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"In a strongly worded filing, ABC accuses the Trump administration of trying to chill its constitutionally protected free speech and hinder open political discussion.The point of contention: The popular show #TheView and whether it's subject to equal time rules": https://www.npr.org/2026/05/09/nx-s1-5816844/abc-trump-administration-free-speech #FreeSpeech #media #television #politics

Ted Turner obituaryOne of the great innovators of television who founded CNN, the first 24-hour cable news channel, and built a vast media empire If Orson Welles’s 1941 film [Citizen Kane][1] had been made as a TV movie 60 years later, its Kane would have been Ted Turner. Thanks to Welles, the figure of [William Randolph Hearst][2], who dominated the American media ...https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/may/06/ted-turner-obituary#UStelevision #USnews #CNN #Media #Television #TheGuardian(Wed, 6 May 2026 19:42:32 +0000)

The best show on TV again (for one glorious scene): The Bear’s surprise new prequelThe restaurant drama dropped a special episode yesterday, without any warning. And it shows brief flashes of the magic that once made it so brilliant A couple of years ago, a surprise episode of [The Bear][1] would have been one of the highlights of the year. The ...https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/may/06/the-bear-gary-ebon-moss-bachrach-jon-bernthal#Television #TheBear #Culture #Television&radio #EbonMoss-Bachrach #TheGuardian(Wed, 6 May 2026 13:27:29 +0000)

Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion: missed Love Story? It’s not too late to embrace 90s minimalismThe key lesson from Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s style is to keep the messaging simple Carolyn Bessette Kennedy has been an insider style icon for ever, but this year she has flipped from under-the-radar reference to global phenomenon. Ryan Murphy’s [Love Story]...https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026/may/06/jess-cartner-morley-on-fashion-love-story-sarah-pidgeon-carolyn-bessette-kennedy-90s-minimalism#Fashion #Lifeandstyle #Television #Television&radio #Women #TheGuardian(Wed, 6 May 2026 13:00:20 +0000)

John Oliver on gas station drugs: ‘Dangerous substances that can be made by just about anyone’The Last Week Tonight host dug into the unregulated ‘wild west’ of kratom, boner pills and ‘gas station heroin’ On the latest Last Week Tonight, [John Oliver][1] focused on the rise of gas station drugs, the brightly colored bottles and pills that are sol...https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/may/04/john-oliver-gas-station-drugs#JohnOliver #Television&radio #Culture #Television #UStelevision #TheGuardian(Mon, 4 May 2026 15:38:03 +0000)

John Oliver on gas station drugs: ‘Dangerous substances that can be made by just about anyone’The Last Week Tonight host dug into the unregulated ‘wild west’ of kratom, boner pills and ‘gas station heroin’ On the latest Last Week Tonight, [John Oliver][1] focused on the rise of gas station drugs, the brightly colored bottles and pills that are sol...https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/may/04/john-oliver-gas-station-drugs#JohnOliver #Television&radio #Culture #Television #UStelevision #TheGuardian(Mon, 4 May 2026 15:38:03 +0000)

#LGBTQ English #Wikipedia deletion alertCould you save this LGBTQ related #English Wikipedia article from deletion?Pretty/Handsome* Pretty/Handsome is a 2008 television pilot by Ryan Murphy that was not picked up to series by FXhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty/HandsomeDiscussion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Pretty/Handsome#Works #Television #Transgenderrelated #Unaired

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***Monarch: Legacy of Monsters*** S2E8 is streaming now.Less weird timey-wimey physics and more Titan/Kaiju action this episode — but no less family dynamics and government, military and corporate skullduggery.Please be welcome to join our episode discussion on Lemmy.https://startrek.website/post/38312087#Godzilla #Monarch #Kaiju #MonarchLegacyOfMonsters #Television