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Say Goodbye to 'Buck Rogers'
Say Goodbye
to 'Buck Rogers'
OBITUARY
Dec 17, 2025 12:30 PM CST

Say Goodbye to 'Buck Rogers'

Actor Gil Gerard dies in hospice at age 82 after battle with rare, aggressive cancer

(Newser) - Gil Gerard, who played television's hunky sci-fi hero William "Buck" Rogers soon after the Star Wars franchise took hold in the late 1970s, has died. He was 82. Gerard died on Tuesday in hospice as a result of a rare, aggressive form of cancer, said his manager, Tina...

Shock Surrounds Some of the Golden Globe Snubs

Wicked: For Good director Jon M. Chu didn't get a nomination, nor did Joe Rogan or Gwyneth Paltrow

(Newser) - Perhaps the Wicked team should have called on Madame Morrible to enact some dark magic on Golden Globe voters before nominations were announced Monday, as Wicked: For Good wasn't nominated for best picture or best director. Others left out this year include Joe Rogan, Sydney Sweeney, and Gwyneth Paltrow,...

What's Behind the 'Dreaded Irony' of Generation X

New York Times explores how the misnamed 'slacker' generation has changed culture

(Newser) - The New York Times Style Magazine is going big on Generation X, as evidenced by the headline on its cover story: "Is Gen X Actually the Greatest Generation?" Writer Amanda Fortini, herself a member, focuses on how a group often written off as "slackers" has generated so many...

The Worst TV Shows to Ever Air
The Worst
TV Shows
to Ever Air
Nov 15, 2025 5:30 AM CST

The Worst TV Shows to Ever Air

Before the universally reviled All's Fair, there was still truly awful television

(Newser) - It might seem like Kim Kardashian found the basement of bad television with her universally trashed "legal drama," All's Fair, but she had plenty of company in the race to the bottom. ScreenRant takes a gleeful look around the medium to run down the worst shows ever...

How Colbert Found Out His Show Was Canceled

CBS didn't tell him, Late Show host reveals to GQ

(Newser) - Stephen Colbert is two months into processing the end of his Late Show run, and while "I've wrapped my head around" the cancelation itself, "in terms of how I feel about it, no, I don't know because the shows go on," he says in a...

Trump: Seth Meyers' Mockery May Be 'Illegal'

President slams late-night host's '100% anti Trump' jokes

(Newser) - President Trump has a new late-night host in his sights: In a Truth Social post over the weekend, Trump suggested that Seth Meyers' relentless mockery of him is "probably illegal," reports USA Today . Trump said he'd tuned in to the NBC show for the first time in...

Critics Slam Bataclan Series for Being 'Indecent'

They don't love that TV drama was filmed at site of terror attack, though some survivors are OK with it

(Newser) - The director behind a new TV drama re-creating the 2015 Bataclan terror attack is pushing back against claims that filming inside the Paris concert hall was "indecent." Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, who took home an Oscar for best documentary feature in 2002 for Murder on a Sunday Morning, argues...

Wordle Is Coming to Your Television

Jimmy Fallon to produce, Savannah Guthrie to host

(Newser) - Wordle is taking a shot at prime time. NBC is developing a TV game show based on the wildly popular word puzzle, with Jimmy Fallon producing and Today anchor Savannah Guthrie set to host, Variety reports. The pilot is now filming in the UK, though NBC is staying quiet...

Tom Brady: From Deflategate to Boothgate?

Tom Brady's Raiders stake collides with his TV analyst gig

(Newser) - For fans still reeling from Deflategate , Tom Brady's reputation as far as cheating never ballooned back to full size. Now the seven-time Super Bowl champ finds himself in another ethically gray area—this time as both a Raiders minority owner and Fox's top NFL analyst. The Athletic reports...

Amazon Sued Over 'Bait and Switch' on Movie Buys

Class-action complaint says digital purchases of films, TV shows are really just revocable licenses

(Newser) - A new class-action lawsuit is challenging the way Amazon sells movies and TV shows online, arguing that consumers aren't actually "buying" titles as advertised, but instead getting a license that can be revoked at any time. The suit, filed last week in federal court in Washington, accuses...

'Cletus Hogg' Has Chased After His Last General Lee

Rick Hurst, who played slightly dopey deputy on Dukes of Hazzard , dies at 79

(Newser) - For a while during the era when Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan were president, Rick Hurst was a household name, playing Deputy Cletus Hogg on the popular '80s action-comedy series Dukes of Hazzard, per ABC7 . He wasn't quite as well known in his later years, but the tributes...

