Jul 28 ‘Watchmen’ leads all Emmy nominees with 26 By Lynn Elber, Associated Press The prime-time Emmys are the first major entertainment awards to cope with limitations forced by the pandemic. Continue reading
Jun 10 HBO Max removes ‘Gone With the Wind,’ will add context By Jake Coyle, Associated Press HBO Max has temporarily removed "Gone With the Wind" from its streaming library in order to add historical context to the 1939 film long criticized for romanticizing slavery and the Civil War-era South. Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch 5:58 ‘Game of Thrones’ lives on in Medieval Croatian city By Christopher Livesay, Alessandro Pavone HBO's blockbuster series, "Game of Thrones," broke records for Emmy nominations and wins before it ended this year. But in the small Croatian city of Dubrovnik, the series lives on. It was the backdrop for much of the fantasy thriller,… Continue watching
Jul 30 ‘Chernobyl’ HBO series encourages curious tourists to visit Lithuania By Liudas Dapkus, Associated Press The Baltic country, which served as the filming location for "Chernobyl," has become a destination of so-called atomic tourism since the program aired earlier this year. Continue reading
Jul 16 ‘Game of Thrones’ earns a record-breaking 32 Emmy Award nods By Lynn Elber, Associated Press HBO's "Game of Thrones" slashed its way to a record-setting 32 Emmy nominations Tuesday for its eighth and final season, leading HBO back to dominance over Netflix, the streaming service that bumped it last year from atop the increasingly crowded… Continue reading
May 02 Watch 3:27 ‘Veep’ executive producer Frank Rich on a life in theater Writer and producer Frank Rich has led a long and varied career in the arts, from serving as theater critic for The New York Times to his current role as executive producer for the hit HBO show “Veep,” now in… Continue watching
Nov 07 Column: What Westworld gets wrong (and right) about human nature By Alan Jern, The Conversation Research by psychologists provides some insight into how most humans would actually act in HBO's Westworld. Continue reading
Apr 07 Watch 8:14 Anita Hill on the Thomas hearings, 25 years later: ‘I would do it again’ By PBS News Hour Twenty-five years ago, Anita Hill testified about sexual harassment from then-nominee Clarence Thomas. Now a new HBO film dramatizes the high-profile political battle that captured the nation’s attention and changed Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Hill joins Gwen Ifill to look… Continue watching
Aug 14 Watch 6:21 Does Sesame Street’s new address change its mission? By PBS News Hour Sesame Street, the beloved children's television series and PBS staple since 1969, will have a new address coming this fall. A five-year partnership with HBO means episodes will air first on the premium pay cable channel before appearing on public… Continue watching
Aug 13 ‘Sesame Street’ moves to HBO, with re-airs on PBS By Joshua Barajas After calling PBS home for 45 years, HBO is now how you get to “Sesame Street.” Sesame Workshop, the non-profit group that produces the show, announced Thursday that the next five seasons of the popular educational children's show will start… Continue reading