TV
One ‘Brand New Day’ detail just blew a Wonder Man-size plot hole in Spider-Man canon
Peter Parker’s latest adventure has kicked up a thorny MCU continuity conundrum — so where does that leave Wonder Man?
August 2, 2026 2:17 pm
TV’s 10 Greatest Villains, Ranked: Joffrey, Wilson Fisk, Homelander — Who’s No. 1?
From Gus Fring and Hannibal Lecter to Homelander and Cersei Lannister, TV’s most diabolical have been ranked by impact, performances and legacy — but who tops the lot?
August 2, 2026 12:26 pm
What happened in Portland in Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed?
Apple TV+'s Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed spent an entire season dangling one word over Tatiana Maslany's head. Portland. A half-second flashback here, a lawyer's pointed question there, roughly once an episode. The full answer doesn't land until the closing seconds of the finale.
August 2, 2026 10:37 am
How did Ducky die in NCIS? The goodbye was written by one of his own co-stars
David McCallum played Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard from the 2003 premiere onward and was the last original cast member left standing. He died on September 25, 2023, at 90. Five months later NCIS gave the character an ending — and handed the script to the actor who'd spent 20 years working across from him.
August 2, 2026 10:19 am
Every season of Deadliest Catch, counted — the show has run so long its greenhorns became captains
Discovery greenlit it in 2005 as a documentary about a fishery most viewers couldn't find on a map. Two decades later the boats are still going out, and the cameras are still bolted to the rails. Here's the count, and what happened along the way.
August 2, 2026 9:58 am
Who voices President Curtis in Rick and Morty? You've heard him in everything from Gargoyles to Coraline
That voice — the one that can make a Cromulon singing contest sound like DEFCON 1 — belongs to an actor with more than 300 credits, three Emmys, and a Tony nomination. There's a good chance he's been narrating your life since about 1994.
August 2, 2026 9:44 am
Why was the Seinfeld episode banned? NBC had to apologize publicly
Nine seasons, 180 episodes, and exactly one that NBC swore it would never run again. It aired on May 7, 1998, pulled 38.8 million viewers — the second-biggest audience the show ever got — and had the network issuing a formal apology within days. Here's what happened.
August 2, 2026 9:20 am
Who plays the Westies in Only Murders in the Building? The West Tower hides some very familiar faces, Richard Kind and Kumail Nanjiani included
For three seasons, the Arconia's West Tower was just scenery outside Charles's kitchen window — a row of strangers he'd privately nicknamed "Stink-Eye Joe," "The Sauce Family," and "Christmas All the Time Guy." Season 4, which premiered on Hulu on August 27, 2024, finally walked over and knocked. And the door was answered by a murderers' row of character actors.
August 1, 2026 4:55 pm
Why is NCIS season 21 so short? The show itself wasn't the problem
NCIS season 21 ran just 10 episodes — from February 12 to May 6, 2024 — making it the shortest season in the show's two-decade history. For a series that routinely cranks out 20-plus episodes a year, that's a dramatic haircut.
August 1, 2026 4:26 pm
