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Big, Sweeping Television Is Back

What Shōgun’s incredible awards season performance says about the series, the Emmys, and the state of epic TV. By Joe Reid

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Let’s Wildly Speculate About The Great British Bake Off (Based on No Baking)

Who will win this season of GBBO? We’ve got no expertise but have lots of opinions. By Jason P. Frank

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Three of Our Best Actresses Elevate Netflix’s His Three Daughters

Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Olsen, and Natasha Lyonne play three sisters watching over their dying father in Azazel Jacobs’s drama. By Bilge Ebiri

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What If You Didn’t Have to Choose Between Cable and Streaming?

“Free HBO” isn’t really the full picture of WBD’s new Charter bundle. By Josef Adalian

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The B-Word at the Box Office Might Not Be ‘Bots’ Transformers One is only narrowly beating Beetlejuice Beetlejuice during its opening weekend.
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Janet Jackson Claims She ‘Was Told’ Kamala Harris Isn’t Black (Spoiler: She Is) “Her father’s white. That’s what I was told. I mean, I haven’t watched the news in a few days.”
good days 11:47 a.m.

Keke Palmer and SZA Starring in a Buddy Comedy Is the Best Idea Giving us something to look forward to in the new year.
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The 15 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend Including “one of the most graphic body-horror films I’ve ever seen.”
vulture games 5:00 a.m.

Cinematrix No. 179: September 21, 2024 Can you name a Letitia Wright movie that made $100 million?
coming soon 2:22 a.m.

Brooke Davis and Peyton Sawyer Are Bringing One Tree Hill Back Hilarie Burton said she “obviously” wants Netflix to greenlight the project.
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The Bachelor Franchise’s Casting Team Is Probably Having a Bad Week After another restraining order revelation, this time involving a Golden Bachelorette contestant.
is this play about us? 9/20/2024

Erik Menendez Calls Ryan Murphy’s Monsters ‘Naïve and Inaccurate’ He claims Murphy created “a caricature of Lyle rooted in horrible and blatant lies.”
cancel culture 9/20/2024

2024’s Canceled Shows, for Your Final Consideration Max had some ugly news for the Pretty Little Liars reboot.
vulture recommends 9/20/2024

Over the Garden Wall Is the Perfect Fall TV Show No program has captured the feeling of a crisp autumn as effectively as the wonderful Cartoon Network limited series.
coming soon 9/20/2024

Benedict Bridgerton’s Ho Phase Is Coming to a Close Yerin Ha will make a gentleman out of him.
gimme all your money 9/20/2024

The Golden Globes Are Still Pay to Play Can we borrow a dollar? We’re trying to get What We Do in the Shadows a Golden Globe or six.
eyes on the ball 9/20/2024

The Best Streaming Services for Every Kind of Sports Fan Whether you want to watch the NFL, the World Series, or darts.
felt fight! 9/20/2024

Oh No, Muppet Twitter Is Feuding With the SNL Movie No weapon formed against Jim Henson shall prosper.

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overnights 9/20/2024

How to Die Alone Recap: Facing Flight How to Die Alone explores a few TV tropes as it finds its mid-season groove.
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Pachinko Recap: Under Pressure The expectations and responsibilities to family, home, and work are starting to weigh on everyone.
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A Very Royal Scandal Finale Recap: Consequences After the fallout of the interview, the series leaves us thinking about whether there will ever be real justice for Jeffrey Epstein’s victims.
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The Old Man Recap: Family Feud With the whole makeshift family finally together, Emily has to reevaluate her relationships with her father figures.
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The Penguin Series-Premiere Recap: Wrong Guy, Wrong Night Oswald Cobb sees his opening to take control of Gotham. The only thing standing in his way? A hellbent Sofia Falcone, fresh from Arkham Asylum.
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The Real Housewives of Orange County Recap: Jean Therapy Everyone should thank Emily for telling Alexis what we’re all thinking.
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A Very Royal Scandal Recap: They Got Nixon This Way There is a small joy in watching Prince Andrew be convinced that his disastrous Newsnight interview went well.
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A Very Royal Scandal Series-Premiere Recap: I’ve Been to War Besides jogging our memories of the bombshell interview to come, the premiere works hard to draw parallels between Emily Maitlis and Prince Andrew.
overnights 9/19/2024

