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Pat Evans leaves KARE 11 to care for his 95-year-old mom: 'It's my responsibility'

The popular media personality looks back at his long career in Minnesota.
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What you didn't see after CNN's historic interview with Minneapolis police chief

June 6
Jeff Pegues has encountered some tense moments while reporting from Minneapolis for CBS.
National correspondents from CBS and CNN reflect on once-in-a-lifetime assignments.

Issa Rae, Kumail Nanjiani & Run the Jewels: This is your weekend playlist

June 4
Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani in “The Lovebirds.”
Our weekly critics' picks to lift your spirits and expand your playlists.
TV & Media
July 10
Alicia Silverstone and Sophie Grace are mother-daughter in the Netflix series “The Baby-Sitters Club,” based on the popular children’s book seri

Netflix's 'The Baby-Sitters Club' defies and exceeds expectations

Netflix adaptation jumps out of the gate with rich characters.
TV & Media
July 10
NBC launches its Peacock service with “Intelligence,” a comedy starring David Schwimmer, right, and creator Nick Mohammed.

David Schwimmer's new sitcom and other shows our TV critic is watching this week

Mississippi grind “P-Valley,” like “Hustlers,” may be set in a strip club, but it’s much rawer and a lot less fun than that feature film.…
TV & Media
July 10
Tom Hanks in “Greyhound.”

Stream this: Hanks, 'Hamilton,' 'The Grinder' and other home entertainment options

Our weekly critics' picks to lift your spirits and expand your playlist.
TV & Media
July 9

Nielsen ratings: 'Talent' still on top; 'Force of Nature' is top movie rental

Here are the top 20 broadcast TV shows for the week of June 29-July 5 (Monday to Sunday), based on the number of viewers, according…
TV & Media
July 7
“Unsolved Mysteries” explores the disappearance of Xavier Dupont De Ligonnes (shown here with his son) after his family was killed.

'Unsolved Mysteries' success is no mystery

'80s hit changed TV crime coverage.
TV & Media
July 6
“Empyre: Avengers” No. 0 was decades in the making.

It's the summer of comic book crossovers for Marvel and DC

The pandemic delayed the usual summer comics crossovers, but the first shots have finally been fired. In Burbank, in the red Superman trunks, is DC…
TV & Media
July 6
Larry Hagman as Tony Nelson and Bill Daily as Roger Healey in “I Dream of Jeannie.”

Pop culture Q&A: 'Dream of Jeannie' officers from different service branches

Q: On “I Dream of Jeannie” both Tony Nelson and Roger Healey are the same rank, both astronauts and both are stationed at the Cocoa…
TV & Media
July 3
Palladino

Fox9 News reporter Christina Palladino is leaving the station

Christina Palladino, a reporter for Fox9 News, has announced that she has left the station. Palladino, who joined KMSP three years ago, posted on Twitter…
TV & Media
July 3
Thelma Lou (Betty Lynn) kissed Barney (Don Knotts) in a publicity photo for “The Andy Griffith Show.”

Just what did 'Andy Griffith's' Thelma Lou do, anyway?

A recent question and answer about the old “Andy Griffith Show” apparently prompted a slew of other questions about the comedy. I’ve combined the questions…
TV & Media
July 3
Fayssal Bazzi and Soraya Heidari in “Stateless.”

The best in TV this week, including how women got 'The Vote'

Fight for your right Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt aren’t household names, but “The Vote” makes a strong case for them being the most…
TV & Media
July 3
Andre Holland and Joanna Kulig in “The Eddy.”

Halfway through memorable year in TV, here are the 10 best shows so far

Fortunately, there are plenty of dynamite choices to keep you occupied and make this a year to remember — in a good way.
Movies
July 2
Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams in “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.”

Alicia Silverstone, Willie Nelson & Carl Reiner: 10 best things to watch, read or listen to this week

Our weekly critics' picks to lift your spirits and expand your playlist.
TV & Media
July 2
Ike Barinholtz, Amy Madigan and Reed Birney in “The Hunt.”

Nielsen ratings: 'America's Got Talent' on top; 'The Hunt' stays top movie rental

Here are the top 20 broadcast TV shows for the week of June 22-28 (Monday to Sunday), based on the number of viewers, according to…
TV & Media
June 29

Pop Culture Q&A: David Janssen also starred in 'Harry O'

Q: I hope you can shed some light on a TV series in the ’80s that starred David Janssen as a private detective. I can’t…
TV & Media
June 27

Duluth native Lester Crystal, guiding force behind PBS 'NewsHour,' dies at 85

Lester M. Crystal, who after 20 years at NBC News, including two as its president, moved to “The MacNeil/Lehrer Report” on PBS and immediately set…
TV & Media
June 27
Christopher Lloyd, left, and Danny DeVito in “Taxi.”

Hailing 'Taxi,' one of TV's all-time great sitcoms

The classic Emmy-winning sitcom still runs smoothly after all these years.
TV & Media
June 26
Michelle McNamara in “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark.”

HBO's gripping true-crime story 'I'll Be Gone' and 4 more don't-miss shows this week

Murder mystery “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” is the latest true-crime series, but much more. While its six episodes document the hunt for the…
TV & Media
June 26
Olivia Cooke as Becky Sharp in the 2018 miniseries “Vanity Fair.”

'Vanity Fair' spawned a fair number of movies

  Q: In the late 1950s or early ’60s I watched a movie called “Vanity Fair,” an adaptation of the novel by William Makepeace Thackeray.…
TV & Media
June 25
Director Spike Lee, left, and the cast of “Da 5 Bloods”: Isiah Whitlock Jr., Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters and Norm Lewis.

This weekend, join a 'Picnic' hosted by the Roots

Our weekly critics' picks to lift your spirits and expand your playlist.
TV & Media
June 25
Betty Gilpin in “The Hunt.”

"America's Got Talent" stays at the top

Here are the top 20 broadcast TV shows for the week of June 15-21 (Monday to Sunday), based on the number of viewers, according to…
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