Television

Scrubs is the latest series to divest itself of racially insensitive episodes. Deadline reports that Hulu has removed three episodes from its site which feature characters in blackface.  The episodes in question are titled “My Fifteen Seconds” from Season 3 and “My Jiggly Ball” and “My Chopped Liver” from Season 5. Both Zach Braff‘s character J.D. and Sarah
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Every month the content available on Disney+ gets more and more epic, and July will be no different. If you’re planning to spend your summer indoors binge-watching the day away in a nice air-conditioned room, Disney+ has some great options for you. The most buzzed-about addition to the streaming service in July will be the original
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Whether you’re actually a teenager or those days are long behind you, there is no right or wrong age to dive into a great teen TV show. And between charming comedies like Never Have I Ever, sexy murder mysteries like Riverdale, high-stakes comedic capers like One My Block, or a supernatural romance like The Vampire
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Even before protests over the latest killing of a Black citizen by a police officer prompted global protests, turning on the TV to watch the news meant up-to-the-minute updates on the devastation caused by COVID-19 – a guaranteed way to plunge into a pool of upsetting information. One good hack for those who want to leave the
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Yellowstone, the Paramount Network’s neo-Western soap opera about the Dutton family, owners of America’s largest ranch, returns for Season 3 on Sunday, June 21. In celebration, we’ve rounded up some other shows that remind us of Yellowstone, in case Yellowstone isn’t quite enough.  The Kevin Costner-led series from auteur co-creator Taylor Sheridan shares a lot
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Saturday Night Live alum Jay Pharoah is the latest celebrity to speak out about police brutality. In an Instagram video released on Friday, the comedian detailed his experience being detained by police. His story was accompanied by security footage of the incident captured from a nearby store.  Pharoah was jogging on Ventura Blvd. and Corbin
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Sherman’s Showcase, the musical sketch comedy show that was one of the best comedy shows of 2019, is back with an hourlong special entitled Sherman’s Showcase: Black History Month Spectacular (in June) and boy, creators Diallo Riddle and Bashir Salahuddin could not have predicted how important and prescient this unapologetically black and goofy series would become in June 2020.  Or maybe they could:
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Live PD, A&E’s highest-rated show, is canceled at the cable network. The controversial police reality show’s cancellation comes just one day after Paramount canceled Cops, as America continues another week of anti-police brutality protests in the wake of George Floyd’s murder on May 25.  “This is a critical time in our nation’s history and we have made
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We’re still just a few days into June, but already the list of new Netflix titles which are scheduled to arrive on the streaming service next month are starting to stack up. In July, the streaming service will feature new takes on a couple of ’90s classics, along with some returning favorites and all-new Netflix
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If you’ve been watching the news or on social media lately, you’ve no doubt found it hard to ignore cases of videotaped racist incidents, or examples of police brutality that have triggered nationwide outrage and protests. From Breonna Taylor, the EMT who was killed when police entered her apartment on a search warrant; to the runner
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