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‘Ponies’ merges comedy with a gritty spy story in TV dramedy

By ANDREW DALTON
Jun 18, 2026 5:27 pm - “Ponies” is a bit of a unicorn. The Peacock series that stars Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson as widows of CIA operatives who become intelligence assets in the 1970s Soviet Union has real stakes, and real blood. But its tone is comic first and foremost.
‘Task’ master Brad Ingelsby put Ruffalo’s redemption at center of HBO series from the start

By ANDREW DALTON
Jun 18, 2026 4:57 pm - “Task” has tense standoffs between not-too-different cops and criminals. It has gunfights in the woods and heists that turn into bloodbaths that turn into kidnappings. Yet the HBO show’s most dramatic and essential moment may be a guy reading from a piece of paper.
What to stream: ‘Project Hail Mary,’ Colin Farrell in ‘Sugar’ and Myles Smith

Jun 15, 2026 5:15 am - The streaming debut of “Project Hail Mary” and Myles Smith’s debut album are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
Gene Shalit, longtime ‘Today’ show movie critic with bushy hair and massive mustache, dies at 100

By MARK KENNEDY
Jun 13, 2026 8:27 am - Gene Shalit, a movie critic and arts reporter for the “Today” show over four decades who was known for his puffy hair, oversized handlebar mustache and affection for groan-inducing puns, has died. He was 100.
From YouTube to Disney+: Preschool hit ‘Gracie’s Corner’ lands streaming and development deal

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr.
Jun 12, 2026 12:03 pm - During the pandemic, husband-and-wife professors noticed their kids’ educational videos lacked Black characters. So they created "Gracie's Corner," an animated educational series that blends nursery rhymes with hip-hop and R&B while teaching literacy, math and social-emotional skills. The show is now headed to Disney+.
‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ seizes the small-story moment in prestige TV with Dunk and Egg

By ANDREW DALTON
Jun 12, 2026 10:17 am - Ser Duncan is tall, but his story is small. And Ira Parker, showrunner of “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” HBO’s latest entry to the “Game of Thrones” universe that has charmed and disarmed viewers with its humble story of big, raw, aspiring knight Dunk and his tiny, cue ball-bald squire Egg, says it’s going to stay that way.
‘Doctor Who’ future uncertain as BBC scraps Christmas special and showrunner exits

Jun 11, 2026 1:40 pm - Is time finally up for the BBC science fiction series “Doctor Who”? The British broadcaster has canceled a Christmas special previously announced for later this year, and showrunner Russell T. Davies has confirmed his exit.
Takeaways from Scott Pelley’s emotional interview about his ‘60 Minutes’ demise

By JOCELYN NOVECK
Jun 09, 2026 3:50 pm - When CBS News President Tom Cibrowski asked Scott Pelley if he could come by for a meeting last Tuesday, the longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent had no idea that he was about to be fired.
What to stream: ‘Michael,’ Olivia Rodrigo and Keith Urban albums and Bonnaroo

Jun 08, 2026 5:15 am - The streaming service debut of “Michael” and new albums from Olivia Rodrigo and Keith Urban are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
Apple TV’s retelling of ‘Cape Fear’ brings a psycho killer into our homes in ‘a nightmare for today’

By MARK KENNEDY
Jun 04, 2026 4:20 pm - If there’s ever been a terrifying screen villain, it’s got to be Max Cady. He’s the sadistic, unhinged former inmate bent on getting revenge against the lawyer who put him away in “Cape Fear.” The 10-part series on Apple TV stars Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson as well-to-do lawyers whose family gets upended by Bardem’s revenge-seeking missile.

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