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Saturday Sports: NFL last week, college football, Magnus Carlsen clothing controversy

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Saturday Sports: NFL last week, college football, Magnus Carlsen clothing controversy NPR's Eric Deggans talks with Michele Steele of ESPN about the last week of the NFL regular season, the college football playoff semifinals, and a clothing controversy in chess. The NFL saves the best regular season game for last, and college football is down to its final four. DEGGANS: …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Netflix's jump into the ring of live boxing came with streaming glitches

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Netflix's jump into the ring of live boxing came with streaming glitches Netflix's foray into live boxing, with the bout between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, attracted millions of viewers but was marked by technical glitches. According to the stats that they put on screen after the fight ended, Tyson landed something like 18 punches in an eight-round match while …

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4 months ago

What to watch this fall: Here are the TV shows we're looking forward to

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What to watch this fall: Here are the TV shows we're looking forward to toggle caption Ian Watson/Hulu, Brooke Palmer/CBS, PBS, Prashant Gupta/FX, Sandy Morris/HBO Fall was once when all the new TV shows premiered, and when all the reruns finally ended. — Eric Deggans Sponsor Message YouTube Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, Sept. 5, Peacock A starry cast …

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4 months ago

A review of the new Peacock series 'Fight Night'

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A review of the new Peacock series 'Fight Night' The Peacock series Fight Night tells the story of how a party after Muhammad Ali's 1970 comeback fight in Atlanta became an infamous heist. The new Peacock series "Fight Night" tells how a party after the fight turned into a historic and infamous heist. DEGGANS: Based on a 2020 podcast about …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Michael Jackson's legacy 15 years later

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Michael Jackson's legacy 15 years later ADRIAN FLORIDO, HOST: It's been 15 years since the death of Michael Jackson, the King of Pop. Here to reflect on Michael Jackson's legacy are NPR's Eric Deggans and NPR's Ann Powers. FLORIDO: It's been 15 years since Michael Jackson died now, and these new projects keep popping up, pretty high-profile ones, including a …

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7 months ago

Pat Sajak's last day: A look at what made the 'Wheel of Fortune' host so special

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Pat Sajak's last day: A look at what made the 'Wheel of Fortune' host so special The "last of the old-school TV hosts" is retiring. In fact, Pat Sajak was a weatherman at KNBC here in Los Angeles when "Wheel Of Fortune" creator Merv Griffin called him in 1981 about possibly taking over the show. She's going to join "American …

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7 months ago

What to watch this summer: Here are the TV shows we're looking forward to

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What to watch this summer: Here are the TV shows we're looking forward to toggle caption Nick Strasburg/HBO, Jonathan Prime/Prime Video, Chuck Hodes/FX, Christos Kalohoridis/Netflix, Kelsey McNeal/FX, Ollie Upton/HBO It looks like we are in for a very hot summer. — Eric Deggans Sponsor Message Fantasmas | Official Trailer | Max YouTube Fantasmas, June 7, Max Created, written, starring and …

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11 months ago

A look at the game-changing platform that will transform sports streaming

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A look at the game-changing platform that will transform sports streaming Live sports is one of the few areas that has struggled to transition to streaming. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There's a giant new live sports streaming service coming from the companies behind ESPN, Fox Sports, TBS and TNT. So we've got these three companies - Disney, Fox and Warner Brothers …

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1 year, 8 months ago

'Succession' gets one step closer to finding a successor

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'Succession' gets one step closer to finding a successor ANDREW LIMBONG, HOST: OK. Straight up, if you watch "Succession" and haven't caught up to last night's episode, please dip out now to save yourself from huge spoilers. We've got NPR TV critic Eric Deggans and Linda Holmes from NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour. And, again, you know, when they're all …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Disney plans to cut 3% of its total global workforce in a cost-saving move

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Disney plans to cut 3% of its total global workforce in a cost-saving move Disney has begun the first of three rounds of layoffs, which CEO Bob Iger said in a memo will eventually total 7,000 jobs. MARTÍNEZ: Here to talk about what this means for Disney and consumers of its entertainment brands is NPR TV critic and media analyst …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Creators are weighing whether to provide TV watchers with the "binge" experience

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Creators are weighing whether to provide TV watchers with the "binge" experience We look at a debate that is currently something of a fixation for content creators: Should they provide a "binge" experience for a series, or dole out episodes weekly? But with a show like "The Last Of Us," going online, you can kind of pretend it's still around. …

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1 year, 10 months ago

The 75 best movies by Black directors—and where they’re streaming.

