While "SNL" often reflects white male dominance, its downtown NYC roots and cast’s queer proximity set it apart.

The genre of romantic comedies covers far more than the basic “romcom.” For those who crave something a little more honest, there is its sharper, acerbic sibling: the comedy of romance.

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In the 1990s, Tim Allen was the king of the family sitcom genre thanks to Home Improvement. He starred as a TV host named Tim, who was married to Jill (Patricia Richardson), and together they had ...

As a genre, romantic comedies have had pretty sharply defined highs (the 1940s and 1980s) and lows (1990s-2000s) based on viewer appetite and studio competence, but thanks to this thing we call ...

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With 2024 in the rearview mirror, your favorite TV shows will slowly start to return for midseason and season premieres. But not every show. Cancellations are unfortunately inevitable and ...

Saturday Night Live will re-air its first-ever episode from October 11th, 1975, in celebration of the show’s 50th anniversary on Saturday, February 15th, at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT. The inaugural episode of ...

If you love TV, it’s a rough world out there. Of course, not all TV shows ending in 2025 are necessarily canceled TV shows. Some, like Strangers Things, are merely coming to a much-deserved ...

And Mack wants to date her. Sitcom situations abound: Harry teaching Desiree how to drive. Desiree selling Harry’s things at a yard sale, much to his displeasure. There’s a trip to an ...

Tim Allen recently launched his third starring sitcom, Shifting Gears, which has already become a smash hit in the ratings. But at 71, Allen realizes that his time on network television may be ...

In 2024, the volume of original TV series — scripted and unscripted — dropped significantly for a second straight year. Box office is up, comedy is hard, “Star Wars” fatigue is real and ...