The Birth of “Seinfeld” (Before It Was Seinfeld)
On this day in 1989, NBC quietly aired a comedy special on a summer evening when not many people were watching TV. Somehow, it evolved into one of the most popular and acclaimed sitcoms of all time. The Pilot In 1989, NBC asked stand-up co...
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Look Out, Spider-Man, It’s…Big Wheel?
Spider-Man is one of comicdom’s most popular, famous, and adaptable superheroes — the eighth big-budget movie about the teen web-slinger made since 2000 hits theaters this summer. Spider-Man: Far from Home features Mysterio, one of the more well...
Directed by Your Favorite Singer
Lots of musicians have given acting a try, like Cher and Eminem. A few have taken an even larger jump—from singing and writing songs…to directing movies. It hasn’t always gone very well. MADONNA After more than two decades of lacing ...
When Saturday Night Live Predicted the Future
Usually, Saturday Night Live produces sketches that comment on current events — you know, stuff that’s already happened. But over its more than 40 seasons, its writers and performers have proved to be such savvy cultural critics that a few times...
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Ooooooooh…who’s celebrating 20 straight years on TV? SpongeBob SquarePants! The incredibly silly Nickelodeon cartoon starring the iconic porous fry cook debuted in May 1999, and hasn’t left TV since. Here are some little known facts about the ...
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