On Monday, January 27, 2025, the Clark County Office of the Medical Examiner in Las Vegas, Nevada, confirmed that country music singer Ryan Whyte Maloney had died. He was 44. Maloney rose to national attention in 2014 after auditioning for The Voice and obtaining a rare four-chair turnaround. He sang...
According to data from Nielsen, the 47th president’s second inauguration had only 24.6 million television viewers, a far cry from former President Biden’s 2021 inauguration, which saw 33.8 million viewers, and even Trump’s 30.6 million viewers for his 2017 inauguration. While there are multiple reasons for the low television turnout,...
From “The Last of Us” to “Daisy Jones & The Six,” Hollywood keeps turning books, games, spinoffs, and comics into blockbuster TV series. The biggest reasons are the rising popularity of streaming services and TV shows’ ability to dive deeper into complex stories than movies. Just take a look at...
Laugh tracks have been a staple of sitcoms and 20th-century TV shows, but are they really necessary to make a show funny? Sound engineer Charles Douglass invented the laugh track in the 1950s. The first-ever laugh track was used on “The Hank McCune Show” when producers recorded laughter as their...
Netflix has released the first trailer for the final season of its hit drama series YOU. According to Variety, the show will conclude with its fifth season, which Netflix officially renewed in March 2023. The trailer features the series’ infamous protagonist, Joe Goldberg, reflecting on the events that shaped his...
After seventeen years on the iconic morning news show Today, anchor Hoda Kotb celebrated her last day—and a Monday morning without 3 am alarms. Kotb spent her previous morning anchoring the show alongside her friends and coworkers on Friday, January 10. “I decided that this is the right time for...
A New Year means new releases, and without strikes to delay the production time of shows, fans are getting treated in 2025. 2025 will see some new shows but also some familiar returns. Some returns include Tim Burton’s “Wednesday” returning for a second season on Netflix and “The Last of...
A globally popular actress is set to appear as a new guest host on Today with Jenna & Friends. According to Variety, Scarlett Johanson was revealed as a guest host for the popular morning show on the network. Show co-host Jenna Bush Hager announced the news in a new episode...
Weekend Update first aired halfway through the original broadcast of Saturday Night Live on October 11, 1975. Conceived by writers Herb Sergent and Al Franken and original cast member and Update host, Chevy Chase, the program was written to parody the NBC monthly magazine “Update.” During his time as host,...
No network television show has impacted society, politics, and culture more than Saturday Night Live. First premiering in 1975, the iconic program will celebrate 50 years in January with an iconic celebration and a reunion of some of the most memorable cast members. Whether it be launching the careers of...
One of the most highly anticipated second seasons in TV history finally hit Netflix after a three-year hiatus. In September 2021, when it launched on the global streaming service, Squid Game became the most streamed series in Netflix history. The first season of the Korean dystopian drama followed Seong Gi-hun,...
Feeling festive this year, Sabrina Carpenter treated her fans to a nonsense and nostalgia-filled TV holiday special on Netflix. Full of surprise special guests, the pop star hosted the musical comedy special in front of a live studio audience. “There are comedy specials, music specials, and holiday specials, but who...
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