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Recap: My Dinner with Adar In a week with big developments, the long dinner conversation between Galadriel and Adar makes for the episode’s best moments.
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Agatha All Along Recap: ‘The Road’ Less Traveled Even if the “I’m building a team” part of the episode feels rushed, we’re getting insight into who Agatha is as a character.
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Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Premiere Recap: Time Doesn’t Heal All Wounds Now that Monica is gone, the women start the season picking up the pieces, reigniting old feuds, and making up new gripes.
overnights 9/18/2024

Agatha All Along Series-Premiere Recap: The Witch Is Back As with WandaVision, it’s tempting to predict the kind of show this is about to be based on this premiere. But we’ve seen this trick before.
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Survivor Season-Premiere Recap: Raggedy Andy We kick off the season with a truly baffling first vote.
overnights 9/18/2024

The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras Recap: Carageddon The Challenge house will know no peace this week as confrontation after confrontation unfurls.

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close read 9/20/2024

Did Ryan Murphy’s Monsters Need to Be So Sexy? The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story implies there was an incestuous relationship between the brothers. Why?
song review 9/20/2024

A Brief Pink Floyd Détente A new cover of ‘Comfortably Numb’ finally forced David Gilmour and Roger Waters to agree on something.
there is still time 9/20/2024

I Saw the TV Glow’s Ending Is Full of Hope, If You Want It to Be There’s a way to read the end of Jane Schoenbrun’s masterful new movie as grim, even nihilistic. But you must actively choose to see it that way.
close read 9/20/2024

Are We Getting The Substance All Wrong? The Demi Moore horror film is being hailed for its feminism, but its real strength is in its portrayal of addictive behavior.
movie review 9/20/2024

Three of Our Best Actresses Elevate Netflix’s His Three Daughters Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Olsen, and Natasha Lyonne play three sisters watching over their dying father in Azazel Jacobs’s drama.
song review 9/20/2024

‘Woman’s World’ Is the Stalest Sort of Retread Katy Perry’s old formula just doesn’t work anymore.
movie review 9/20/2024

In Search of a More Welcoming Reality Jane Schoenbrun’s I Saw the TV Glow is an enveloping, confounding film about isolation, gender transition, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
art review 9/20/2024

Yvonne Well’s Patchwork Histories A new show spotlights how the artist’s abstract quilts tell the story of the African diaspora.
close read 9/20/2024

Hot Commodity In Sally Rooney’s novels, love is always being bought, sold, or reduced to tropes. But this is also what makes it real.
tv review 9/19/2024

Who Needs the Batman? As The Penguin’s representatives of Gotham’s underworld, Colin Farrell and Cristin Milioti can do bad all by themselves.
theater review 9/19/2024

Mama Grizzlies Tear Into Lunch in oh, Honey In Jeana Scotti’s play, everyone’s got a son facing sexual-misconduct accusations, and the waitperson is taking notes.
movie review 9/19/2024

A Different Man Might Be Overthinking Things Sebastian Stan is very good in this droll, distant drama about being unable to escape yourself, but it’s Adam Pearson who brings the film to life.
powers ranking 9/18/2024

Which Witches Are Bringing the Most to Agatha All Along’s Coven? Acting-wise, not magic-wise.
identity crisis 9/15/2024

Hacks Isn’t a Good Comedy But it could be a great drama.

