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Next year, Black Mirror will not-so-boldly go where it’s gone before. News recently broke that the seventh season of Charlie Brooker’s dystopian sci-fi anthology series, set to premiere on Netflix sometime in 2025, will include a sequel — more specifically, a return to the virtual final frontier of "USS Callister," a.k.a. the Star Trek-themed episode from Season 4.

Black Mirror's Best Episode Transcends Timeliness, Even as It Gets More Timely By the Day

The summer solstice is still a couple weeks away, but awards season is in full bloom — the Television Critics Association just announced the nominees for its 40th annual awards, a milestone for the organization. If you've been paying attention to the zeitgeist, you won't be surprised by the...

Shōgun, The Bear, and Baby Reindeer Lead TCA 2024 Nominations

Central Perk isn’t reopening its doors any time soon. At the Banff World Media Festival on Monday, Warner Bros. TV Group chairman Channing Dungey explained why a Friends reboot still remains highly unlikely even as Hollywood continues to lean into established I.P. “I think it would be very difficult...

Established IP Is All the Rage, But a Friends Reboot Is Still Off the Table

[Note: This article contains major spoilers for the Pretty Little Liars: Summer School finale, "Chapter Eight: Final Exam.”]. Pencils down, everyone! After eight bloody episodes, Max’s Pretty Little Liars: Summer School wrapped up its sophomore season on Thursday with a killer finale. The teen drama slasher picks up directly after the events of Original Sin and follows Imogen (Bailee Madison), Tabby (Chandler Kinney), Faran (Zaria), Mouse (Malia Pyles), and Noa (Maia Reficco) as they’re tormented by a mysterious new villain, Bloody Rose.

Even the Pretty Little Liars: Summer School Cast Couldn't Crack the Killer's Identity

The animated sitcom as it exists today — The Great North, Krapopolis, Rick and Morty, the list goes on — enjoys a level of quality that animators might have sold their drafting tables for in the 1990s. Fluidity and fidelity are the first two qualities you'll notice about these types of shows, regardless of how offbeat their character design is or how extravagant their vocal cast might be. Even South Park has finessed its famously crappy house style well beyond anything we could have imagined. The animated sitcom is now so polished with hypercompetence and homogeneity that it makes older series like Home Movies feel anarchic by comparison.

The Animated Sitcom Was Rarely More Subversive Than in Home Movies Season 1

It’s pride month, and what better way to kick off the celebration than to watch Dakota Johnson star as an awkward but adorable lesbian in Am I OK?. Directed by Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne, the comedy-drama film — which first premiered at Sundance in 2022 and debuted on Max on June 6 — centers on 32-year-old Lucy (Johnson), who realizes her dates with men aren’t working out because she’s actually a lesbian. With encouragement from her best friend Jane (Sonoya Mizuno), she comes out and tries to start dating women, but finds the process to be messier and more complicated than she’d hoped.

Am I OK? Lets Molly Gordon Be Spectacularly Annoying

You don’t need to be a parent to love Bluey, one of the most popular shows airing today. The Australian animated series, which first premiered on ABC Kids in 2018 before internationally streaming on Disney+, has become a cultural phenomenon — kids and adults alike just can’t seem to get enough of the anthropomorphic Blue Heeler puppy, her loving parents Chilli (Melanie Zanetti) and Bandit (David McCormack), and adorable younger sister Bingo (not to mention those darn cousins Muffin and Socks!).

Why Bluey's Bandit Is the Best TV Dad Today

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Challenges are part of life. People with various ages face certain obstacles. Some of them test our resilience and strength. Some zodiac signs have an unbeatable spirit that helps them overcome adversity. They don’t fear trying new things even when the odds are against them. Their perseverance often pays off as they reap big from their risks. Yet, their nature makes them hold onto abusive relationships as they fear moving on. Are you one of these resilient people?

3 Zodiac Signs Who Never Give Up

What makes a zodiac sign high maintenance? Needing extra attention can make someone high maintenance. Uncontrollable emotional roller coasters can make someone high maintenance. Demanding others more than they can give can make someone high maintenance. Needing all of the attention all or most of the time can make someone high maintenance.

5 Zodiac Signs That Are High Maintenance

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NEWARK, N.J. — Thomas Manzo, the ex-husband of a star from Bravo's "The Real Housewives of New Jersey," was convicted today of planning an assault on his ex-wife’s current husband in exchange for a lavish wedding reception, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. The 59-year-old Franklin Lakes resident was found guilty after a two-and-a-half-week trial before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton in Newark federal court.