This Teen Deserves to Be an Emmy Rarity
This Teen Deserves
to Be an Emmy Rarity
OPINION
Jun 12, 2025 11:30 AM CDT

This Teen Deserves to Be an Emmy Rarity

Owen Cooper deserves to win for Adolescence , writes TV critic Glenn Whipp

(Newser) - This year's Emmy nominations come out next month, and the name of 15-year-old Owen Cooper is expected to be among them. At the Los Angeles Times , TV writer Glenn Whipp makes the case that the central character in the Netflix series Adolescence should be more than nominated—he should...

MTV's Ananda Lewis Dies at 52
MTV's
Ananda Lewis
Dies at 52
OBITUARY
Jun 12, 2025 6:27 AM CDT

MTV's Ananda Lewis Dies at 52

Former VJ dies of breast cancer

(Newser) - Ananda Lewis, the former MTV VJ who hosted Total Request Live and Hot Zone before heading the short-lived The Ananda Lewis Show, died at home in Los Angeles on Wednesday. She was 52. Lewis died of breast cancer, which she'd reportedly been fighting since 2019. She was initially diagnosed...

An Entertainment Giant Is Splitting in Two

Warner Bros. Discovery separating streaming (HBO Max) from cable (CNN)

(Newser) - The entertainment behemoth Warner Bros. Discovery is splitting itself into two companies—one centered on streaming and the other on its cable networks, reports CNN . The split, set for mid-2026, marks a dramatic pivot just three years after the company's high-profile merger.
  • One entity—temporarily called "Streaming
...

Why Sister Wives Is the 'Most American Show'
Why Sister Wives Is the
'Most American Show'
OPINION
Jun 5, 2025 1:54 PM CDT

Why Sister Wives Is the 'Most American Show'

It's the story of a family brought together and torn apart, and the ties that still bind: Monica Hesse

(Newser) - TLC's Sister Wives may have dropped off your TV radar after 19 seasons on the air, but if so, Monica Hesse believes you're missing out. Some of you out there "wouldn't be caught dead tuning in to this dumpster fire, you have better things to do,...

Dexter: Resurrection Trailer Debuts a Cast Full of VIPs

Uma Thurman, Peter Dinklage, and others join Michael C. Hall in latest serial killer series

(Newser) - Dexter is back—again—and this time, everyone's favorite serial killer is being joined by quite a cast. The trailer for Dexter: Resurrection, debuting next month on Showtime, shows Michael C. Hall's serial killer with a heart of gold first reuniting with an old pal (David Zayas as...

The Most Popular TV Shows of the Year

You probably won't be surprised that Squid Game is No. 1, per 35-day viewing stats from Nielsen

(Newser) - For the first time since streaming hit our screens, Nielsen has multi-platform ratings for television series across broadcast TV, cable, and streaming—and Netflix's Squid Game has emerged as the most-watched show for 2024-2025 overall, as well as among the 18-49 demographic, reports Variety . Nielsen's numbers measured 35...

Ashley Judd Reveals Final Text From Mom Naomi

Message before country star's suicide simply said 'pls help,' per new Lifetime docuseries

(Newser) - In 2022, Ashley Judd penned a poignant essay for the New York Times on finding her mother, country star Naomi Judd, in her final moments before dying, and on the aftermath in trying to keep police records sealed about Naomi's suicide. Now, the 57-year-old actor speaks out some more...

It's Apparently Time to Return to Wisteria Lane

Desperate Wives spinoff is underway, with Kerry Washington attached

(Newser) - For those longing for the network television of two decades ago, the reboot gods have got you covered. As Deadline reports, the housewives of Wisteria Lane are about to get desperate again in a spinoff of ABC's long-running hit, Desperate Housewives. Onyx Collective, which streams shows on Hulu, is...

Alicia Silverstone to Reprise Her Most Famous Role

Actor, 48, will star as Cher Horowitz in TV series based on 1995's Clueless

(Newser) - Alicia Silverstone was just a teen when she made Clueless, the movie that put her on the Hollywood map. Now 48, the actor is reprising the role of the Valley Girl-like Cher Horowitz for a TV series based on the 1995 film set to air on Peacock, reports Variety . The...

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