Mar 29 What’s your media diet? See how you compare to the NewsHour team By Elisabeth Ponsot Is it ethical to use a friend's Netflix password? Is cable still worth the cost? Read what NewsHour staff had to say about their media diet and share your thoughts. Continue reading
Mar 29 Are millennials missing out by scrapping cable TV subscriptions? By Hannah Yi Over the past five years, 3.8 million American homes have opted to cancel their cable subscription or not sign up at all. Continue reading
Mar 28 Watch 8:50 Cutting the cable cord: Will the online media boom mean the death of TV? By PBS News Hour Over the past five years, more than three million American homes have canceled their cable subscriptions while plenty more have signed up for online streaming services to control when, where and how they watch their favorite shows. Now, some of… Continue watching
Feb 16 Every reference Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon made during SNL’s 40th anniversary opening ditty By Colleen Shalby, Justin Scuiletti During SNL 40th anniversary special on Sunday, Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon highlighted many of those witty one-liners and favorite characters during a musical cold open. We rounded them up. Continue reading
Feb 14 Watch 4:08 Will ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ turn the tide for Asian Americans on TV? By PBS News Hour The new ABC sitcom "Fresh Off the Boat" debuted to winning ratings and marked the first time in 20 years you could watch a network series centered on an Asian-American family. But will the popular sitcom clear the path for… Continue watching
Feb 11 ‘House of Cards’ Season 3 leaked early, then immediately pulled By Colleen Shalby For a few minutes today, all of "House of Cards" season three was available on Netflix -- two weeks before its scheduled release. Continue reading
Dec 18 Watch 5:07 Stephen Colbert leaves the pundit behind to play himself By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 20 Award-winning director Mike Nichols dies at 83 By Victoria Fleischer Mike Nichols, an award-winning director known for his versatility and genre-blending productions for film, TV and stage, died on Wednesday evening. Over the course of a more than five decades long career, Nichols, known for such hits as “The Graduate,”… Continue reading
Nov 11 Watch Cosbys host ‘conversation’ of African-American artworks at the Smithsonian By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 16 Watch HBO offers streaming service as viewers shift to TV à la carte By PBS News Hour Continue watching