The Super Bowl, Shark Attacks And Monday Morning Quarterbacks
As longtime PCHH listeners know, Stephen Thompson hosts a Super Bowl party every year that keeps him hopping and keeps us from discussing the game in real time as we otherwise would. Therefore, we sat...
View ArticleAfter 16 Years, Jon Stewart Is Leaving 'The Daily Show'
A presidential election cycle looms, but one of the men most associated with covering presidential politics since the first election of George W. Bush won't be sitting in his usual spot: Comedy Central...
View ArticleWatch The Oscars With Us
The nominees are in, the arguments have been had , and the ceremony is all that's left of Oscar season. (Well, and the griping over what should have won.) On Sunday night, we'll be where lots of other...
View Article'Birdman' Wins Big On A Soggy Night At The Oscars
The rain that fell on Hollywood as the hours of red-carpet coverage wore on may have provided one of the evening's best visuals: actual people running around wearing plastic bags as they guided famous...
View ArticleHere Comes 'The X-Files,' Back For More Mulder, More Scully, And More
Everything old really is new again. Even aliens. Fox announced today that The X-Files , which ran on television from 1993 until 2002 and was accompanied by feature films in 1998 and 2008, will be back...
View Article'The Breakfast Club' At 30: '80s Classic Still Relatable Today
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit Transcript (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE BREAKFAST CLUB") ANTHONY MICHAEL HALL: (As Brian Johnson) You see us as a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a...
View Article5 Thoughts On Trevor Noah Taking Over 'The Daily Show'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHO1a1kvZGo We learned Monday morning what will become of The Daily Show on Comedy Central after Jon Stewart departs: It will be hosted by Trevor Noah, a 31-year-old...
View ArticleThe End Of 'American Idol'
[Note: Listen to the audio above to hear a conversation I had with Pop Culture Happy Hour team member Stephen Thompson about the end of the show.] Ahead of its fall programming presentation to...
View ArticleThe Heat Is On With These Summer Romance Novels
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: I'm Audie Cornish with help for those of you who are looking for something to read this summer and you don't necessarily want to...
View ArticleThe Ups And Downs Of The Toronto International Film Festival
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The Toronto International Film Festival is underway. It's the 40th year of the fest, and for a week now, our colleagues Linda...
View ArticleThere's A Story There: Why The Emmys Rocked Even As HBO Rolled
The hard numbers on Sunday night's Primetime Emmy Awards told a story that could look a little dull to the glancing eye. HBO, representing the old guard of premium television at a time when more...
View ArticleFans Anticipate Opening Of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit Transcript ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: You can call it a sheer product of capitalism, or you can call it a contemporary version of Homer's "Iliad." Actually, people call...
View Article'The Revenant,' 'Mad Max: Fury Road,' Scoop Up Most Oscar Nominations
Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit Transcript ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There are no bats in this year's Oscar nominations. We're going to have to wait until later this year for the big "Batman v...
View ArticleA Fond (No, Really!) Farewell To 'American Idol'
Oh, American Idol . You were too good for this world. OK, maybe not too good. Maybe too rooted in people voting via telephone calls. When the show, which concludes its run Thursday night, started in...
View ArticleFrom 'Apprentice' To 'MacGyver,' TV Raids Old Shows To Excite Advertisers
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View ArticleTV Networks Unveil Fall Lineup At Summer Press Tour
Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: This is the part of the summer when NPR TV critic Eric Deggans and pop culture correspondent Linda Holmes pack their bags, head to LA and...
View Article'Gilmore Girls' Returns On Netflix, Just In Time For A Holiday Binge
Most television shows arrive accompanied by the question, "Is it good?" Revivals of old shows, however, often arrive with the question, "Is it necessary?" The four new 90-minute installments of Gilmore...
View ArticleMary Tyler Moore: On Her Own, Single And Singular
Mary Tyler Moore, who died Wednesday, wasn't just beloved. She was the kind of beloved where they build you a statue. Moore's statue is in Minneapolis, where her best-known character, Mary Richards of...
View Article'Grey's Anatomy': The Secret Sauce Is Blood ... And Friendship
Grey's Anatomy is back Thursday night for the second part of its 13th season. It's hard to last that long, but it does seem that Grey's is — in the words of a friend of mine — "unkillable." And when...
View ArticleA Shocking Ending Caps A Big Oscar Night For 'Moonlight'
Well, excuse me while I throw away my first draft, won't you? For quite a while, Sunday night's Oscars seemed fairly tame. La La Land , the retro musical with Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, came into the...
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