Everything’s Coming Up Roses
The Bachelor: Grant Ellis Set to Become Franchise’s Second-Ever Black Male Lead
The man who will front season 29 of the ABC dating series was unveiled following his elimination on the latest episode of Jenn Tran’s Bachelorette season.
By Savannah Walsh
Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremonies Expected to Feature Tom Cruise, Billie Eilish, and Handoff to Los Angeles
The 2024 Olympics officially end on Sunday. Here's what to know.
By Eve Batey
Review
Industry Season Three Is an Enthralling Trip to the Bank
HBO’s heir apparent to Succession delivers a captivating, just-shy-of-overstuffed run of episodes.
By Richard Lawson
Breakout Star
Meghann Fahy Takes Flight: From The White Lotus to The Perfect Couple
Comedy, singing, scandal, attempted murder? She can do it all.
By Hillary BusisPhotography by Dan Martensen
live from new york
Who Will Play Tim Walz and JD Vance on Saturday Night Live?
With Maya Rudolph and James Austin Johnson locked in as Harris and Trump, here’s who could bring their running mates to life in Studio 8H.
By Savannah Walsh
Q&A
Industry Season 3 Is Dark, Addictive, and Filled With “Beautiful Fuckups”
Creators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay open up about new cast member Kit Harington, Succession/Industry overlap, and the odds that their cult HBO drama gets a fourth season.
By Joy Press
When they go lohar...
Who is Lohar on House of the Dragon?
On the season two finale of House of the Dragon, we meet an eccentric and bawdy new admiral named Lohar, played by British actor Abigail Thorn.
By Chris Murphy
First Look
Brian Jordan Alvarez’s English Teacher Has an Angle but Doesn’t Feel Like Homework
Its creators hope this sharp, silly FX series can be “a microcosm of all the stupid arguments that everyone’s having with each other all the time.”
By David Canfield
Finales
House of the Dragon Should End After Season Three
HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel series had a mostly strong second season, but it’s time to start wrapping things up.
By Richard Lawson
spoiler alert
The Last of Us: Everything We Know About Season 2
You thought season one’s ending was bleak? Here’s what to expect from the breakout HBO drama’s even darker next season, with major spoilers from the second Last of Us video game.
By Josh Wigler
late night
John Oliver Tears Into Trump’s “Disastrous” Attack on Kamala Harris’s Multiracial Identity
“Putting Trump in front of a Black audience and asking him to speak on race was never gonna get more elevated than, ‘The lady said she was both Indian and Black—that is cheating!’”
By Savannah Walsh
Still Watching
Who Won the House of the Dragon Season 2 Finale?
Rival factions prepare for war as Alicent and Rhaenyra attempt once again to broker peace. But that compromise comes at a high price for one of the queens.
By Chris Murphy
back right after the break
The Morning Show Season 4: Everything We Know
Two Oscar winners are joining the already starry cast for season four, which must answer a lot of major questions: “Everybody keeps asking me if Bradley’s in jail,” Reese Witherspoon says.
By Savannah Walsh
stick it
You Too Can Become an Expert in Pommel Horse
Brush up as Stephen Nedoroscik, the MVP of the American men’s gymnastics team, prepares to win even more hearts (and maybe another medal) at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
By Natasha O'Neill
let the games begin
Everything We Know About Squid Game Season 2
Netflix’s dystopian global sensation returns to the streamer on December 26, 2024, with a third and final season following in 2025.
By Chris Murphy
to paris with love
These 2024 Summer Olympic Athletes Have Main-Character Energy
From a cheese-wheel-toting Italian gymnast to an Egyptian fencer who competed while seven months pregnant, here’s a guide to the athletes who went viral at the Paris Games.
By Savannah Walsh
#MomTok
Inside the Viral Mormon Sex Scandal That Sparked a New Hulu Reality Series
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives will follow eight TikTok influencer moms, one of whom faced backlash for “soft swinging” within their tight-knit religious community—then falling for the man she was sleeping with.
By Savannah Walsh
he’s the problem, it’s him
Bill Maher Told Hawk Tuah Girl He Thinks Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Will Break Up
On his podcast, Club Random, the comedian took shots at the pop star's relationship, calling her “a little old” to be dating the football player and predicting a breakup in the near future: “You know you’re gonna get dumped. You just don’t know when.”
By Chris Murphy
Watching
The 2024 Summer Olympics Are Best as a Streaming Event
Watching the Paris games via the Peacock app has greatly expanded our Olympics diet.
By Richard Lawson
First Look
Cate Blanchett Faces Public Shaming in Disclaimer, Alfonso Cuarón’s Revenge Thriller
The Roma and Gravity Oscar-winner unveils his unsettling new series, which taps into the ancient human desire for schadenfreude.
By Anthony Breznican
in the loveseat
John Oliver Called JD Vance’s Campaign to Ask If He’d Ever Had Sex With a Couch
After a joke about Vance’s (fictional) fondness for futons went viral, the Last Week Tonight host added his voice to the chorus: “If you ask me to draw a man that f--ks his couch, 10 times out of 10, I’m drawing this guy.”
By Chris Murphy