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3 days ago | npr.org | Linda Holmes |Glen Weldon |Aisha Harris |Liz Metzger |Mike Katzif |Jessica Reedy

Recent TV comedies you don't want to miss Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1246832492/1269180605" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Danny McBride in The Righteous Gemstones. Jake Giles Netter/HBO hide caption toggle caption Jake Giles Netter/HBO Danny McBride in The Righteous Gemstones.

1 week ago | kpbs.org | Linda Holmes

The very first episode of Black Mirror, which debuted in 2011, is not about complex technology. Called "The National Anthem," it's about 24-hour news saturation and the public opinion swings enabled by social media. Almost 15 years later, the new seventh season of Black Mirror has gone super-fancy with its imagined tech — specifically, the idea of a storable, transferable human consciousness.

3 weeks ago | npr.org | Linda Holmes |Aisha Harris |Glen Weldon |Daisy Rosario |Hafsa Fathima |Lennon Sherburne | +2 more

Seth Rogen and a fabulous cast highlight the satire 'The Studio' Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1242489333/1268586894" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Seth Rogen in The Studio. Apple TV+ hide caption toggle caption Apple TV+ Seth Rogen in The Studio.

4 weeks ago | wskg.org | Linda Holmes

Would you be surprised to hear that the very good and very funny Seth Rogen-led film-industry satire The Studio has a lot in common with The Wire? We'll come back to that. A 10-episode series for Apple TV+, The Studio stars Rogen as Matt Remick, the new head of Continental Studios. He got the job when his unhinged upper-level boss (an impeccably cast Bryan Cranston) fired his mentor, Patty (an impeccably cast Catherine O'Hara) and promoted Matt. Now, it's Matt's moment, and he's terrified.

4 weeks ago | apr.org | Linda Holmes

Would you be surprised to hear that the very good and very funny Seth Rogen-led film-industry satire The Studio has a lot in common with The Wire? We'll come back to that. A 10-episode series for Apple TV+, The Studio stars Rogen as Matt Remick, the new head of Continental Studios. He got the job when his unhinged upper-level boss (an impeccably cast Bryan Cranston) fired his mentor, Patty (an impeccably cast Catherine O'Hara) and promoted Matt. Now, it's Matt's moment, and he's terrified.