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Paris Hilton Would Work It Out With Lindsay Lohan on a Remix By Devon Ivie

How to Die Alone (S1/E5)

Facing Flight How to Die Alone explores a few TV tropes as it finds its mid-season groove.
Pachinko (S2/E5)

Under Pressure The expectations and responsibilities to family, home, and work are starting to weigh on everyone.
A Very Royal Scandal (S1/E3)

Consequences After the fallout of the interview, the series leaves us thinking about whether there will ever be real justice for Jeffrey Epstein’s victims.
The Old Man (S2/E3)

Family Feud With the whole makeshift family finally together, Emily has to reevaluate her relationships with her father figures.
The Penguin (S1/E1)

Wrong Guy, Wrong Night Oswald Cobb sees his opening to take control of Gotham. The only thing standing in his way? A hellbent Sofia Falcone, fresh from Arkham Asylum.
The Real Housewives of Orange County (S18/E11)

Jean Therapy Everyone should thank Emily for telling Alexis what we’re all thinking.
A Very Royal Scandal (S1/E2)

They Got Nixon This Way There is a small joy in watching Prince Andrew be convinced that his disastrous Newsnight interview went well.
A Very Royal Scandal (S1/E1)

I’ve Been to War Besides jogging our memories of the bombshell interview to come, the premiere works hard to draw parallels between Emily Maitlis and Prince Andrew.
The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power (S2/E6)

My Dinner with Adar In a week with big developments, the long dinner conversation between Galadriel and Adar makes for the episode’s best moments.
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now streaming The 15 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend Including “one of the most graphic body-horror films I’ve ever seen.” By Savannah Salazar
eyes on the ball The Best Streaming Services for Every Kind of Sports Fan Whether you want to watch the NFL, the World Series, or darts. By Dan Reilly
buffering What If You Didn’t Have to Choose Between Cable and Streaming? “Free HBO” isn’t really the full picture of WBD’s new Charter bundle. By Josef Adalian
ratings The Limits of a Twice-Yearly Netflix Viewing Report Here’s how the streamer could do better. By Josef Adalian

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close read Hot Commodity In Sally Rooney’s novels, love is always being bought, sold, or reduced to tropes. But this is also what makes it real. By Andrea Long Chu
ratings The Limits of a Twice-Yearly Netflix Viewing Report Here’s how the streamer could do better. By Josef Adalian
tv review Who Needs the Batman? As The Penguin’s representatives of Gotham’s underworld, Colin Farrell and Cristin Milioti can do bad all by themselves. By Roxana Hadadi

Movies

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The B-Word at the Box Office Might Not Be ‘Bots’

Transformers One is only narrowly beating Beetlejuice Beetlejuice during its opening weekend. By Alejandra Gularte

good days Keke Palmer and SZA Starring in a Buddy Comedy Is the Best Idea Giving us something to look forward to in the new year. By Tom Smyth and Alejandra Gularte
now streaming The 15 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend Including “one of the most graphic body-horror films I’ve ever seen.” By Savannah Salazar
gimme all your money The Golden Globes Are Still Pay to Play Can we borrow a dollar? We’re trying to get What We Do in the Shadows a Golden Globe or six. By Jason P. Frank

felt fight! Oh No, Muppet Twitter Is Feuding With the SNL Movie No weapon formed against Jim Henson shall prosper. By Rebecca Alter
instant classic Arrivederci, La Chimera at IFC Center The real song of the summer was the film’s 25-week theatrical run. By Fran Hoepfner
there is still time I Saw the TV Glow’s Ending Is Full of Hope, If You Want It to Be There’s a way to read the end of Jane Schoenbrun’s masterful new movie as grim, even nihilistic. But you must actively choose to see it that way. By Emily St. James
a how-to guide There Are Ways to Be Normal on the Substance From The Substance Sorry to Elisabeth Sparkle, but I’m built different. By Fran Hoepfner
fall preview 2024 Adam Pearson Is No Wallflower In A Different Man, the actor has his biggest role to date in a dark comedy inspired by his upbeat personality. By Bilge Ebiri

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TV

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Brooke Davis and Peyton Sawyer Are Bringing One Tree Hill Back

