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With a role on the new season of “The Chi” and a new EP featuring songs and skits, actress and musician Miriam A. Hyman is a busy woman. She talks about why she’s so excited about “The Chi,” her EP “Alter Ego,” her friendship with Lupita Nyong’o, and how her personal mantra reminds her to speak her mind.

Alyssa Rosenberg, an opinion writer for the Washington Post, says the “fantasy” of policing portrayed on cop shows can be bad for communities that are heavily policed and also does a disservice to police officers.

The cast and crew of “This Is Us” is still mourning the loss of one of their own, Jas Waters, who died at the age of 39 on Tuesday. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner released Waters’ cause of death Thursday, writing she had died by suicide. The show’s writers posted a tribute to Waters on their Twitter page, writing…

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz apologized to CNN, saying he takes total responsibility for the arrest of one of the network’s crews Friday as they reported on violent protests in Minneapolis following the death of George Floyd. “This is a very public apology to that team,” Walz said at a news conference hours after correspondent Omar Jimenez and two colleagues were taken...

Fifteen seasons in, “America’s Got Talent” is still up to its old tricks, contestant-wise. That show sure does love an emotional moment, and Tuesday’s premiere gave us a serious one thanks to San Diego’s Voices of Our City. It’s a choir made up entirely of homeless and formerly homeless singers from around the city, many of whom have been...

Californa Gov. Gavin Newsom promised film and television industry leaders Wednesday that new state guidelines will allow production to start up again in some counties, providing relief to workers forced to hit pause to stop the spread of coronavirus. Newsom made the announcement during an Economic Recovery and Reinvention Listening Tour virtual roundtable with industry leaders, who estimate that 890,000…

Elmo, Rooster and Cookie Monster are doing their part to help keep kids safe as the coronavirus pandemic grinds on

With millions of people stuck at home due to the coronavirus outbreak, television viewership is on the rise

A “Top Chef Masters” winner and beloved restaurateur, Chef Floyd Cardoz, has died of complications from the coronavirus

Did anyone else just leave that “This Is Us” finale feeling a little bit stunned? Season four went out with several bangs, including not one, not two, but three surprise children, and one massive brotherly fight that it feels pretty dang hard to come back from. Times they are a-changin’ in the Pearson family, that’s for sure. First of...

The verdict is in: The popular courtroom TV show, “Judge Judy,” is ending after its upcoming 25th season. Judge Judith Sheindlin, the star of the program, announced the news on Monday’s episode of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”  “Well, I’ve had a 25-year-long marriage with CBS, and it’s been successful,” the TV court judge told Ellen DeGeneres. “Next year will be our 25th season,...

Chris Matthews has apologized to Bernie Sanders for using a Nazi analogy to describe his campaign

The NBC TV series “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” has an unlikely origin

Turn around, look at what you see — at the end of the “Stranger Things 4” trailer. Fans of the Neflix hit series are treated to the return of a major character in a preview for the next installment of the “Stranger Things” franchise, with the action taking place far from Hawkings, Indiana. The Instagram account for the ’80s fright-fest…

Gayle King wants to set the record straight.

The fiancée of ESPN college football reporter Edward Aschoff shared that his sudden death at 34 on Christmas Eve was actually caused by stage 4 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and not pneumonia, as doctors previously thought. Katy Berteau wrote in a Twitter thread on Aschoff’s account Wednesday night that doctors found non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in his lungs following his death.

What will watching TV be like in the 2020s? Amid new gadgets and glitz, the CES tech show in Las Vegas aims to offer some answers, many of which boil down to more streaming and more efforts to glue you to your phone. The show’s keynote addresses, once dominated by computer and chip makers, will this year feature executives...

The Associated Press has picked its top TV characters of the decade, a list that includes Walter White from “Breaking Bad,” Don Draper from “Mad Men,” Alicia Florrick from “The Good Wife” Eleven from “Stranger Things” and Barney Stinson of “How I Met Your Mother.” One cast-member from “This Is Us” made the cut, as did someone from “Downton Abbey.”...

As the decade draws to a close, it’s clear that we’re looking at TV differently. We binge it, take it with us and find new stories to watch. Streaming is behind the biggest media revolution in 30 years, since cable TV’s rapid growth in the 1980s, and it is looking to expand. New services include Disney Plus and Apple TV...

Many have noticed how fragmented our TV viewing is, with multiple competing streaming services and dozens of channels pulling us in different directions. But the year also saw some jaw-dropping moments that found huge audiences, whether it was a royal interview or a viral alien. The Associated Press has put together a list of the best TV moments in 2019….