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Within hours of the sighting on Wednesday, Frank van Manen caught word that there was a grizzly sow with five cubs in tow spotted in Yellowstone National Park. Five cubs following mom is so unlikely that van Manen, who leads the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team, pondered an explanation.

Five grizzly bear cubs make the largest litter in Yellowstone-area history

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The first time my family walked into a Ponderosa Steakhouse was in the late 1960s. It was new and the experience was great. Like other new restaurants, if the management doesn't stay on top, the quality of service can decline. The location we went to did change through the years, but in the beginning, it was great.

The 1960s: the Ponderosa and Bonanza Steakhouses are still around in some states

At a glance, there doesn’t seem to be much to feel optimistic about on the world stage this year. The simmering decades-long Israel-Palestine conflict has exploded into hot war again, with conservatively thousands dead. Afghanistan fell back under control of a repressive theocracy almost immediately after the end of a 20-year occupation ostensibly to prevent such a thing. A devastating civil war has racked Sudan and Haiti, a country that has struggled to catch a break since it gained independence, is in the third year of a crisis that began with the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.

A Throwaway Star Trek: The Next Generation Line Inspired 2024's Most Optimistic Meme

Star Wars has always drawn very clear lines between the good guys and the bad guys, but The Acolyte dares to ask who actually gets to define the difference between the Light Side and the Dark. It’s a question that fits well with the series’s anti-colonial and imperialist themes, but that bit of introspection is largely buried in the first four episodes of the Disney+ series under a parade of more familiar Star Wars touchstones.

The Acolyte Hovers On the Brink of the Star Wars Nostalgia Trap

Season 2 of the critically acclaimed series Interview With the Vampire is not without its more explosive, imminently meme-worthy moments, such as the forever teen queen vampire Claudia (Delainey Hayles) telling her father-brother-rather hapless companion Louis (Jacob Anderson) that love makes him stupid; the numerous incarnations of “Dreamstat,” aka Louis’ guilty conscience conjuring of Lestat (Sam Reid), the lover he grieves, though he believes he killed him; or the rightfully ballyhooed barnburner of a fifth episode. Yet one of the more potent, telling moments in the entire show — a moment that will usher in tragedy — comes as a silent look in a crowded theater.

All Hail Assad Zaman, Interview With a Vampire's Stealth Power Player

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The Animal Rescue of New England recently introduced Cagney and Lacey, two adorable German Shepherd puppies, who are now ready to find their forever home. These lively girls were saved from a shelter on the day they were due to be euthanized due to overcrowding. At approximately five months old, both puppies are brimming with energy and love.

Puppies Saved On The Day They Were To Be Euthanized Now Looking For Love

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Even one of TV’s most fearsome hosts can’t help but get a little antsy when surrounded by bees. In a new episode of his Nat Geo series Uncharted, Gordon Ramsay, he of countless Kitchen Nightmares and profanity-laden tirades, travels to Cuba to learn more about the island nation’s “hidden cuisine,” including sampling the absolute freshest of honey. To find it, he has to go straight to the source — and that’s when things have the potential to get prickly.

Gordon Ramsay Meets Something Even More Prickly Than He Is in This Exclusive Clip

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Virginia fans of The Young and the Restless who love Trevor St. John as Tucker McCall, brace yourselves. Soap Opera Digest has announced that Tucker will soon be off the show. St. John announced his departure on his official Twitter/X account on Tuesday. He pointed out that Tucker comes from Geonoa City and that he may return one day.

Y&R Breaking News: Trevor St. John is out as Tucker McCall

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The Scituate Animal Shelter of Massachusetts recently introduced two special poodles, Delia and Elle, who were found as strays in Boston just two days apart. Despite their initial separation, these poodles were reunited at the animal shelter, and it was immediately clear that they knew each other well. The shelter shared their heartwarming story, stating:

Meet Delia & Elle: The Stray Dogs Who Found Each Other Against All Odds

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The streets of MacArthur Park were alive with the energy of L.A.'s Mexican community on Sunday. In a grand display of civic duty, Mexican citizens living in Los Angeles flocked to the Mexican Consulate, eager to cast their historic vote.

Thousands Line Up at L.A.’s Mexican Consulate To Cast Their Historic Vote for Mexico’s First Woman President

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Orphan Black: Echoes May Have Sealed Its Fate With Its Title

Relatively early in the pilot episode of Orphan Black: Echoes, the spin-off and kinda-sorta sequel to the much beloved sci-fi drama about a disparate sorority of...

Orphan Black: Echoes May Have Sealed Its Fate With Its Title

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