On September 15, 1949, television audiences were introduced to a masked hero galloping across the American frontier as The Lone Ranger premiered on ABC, marking a significant moment in TV …
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From vaudeville stages to viral sketch clips, TV duos have shaped the rhythms of American comedy and animation for nearly a century. There are a few things across media that …
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Lifestyle
The secret life of a child star: how Alyson Stoner survived stalkers, starvation and sexualisation | Television
When Alyson Stoner was nine, a wardrobe assistant on the set of a TV show noticed the child actor’s dark leg-hair and told Stoner it was “dirty and unladylike”, and …
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The US television network has been building its own news division separate from NBC News, and will also remove NBC’s peacock symbol from its new logo. The MSNBC news network …
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Lifestyle
‘An undercurrent of impenetrable sadness’: the tragic TV debut of Katie Price and Peter Andre’s daughter | Television
There is something slightly sweet about the new ITV2 show The Princess Diaries. It is a reality series about a girl nearing 18, trying to figure out what she wants …
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Culture
‘We are obsessed with weight’: Bob Harper on life as a trainer on The Biggest Loser | Television
In Netflix’s new documentary about The Biggest Loser, Joelle Gwynn, a contestant on the televised weight-loss competition, has a message for her former fitness trainer: ‘Fuck you, Bob Harper.’ Gwynn …
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Culture
‘Marty stop that! You can’t do it!’: Scorsese reveals he toyed with buying a gun to threaten film studio | Television
Oscar-winning film director Martin Scorsese threatened to buy a gun when in a rage at a film studio, according to a new docuseries about his life. After suggested edits to …
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Culture
Kidnap, blackmail and Suranne Jones as PM: inside Hostage, Netflix’s breakneck new political thriller | Television
Hostage is a political thriller, and observes the conventions in many ways. The pace is absolutely flawless, it’s twisty, it has emotional heft. The British prime minister, Abigail Dalton, played …
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It was the crossover that no one in the entertainment industry, or the sports world, saw coming: the stars of Deadpool and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia aligning in February …
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Culture
Necaxa review – Eva Longoria’s attempt at recreating Welcome to Wrexham is just painful | Television
Welcome to Wrexham is one of those TV shows that has moved its genre up a level. After years of glossy “behind-the-scenes” documentaries that were just another part of million-dollar …