TV
‘The Simpsons’ to ‘The Problem With Apu’: Drop dead
Comedian Hari Kondabolu made a documentary in 2017 called The Problem With Apu.
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Trump calls Roseanne Barr, cheers ratings after show’s debut
President Donald Trump reached out to Roseanne Barr to congratulate her after the debut of her ABC sitcom reboot drew 18.4 million viewers.
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Mister Rogers is coming back to your neighborhood, on a stamp
The U.S. Postal Service announced that it will release a Forever Stamp featuring America's favorite neighbor, television icon Mister Rogers.
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Guests: Sonia Saraiya, Sam Adams Every year, the landscape of modern-day television is growing increasingly vast ...
Air Date: December 26, 2017
Listen 49:35NPR’s favorite TV shows of 2017
Before we begin, a note: See how the adjective up there in that headline is "favorite," not "best?" That's intentional.
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Should we talk about science like it’s magic?
We struggled to balance information and entertainment back in science TV shows to the '50s and '60s. In some ways, we still do.
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Listen 7:47The real ‘Fitz’ talks about taking down the Unabomber
The former Bensalem cop is at the center of a new Discovery Channel series called "Manhunt: Unabomber."
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Listen 5:40From North Philly to Vietnam, and trying to ‘come back normal’
Berks County veteran Ron Ferrizzi talks about being interviewed by a war correspondent and how marijuana helped him steady his nerves while in Vietnam.
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Listen 5:22‘The dream that sustained me:’ ‘Black-ish’ star Jenifer Lewis on living with mental illness
She’s best known for her starring role on the TV comedy “Black-ish,” but these days Jenifer Lewis, is increasingly making a name for herself as a mental health advocate.
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David Cassidy, singer and 1970s TV heartthrob, dies at 67
One of the biggest music and television stars of the 1970s has died.
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Della Reese, of TV’s ‘Touched by an Angel,’ has died at 86
Della Reese, the actress and gospel-influenced singer has died at age 86.
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Sexual assault: in politics, in Hollywood
Guests: Michelle Goldberg, Tyler Coates This is unmistakably an historic moment when it comes to powerful men get ...
Air Date: November 15, 2017
Listen 49:17That TV show you love so much doesn’t make you interesting
At a recent dinner party, I was seated next to a woman in her 70s, who, my hostess had told me, ran a suc ...
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Vietnam’s paradox: Veterans and objectors alike can feel like ‘moral deserters’
We accepted that we were free to choose our life’s direction and obligated to choose morally, but our choices were all so unpalatable. There was no exit, no honorable option.
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