‘And Just Like That’ tried to pull a fast one on ‘Sex & the City’ fans. It didn’t work.

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‘The Winter Olympics,’ ‘Pam & Tommy,’ ‘Celebrating Betty White,’ and everything else you don’t want to miss on TV this week

 

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Willem Defoe’s first ‘Saturday Night Live’ is a messy affair

Saturday Night Live
Willem Defoe & Katy Perry
January 29, 2022

Considering how successful Christopher Walken has been on Saturday Night Live over the years, it might surprise you to learn that this week was the first time fellow weird actor Willem Defoe has ever hosted SNL. Unsurprisingly, he was a natural, throwing himself entirely into each role, be it a dog show announcer, an onanistic cartoon character, or himself. The episode itself was all over the place, weighed down by too many sketches that were too long and immature. But between a few sketches that had moments of universal truth and Defoe’s commitment to the task at hand, the episode wasn’t a total loss.

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Another day, another outrage from Fox News

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‘The Bachelor’: The Shrimp Wars

The Bachelor
January 24, 2022

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A salute to ‘Jeopardy!’ champion Amy Schneider as her record-breaking reign comes to an end

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Playing Larry David’s wife on ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ for years prepared Cheryl Hines for this moment

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Do I think it’s funny President Biden called a Fox News reporter a ‘stupid son of a bitch’? Yes. Does that make me a hypocrite? Also, yes.

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‘The Gilded Age,’ ‘Janet Jackson,’ ‘We Need to Talk About Cosby’ and everything else you don’t want to miss on TV this week

 

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If you’re a middle-aged TV character, maybe skip the Peloton?

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