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‘Stranger Things’ goes high-concept in its grisly final season

By Lili Loofbourow
Nov 28, 2025 9:01 am - “Stranger Things,” which unveiled Volume 1 of its final season this week, did not scream “high-concept” when it debuted in 2016. Having seen four of the final season’s nine episodes, I can attest that there’s a lot of gratifying new material, particularly for fellow fans of author Madeleine L’Engle and Noah Schnapp, and one very weird subplot.
Chance the Rapper to co-host ‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’ from Chicago

By MARK KENNEDY
Nov 24, 2025 8:46 am - Ryan Seacrest will have some starry help ushering in 2026 on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” as Chance the Rapper will help co-host from Chicago and Rob Gronkowski and Julianne Hough will co-host from Las Vegas.
What to stream: ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Mickey 17,’ Kevin Hart and ‘A Grand Ole Opry Christmas’

Nov 24, 2025 5:00 am - Bong Joon Ho’s “Mickey 17,” a new batch of “Stranger Things” and Kevin Hart debuting a new comedy special on Netflix are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
Chef Lidia Bastianich hits the road in search of community in a divided country

By MARK KENNEDY
Nov 20, 2025 12:26 pm - Lidia Bastianich grew up in a small town in Italy where neighbors were like extended family. She’s hoping to spotlight and cultivate togetherness with her 14th TV special, “Lidia Celebrates America: A Nation of Neighbors,” which premieres at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25, on PBS.
Ariana Grande and Cher team up for ‘SNL’ in December. Josh O’Connor gets a hosting turn, too

Nov 18, 2025 7:08 am - The December lineup for “Saturday Night Live” now includes Ariana Grande as host on Dec. 20, with Cher returning as musical guest for the first time in nearly 40 years.
What to stream: ‘Wicked: For Good’ soundtrack, Ted Danson, ‘The Bad Guys 2’ and Black cowboys

Nov 17, 2025 5:15 am - Ted Danson’s “A Man on the Inside” returning to Netflix for its second season and Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo belting out the “Wicked: For Good” soundtrack are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
A new Netflix doc offers an intimate portrait of Selena, straight from her family’s vault

By MARIA SHERMAN
Nov 14, 2025 3:33 pm - “I do understand that what Selena means so many years later, to the Latino world,” her sister Suzette Quintanilla says. “Who better than to tell our story other than us?” she says of the new Netflix documentary “Selena Y Los Dinos: A Family’s Legacy.”
Ken Burns, Lin-Manuel Miranda offer history lesson ahead of PBS’ ‘American Revolution’

By HILLEL ITALIE
Nov 14, 2025 10:54 am - Filmmaker Ken Burns and “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda came together recently to discuss one of Burns’ most ambitious projects, “The American Revolution,” a 6-part, 12-hour documentary that premieres at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, on PBS stations.
Ken Burns says Americans have been fighting each other since the beginning

By Sonia Rao
Nov 14, 2025 10:28 am - There’s a neon sign in Ken Burns’ editing room that reads, “It’s complicated.” While Burns and co-directors Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt were working on his latest PBS docuseries, “The American Revolution,” the sign encouraged them to question the narratives they had been taught since childhood about the war.
Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys are deadly frenemies in ‘The Beast in Me’

By Lili Loofbourow
Nov 13, 2025 3:38 pm - Matthew Rhys’ smile is a fantastic weapon, and in Netflix’s new thriller “The Beast in Me,” he uses it to maximal effect — particularly when his character is negging Claire Danes’ character, a famous writer named Agatha Wiggs.

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