Hilarie Burton said she “obviously” wants Netflix to greenlight the project. By Alejandra Gularte

close read Did Ryan Murphy’s Monsters Need to Be So Sexy? The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story implies there was an incestuous relationship between the brothers. Why? By Jen Chaney
is this play about us? Erik Menendez Calls Ryan Murphy’s Monsters ‘Naïve and Inaccurate’ He claims Murphy created “a caricature of Lyle rooted in horrible and blatant lies.” By Alejandra Gularte
cancel culture 2024’s Canceled Shows, for Your Final Consideration Max had some ugly news for the Pretty Little Liars reboot. By Jason P. Frank
coming soon Benedict Bridgerton’s Ho Phase Is Coming to a Close Yerin Ha will make a gentleman out of him. By Bethy Squires and Alejandra Gularte

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Sabrina Carpenter Wants Her Stocking Stuffed (by Netflix) She’s making a Netflix Xmas special. Please, please, presents! By Bethy Squires

this week in late night Stephen Colbert’s Worst Pun Was the Best Thing on Late Night This Week Also Zayn Malik’s mime work on The Tonight Show and Ms. Pat’s sit-down stand-up on Late Night. By Bethy Squires
무궁화 꽃이 피었습니다 Squid Game Season Two Is Closer Than You Think We’ve got a release date, a teaser clip, and season three news. By Alejandra Gularte and Jennifer Zhan
ratings The Limits of a Twice-Yearly Netflix Viewing Report Here’s how the streamer could do better. By Josef Adalian
tv review Who Needs the Batman? As The Penguin’s representatives of Gotham’s underworld, Colin Farrell and Cristin Milioti can do bad all by themselves. By Roxana Hadadi

Music

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Janet Jackson Claims She ‘Was Told’ Kamala Harris Isn’t Black (Spoiler: She Is)

“Her father’s white. That’s what I was told. I mean, I haven’t watched the news in a few days.” By Alejandra Gularte

song review A Brief Pink Floyd Détente A new cover of ‘Comfortably Numb’ finally forced David Gilmour and Roger Waters to agree on something. By Stephen Thomas Erlewine
public theater Rooting for Them Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are keeping unapologetic, ostentatious celebrity romance alive. By Angelica Jade Bastién
chat room Paris Hilton Would Work It Out With Lindsay Lohan on a Remix They already ended their feud, but it “would be so iconic.” By Devon Ivie

superlatives Nelly Furtado on the Music That Terrified and Changed Her Plus, her favorite bird: “Thank you for asking.” By Emma Madden
profile Jamie xx Didn’t Ruin Club Music But that hasn’t stopped the producer from worrying about his impact. By Shaad D'Souza
song review ‘Woman’s World’ Is the Stalest Sort of Retread Katy Perry’s old formula just doesn’t work anymore. By Justin Curto
timelines A Timeline of Katy Perry Working With Dr. Luke “He was one of many collaborators that I collaborated with.” By Zoe Guy
what she’s done What’s Up With Linkin Park’s New Singer? Chester Bennington’s mother said she feels “betrayed” by the band. By Justin Curto

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Lorne Michaels Is Staying Put at SNL

The show’s creator, who previously said he might leave the show after season 50, now wants to stay as long as he can. By Hershal Pandya

dramaturgically Release the Frog Cut of The Apprentice We could have had another “not a musical” musical in awards consideration this year! By Bethy Squires
over the hill How Is SNL Celebrating Its Big Five-Oh? With Maya Rudolph’s Kamala Harris, a John Mulaney hosting gig, and Chappell Roan, for starters. By Jennifer Zhan
big big news! Saturday Night Live Season 50 Will Have Stand-Ups, Witches, and Jelly Roll Jean Smart will kick off the season, followed by Nate Bargatze, Ariana Grande, Michael Keaton, and John Mulaney. By Jason P. Frank

chat room TikTok’s Favorite Servers Spread Positivity and Brain Rot Missy McIntosh and Marty Miller changed the way the we speak English from their gig at the “burger box,” girl. By Rebecca Alter
emmys 2024 How The Bear Lost the Best Comedy Emmy to Hacks To start, it wasn’t a comedy. By Joe Reid
identity crisis Hacks Isn’t a Good Comedy But it could be a great drama. By Nicholas Quah
emmys 2024 Lorne Michaels Does Not Have to Suffer Alone Or, as Bowen Yang calls him, “Lauren.” By Rebecca Alter
for all the dogs They Tried to Play Off a Dead Dog at the Emmys John Oliver started to say something “silly,” but did he? By Bethy Squires

