Explore
Trendpost
Why Halloween Episodes Let TV Writers Break Their Own Rules
From non-canon deaths to genre-bending chaos, Halloween specials give TV writers a creative free pass to break the established rules of a show.
Read More
The List Wire
Taylor Swift debuts 'Patient Zero' video at MTV Video Music Awards
Taylor Swift was her dazzling self as she received the first VMA Artist Director Award in Los Angeles and debuted her 'Patient Zero' video.
Read More
Trendpost
Standards and Practices Shaped Network-TV Halloween Scares
A look at how network television's Standards and Practices departments influenced the golden age of Halloween specials and TV horror.
Read More
Discover daily
The “LAND” Letters Were Removed From the Hollywood Sign in 1949
The Hollywood Sign, a globally recognized landmark, stands as a prominent symbol of Los Angeles, California, and the American film industry. Perche...
Read More
Trendpost
How Animated Halloween Episodes Get Away With Bigger, Stranger Ideas
Animated Halloween specials often feature darker, weirder, and more ambitious stories than regular episodes. Here’s how they get away with it.
Read More
Trendline
Spike Lee, Chance the Rapper, and Scottie Pippen Featured in J.Crew's 40th Anniversary Barn Jacket Campaign
Spike Lee, Chance the Rapper, and Scottie Pippen Featured in J.Crew's 40th Anniversary Barn Jacket Campaign
Read More
Variety
Taylor Swift Premieres ‘Patient Zero’ Music Video at VMAs, Turning Her New ‘Showgirl: Encore’ Single Into a Dramatic Ghost Story
It’s a love story? Hardly — it’s a ghost story. Taylor Swift brought her “Patient Zero” music video to the MTV Video Music Awards Sunday night for its official world premiere, following up the release of the single at the beginning of the weekend with visuals that take the triangle in the song into more […]
Read More
USA Today
Brutally honest reviews of every VMAs performance, including Madonna and Raye
From show-opener Madonna to upstarts Raye and Shaboozey, the MTV VMAs brought the usual array of buzzy performances. Here's how they fared.
Read More
Trendpost
How 'Treehouse of Horror' Turned Anthology Structure Into a Sitcom Superpower
An analysis of how The Simpsons' annual 'Treehouse of Horror' specials used the anthology format to break rules and become a TV institution.
Read More
Variety
‘South Park’ Season 29 Premiere Hits 4.2 Million Viewers in Three Days and Jumps 33% in Rating After Renaming to ‘South America’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s latest stunt has paid off. The Season 29 premiere of “South America” — renamed from “South Park” as a parody of Donald Trump’s controversial initiatives to rename major landmarks — hit 4.2 million viewers in three days. That total accounts for viewership across Comedy Central and Paramount+ in the U.S. […]
Read More
Variety
Shemar Moore Is Back in Action in Starz’s Solid Cop Drama ‘S.W.A.T. Exiles’: TV Review
Just one year after wrapping an eight-season run on CBS’ “S.W.A.T.,” Shemar Moore’s stoic but righteous Sergeant II Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson Jr. returns on a new network in the spinoff series “S.W.A.T. Exiles.” Created by Jason Ning, the Starz show is set two years after the original series ended, and Hondo is in a very […]
Read More
Trendline
Megadeth Collaborates with Prince St. Pizza for 40th Anniversary of 'Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?'
Megadeth Collaborates with Prince St. Pizza for 40th Anniversary of 'Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?'
Read More
