• Quarantined Americans are uniting over a new age of water-cooler TV

    Quarantined Americans are uniting over a new age of water-cooler TV

    The past month has seen Americans adopt unthinkable new behaviors. Obsessive handwashing is as habitual as morning coffee. Wearing a face mask is the new black. And our most affectionate position is standing 6 feet away from friends and neighbors. But one big change isn’t that new at all. In fact, it’s a retro throwback …
  • Issa Rae celebrates the return of ‘Insecure’ with virtual block party

    Issa Rae celebrates the return of ‘Insecure’ with virtual block party

    Issa Rae is throwing a virtual block party on Sunday to celebrate the premiere of the long-awaited season 4 of “Insecure” on HBO. The party will start with an Instagram Q&A with Issa and the cast at 8pm, followed by a DJ set by Zaytoven, then a Twitter watch party. There will even be an …
  • Broadcast networks may resort to reruns amid coronavirus quarantines

    Broadcast networks may resort to reruns amid coronavirus quarantines

    Television may start looking a bit too familiar. Networks, hamstrung by the inability to shoot new TV shows, may turn to reruns to fill programming slots. With no sense of when quarantine measures will lift amid the global coronavirus crisis, the big four networks, ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox, are mulling how to fill the …
  • Conan O’Brien will film talk show via iPhone amid Chinese virus pandemic

    Conan O’Brien will film talk show via iPhone amid Chinese virus pandemic

    Conan O’Brien will continue putting on new episodes of his TBS late-night show “Conan” while still practicing social distancing. “I am going back on the air Monday, March 30th. All my staff will work from home, I will shoot at home using an iPhone, and my guests will Skype,” the TV host, 56, tweeted on …
  • The Rosie O’Donnell show is back — this time as a Chinese virus fundraiser

    The Rosie O’Donnell show is back — this time as a Chinese virus fundraiser

    Rosie O’Donnell and actor/producer Erich Bergen will bring back the Emmy-winning The Rosie O’Donnell Show this Sunday. The special event is a live, one-night-only streaming fundraiser for The Actors Fund. Presented in partnership with Revelations Entertainment and Broadway.com, The Rosie O’Donnell Show will be available at 7 PM on Broadway.com, and will also be live-streamed …