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Seven years ago—when #OscarsSoWhite was a hot topic and Obama was still president—Slate published the Black Film Canon, a list of 50 of the best and most culturally significant films by Black directors. “Dash insisted on making a migration film that would rely on the vibrancy of images, the richness of Gullah cultural rituals and its African rooted ancestral signification, …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Amazon's 'Lord of the Rings' prequel series spends a lot of time setting the scene

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Amazon's 'Lord of the Rings' prequel series spends a lot of time setting the scene Rings of Power, set thousands of years before the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies, is Amazon's shot at a big, pop culture bending hit, with a budget estimated at least $100 million a season. The new prequel series "The Lord Of The …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Ridley turns a horrific true story involving Hurricane Katrina into a scripted drama

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Ridley turns a horrific true story involving Hurricane Katrina into a scripted drama The Apple TV+ series Five Days at Memorial explores a terrible question: How did 45 patients die at a New Orleans hospital after Hurricane Katrina? A MARTINEZ, HOST: How 45 patients died in a New Orleans hospital after Hurricane Katrina is the true story that inspired the …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Spotify keeps Joe Rogan's podcast after clips of racist slurs in his episodes surface

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Spotify keeps Joe Rogan's podcast after clips of racist slurs in his episodes surface Spotify has doubled down on their stance to keep Joe Rogan's podcast on their platform, even after video evidence emerged of Rogan using racist language on his show over the years. So Rogan's apology came as news reports started surfacing that several dozen episodes of his …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Jon Stewart Takes On Serious Problems With Humor In New Show

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Jon Stewart Takes On Serious Problems With Humor In New Show Jon Stewart begins a new show which will examine a particular problem from many different sides. SHAPIRO: This is the first program like this Stewart has hosted since he left "The Daily Show" in 2015, and NPR TV critic Eric Deggans has been watching. And he's dropping one episode …

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3 years, 9 months ago

'The Bachelor' Finale Will Air As The Franchise Faces A Racial Reckoning

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'The Bachelor' Finale Will Air As The Franchise Faces A Racial Reckoning The season finale of The Bachelor is on Monday night, and it comes as the franchise faces a number of controversies over how it handles race and concludes the first season with a Black man as star. LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: It was long overdue, and ABC's "The Bachelor" …

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4 years ago

New Series 'Coyote' Explores Crisis At America's Border With Mexico

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New Series 'Coyote' Explores Crisis At America's Border With Mexico Michael Chiklis plays a Border Patrol agent forced to work for a drug cartel in the CBS All Access series Coyote. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans says it isn't quite the show he hoped to see about the crisis at America's border with Mexico. So it's more than a little …

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4 years, 7 months ago

Janelle Monae Gets Series Lead Debut In Season 2 Of Amazon Prime's 'Homecoming'

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Janelle Monae Gets Series Lead Debut In Season 2 Of Amazon Prime's 'Homecoming' Janelle Monae has her first TV series lead role in Season 2 of Amazon Prime's psychological thriller Homecoming as a vet who wakes up in a rowboat with no memory of who or where she is. This may sound like a cliche, but nothing is truly as …

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5 years, 3 months ago

Shining Moments And Cheap Stunts At The 3rd Democratic Presidential Debate

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Shining Moments And Cheap Stunts At The 3rd Democratic Presidential Debate A review of the third Democratic presidential debate. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Last night's Democratic presidential debate in Houston was always going to be different from the ones we've already watched. KELLY: NPR's TV critic Eric Deggans was watching, as was political editor Domenico Montanaro, and they both have …

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5 years, 5 months ago

Creators Of FX's 'Pose' Talk About New Revelations On Show

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Creators Of FX's 'Pose' Talk About New Revelations On Show The award-winning FX series, Pose, chronicles the lives of LGBTQ characters in New York's underground ballroom culture. INSKEEP: The FX show "Pose" chronicles the lives of gay and transgender characters in New York's ballroom culture in 1990. DEGGANS: Madonna's "Vogue" Echoes through the show's second season, raising hopes that New …

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