’s got like […]
For Political Cartoonists, the Irony Was That Facebook Didn’t Recognize Irony
SAN FRANCISCO — Since 2013, Matt Bors has made a living as a left-leaning cartoonist on the internet. His site, The Nib, runs cartoons from him and other contributors that […]
She Mocked Men’s Bluster. Then Came the Complaints.
HONG KONG — Yang Li, a comedian, tells jokes about men and their egos.She is hardly the first in the stand-up world to mine such a rich source of material. […]