Eric Deggans
Stories
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Comic Bob Newhart has died at age 94
Comic Bob Newhart has died at age 94. He was best known for an everyman persona that powered two classic TV sitcoms. Newhart could be the funniest guy in the room while playing unassuming characters.
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Arts & Life
'I've lived in an incredible time': Comic Bob Newhart dies at 94
Best known for an everyman persona that powered two classic TV sitcoms, Newhart managed to be the funniest guy in the room while playing unassuming characters.
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Arts & Life
Paramount and Skydance are merging — here are 3 questions we have about the deal
There are a lot of hopes and dreams riding on the $8.4 billion agreement. A successful rescue of Paramount could point the way toward a shiny future for an increasingly uncertain media industry.
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Arts & Life
Review: House of the Dragon season 2 returns to Westeros
HBO's Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon returns for its second season Sunday. NPR's Eric Deggans says it's a poignant story, if you can sort through all the names and backstory to keep up.
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Arts & Life
Pat Sajak's last day: A look at what made the 'Wheel of Fortune' host so special
The "last of the old-school TV hosts" is retiring. Pat Sajak, long-time host of Wheel of Fortune, is stepping down after more than 40 years.
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Arts & Life
Pat Sajak departs 'Wheel of Fortune' as TV's last old-school game show host
The game show host was a weatherman in Los Angeles before starting on Wheel of Fortune in 1981.
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Arts & Life
Review: Clipped
The new miniseries dramatizes the 2014 fallout when racist comments by former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling were recorded and leaked.
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Television
Even Without Roseanne, 'The Conners' Provides Audiences A Reason To Watch
ABC's Roseanne reboot was the most-watched TV show last season. Now, Sara Gilbert tries to rescue the franchise by creating a show without Roseanne Barr, whose racist tweet got the show cancelled.
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Television
Fall TV Program Welcomes More Criminal Justice Stories
This fall, Making a Murderer returns to Netflix for its second season, and a new HBO documentary, The Sentence, is about woman serving nine years in prison for drug crimes her ex-boyfriend committed.
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Television
'The Romanoffs' Rarely Matches The Heady Ambition Of Its Creator
From Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner comes The Romanoffs, an anthology series telling the stories of people who believe they are descendants of the last Russian Royal family.
