‘Ted Lasso’ takes the White House, and it’s just as charming as you’d expect

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Can ‘The Last of Us’ beat The Oscars on Sunday? MAYBE! (Probably not.)

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A ‘House of the Dragon’ creator just doesn’t get why you people love Daemon Targaryen. (Is she watching her own show?)

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I can’t stop watching this ‘Don’t Worry, Darling’ trainwreck, y’all.

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Will this convince you to subscribe to Peacock?

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As if Netflix wasn’t having a rough enough year, now ‘Schitt’s Creek’ is leaving them.

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Jason Sudeikis proves you can go home again on ‘Saturday Night Live’

Saturday Night Live
Jason Sudeikis & Brandi Carlile
October 24, 2021

I really liked Jason Sudeikis as a cast member on Saturday Night Live — he is handsome, but Every Man-ish enough to play everything from a gum-smacking asshole to a smirking sports announcer to a manic backup dancer. And recently the world has fallen in love with Jason Sudeikis as the endlessly optimistic and sweet Ted Lasso, a soccer coach possibly out of his depth in the Emmy-winning series (and best comedy on television) Ted Lasso.

So it was a delight to have him return to Studio 8H as host of SNL for the first time — a role that he clearly embraced with a certain degree of reverence. That reverence, for the show and how it changed his life, came through not only in his monologue but also in his performance in every sketch. And in turn, those performances elevated what could have easily been another so-so episode into one of the best episodes of SNL in a long while. Come back more often, Jason, we’ve missed you.

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Padma Lakshmi’s got Houston’s back.

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The Golden Globes showed its full ass last night.

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