
TV
How streaming, diversity, #MeToo shaped TV decade of change
Streaming is behind the biggest media revolution in 30 years, since cable TV's rapid growth in the 1980s, and it is looking to expand.
5 years ago
New Mr. Rogers film pushes superstar actor Tom Hanks to take a risk
Patrick Stoner interviewed the Oscar winner about portraying the PBS children’s TV legend. Here’s a conversation with WHYY’s Jennifer Lynn about that chat.
5 years ago
Listen 5:49Texting, emojis and meerkats at the zoo = Always Sunny’s funniest episode this year
There’s even a rare happy ending.
6 years ago
When you won’t save a choking friend: ‘Always Sunny’ gets dark as the Gang toys with death
Episode 4 of Season 14 doesn’t have a lot of local Philly flavor, but displays plenty of the city’s sardonic wit.
6 years ago
Philly’s most infamous Weird Twitter star has a new TV show. Here’s what it’s like.
Airing Wednesdays on Adult Swim, TruthPoint features Dril and a cohost examining modern society in the context of the “dark web.”
6 years ago
Airbnbs, a meet-cute and meta feminism: ‘Always Sunny’ returns for Season 14
Welcome to our weekly recaps of the show that’s kinda, sorta, somewhat about Philadelphia.
6 years ago
25 years later, a new generation gets immersed in ‘Friends’
In an era when everyone assumed they would move on to YouTube and Instagram video, young girls have embraced the series old-fashioned, sitcom format.
6 years ago
Wilmington hosts ’Magic’ show for historically black colleges
ESPN’s `First Take’ broadcast from the new 76ers Fieldhouse with guest star Magic Johnson, to attract students to historically black colleges
6 years ago
Downton Abbey actors Jim Carter (Mr. Carson), Kevin Doyle (Mr. Molesley) and Imelda Staunton, (Lady Bagshaw) talk about the series, the film, and the Downton phenomenon.
Air Date: September 20, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 48:57How television made Donald Trump
New York Times television critic James Poniewozik discusses his book, "Audience of One: Donald Trump, Television, and the Fracturing of America."
Air Date: September 19, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:00‘Edgy’ or offensive? Shane Gillis controversy fans fierce debate among Philly comedians
Four Philly comedians told WHYY this was the most divided the community had been in recent years.
6 years ago
Listen 2:00South Philly pizzeria to make national splash on Action Bronson’s Vice TV show
More capacity is being added, because Angelo’s Pizzeria already sells out regularly.
6 years ago
‘It’s our pageant:’ As Miss America leaves Atlantic City, residents get territorial
A day after the pageant said it was leaving for Connecticut, people in the resort town said they weren’t ready to see it go.
6 years ago
The Philly woman who videotaped a million hours of TV
Decades before YouTube, Marion Stokes taped everything on TV — nearly a million hours of it. Was she a hoarder or an archivist?
Air Date: July 3, 2019
Listen 12:32Where to watch the Democratic 2020 presidential debates in Philly
The first will be held Wednesday, June 26, and the second on Thursday, June 27. Both run two hours from 9 to 11 p.m.
6 years ago