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Theater

theater review

Mama Grizzlies Tear Into Lunch in oh, Honey

In Jeana Scotti’s play, everyone’s got a son facing sexual-misconduct accusations, and the waitperson is taking notes. By Sara Holdren

audra’s turn Gypsy Casts Someone Other Than Audra McDonald Four months after teasing the Broadway revival. By Jason P. Frank
tiff 2024 The Piano Lesson Can’t Quite Live Up to August Wilson’s Play Malcolm Washington’s The Piano Lesson is a worthwhile and occasionally quite moving adaptation. But it lives uncomfortably between two forms. By Bilge Ebiri
theater review Counting and Cracking Is a Joyous Generational Square-off Plus a smart new play, ‘The Ask,’ at the Wild Project. By Sara Holdren
theater review The Roommate Barely Unpacks Its Own Boxes It settles in, and then it’s gone. By Sara Holdren

egot watch
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul EGOT With OMITB More like EEGGOOTT (because there’s two of them). By Bethy Squires

extra extra Brendan Fraser Is Staging Another Comeback The Oscar winner will star in Samuel D. Hunter’s Grangeville in early 2025. By Jason P. Frank
spicy takes Patti LuPone Can Shade Madonna With or Without Words “I’ve seen her onstage and I’ve seen her in a movie, and I went, ‘Umm, okay.’” By Jason P. Frank
rip James Earl Jones, Acting Legend, Dead at 93 The voice of Darth Vader and Mufasa was accomplished on stage and screen. By Justin Curto
oh hello again John Mulaney Will Reunite With Richard Kind on Broadway Likely featuring less — or, at the very least, a moderate amount of — tuna. By Hershal Pandya

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Books

close read Hot Commodity In Sally Rooney’s novels, love is always being bought, sold, or reduced to tropes. But this is also what makes it real. By Andrea Long Chu
it wasn’t paradise All the Semi-Salacious Non-Scandals in The Third Gilmore Girl Did anyone think a memoir by Kelly Bishop would be anything but classy? By Bethy Squires
vulture lists Forgotten YA Adaptations, Ranked by Cultural Impact Will Netflix’s Uglies leave a bigger mark than these 15 Twilight–Harry Potter–Hunger Games rip-offs? By Rory Doherty
booked and busy The National Book Foundation’s 2024 Fiction Longlist Featuring three debut novels, two short-story collections, and one Miranda July. By Emma Alpern
happy birthday The Twilight Saga’s Renesmee Cullen Is Old Enough to Vote Three questions for the Cullens as the 2024 election approaches. By Bethy Squires

Books

Art

art review Yvonne Well’s Patchwork Histories A new show spotlights how the artist’s abstract quilts tell the story of the African diaspora. By Jerry Saltz
encounter Thomas Houseago Was Mad at His Dad (and Larry Gagosian) It’s his first NYC gallery show in a decade, thanks in part to Leonardo DiCaprio. By Rachel Corbett
fall preview 2024 10 Art Shows We Can’t Wait to See This Fall An Alvin Ailey retrospective sets the tone for an array of eclectic offerings from the art world. By Jerry Saltz
art review Abigail Goldman’s American Horror Story Her new show, “State of Nature,” depicts our depraved moment in miniature — literally. By Jerry Saltz
public art watch A Sixteen-Foot-Tall Pigeon Comes to Nest on the High Line Please don’t feed Iván Argote’s monumental Dinosaur. By Carl Swanson