Television

“People waited all day for white smoke to emerge from the capital, signaling a new leader,” Jimmy Fallon joked after Congressional Democrats met in Washington on Tuesday.

This stylish sci-fi series, on Apple TV+, stars Rashida Jones as a grieving woman with an unexpected new companion.

Will Guidara, who has a co-producing and writing credit on Season 3, talks about the power of surprise and the calling of restaurant work.

“He’s basically the guy doing 30 in the left lane, and he ain’t moving for anybody,” Jimmy Fallon said of President Biden on Monday.

Jenn Tran hands out roses on ABC. Kevin and Franklin Jonas host a show with the relatives of stars.

A longtime “Freaks and Geeks” fan reconsiders what it means to be one of the cool kids.

The former “Glee” star turned a childhood fascination with game shows into a TV gig. “I could do it forever,” she says.

This month’s picks include a superhero adventure, a dark fantasy tale and films based on beloved television series.

Hannah Einbinder, Raanan Hershberg and Mo Welch all take tricky approaches in their quests for laughs.

In a video plea for help, Abdulaziz Almuzaini — a dual Saudi-American citizen — described how the authorities had accused him of promoting extremism through a cartoon franchise.

Subtle, and not so subtle, culinary references are sprinkled throughout the show’s third season.

Pierre Coffin helped invent the yellow animated creatures and has supplied their voices for nearly 15 years. He’s as puckish and subversive as his mischievous creations.

This month brings the arrival of “Lost” and the return of Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley.

In a world of bad vibes, I just want to see an actor break.

Netflix and Amazon are driving a small bump in the market for TV shows after a major slowdown.

“Sausage Party: Foodtopia,” “Lady in the Lake,” “Love Lies Bleeding” and “Those About to Die” arrive, and “Snowpiercer” returns.

Discovery airs its annual lineup of ocean terrors. And NBC airs the annual firework show in New York City.

Rhaenyra acts on a risky hope that cooler heads might prevail. But are there really any cool heads left?

With Andy Cohen, Hillary Clinton will do shots and Oscar-winners gush about reality stars — all savvy promotion for Bravo’s outrageous TV universe.

An artist and a musician as well, he had a long list of credits that included the sitcoms “Roseanne” and “Veep.”

The return of “Babylon Berlin” was the international TV news of the week, but here are five other recent series to check out.

Last season, the FX series featured a parade of Hollywood celebrities. In the new one, it’s showing off its food-world credibility with a series of cameos from star chefs.

The French filmmaker Catherine Breillat has been exploring relationships between girls and older men since the 1970s. Her latest, “Last Summer,” flips the script.

A bunch of major titles are leaving for U.S. subscribers this month, including films by George Lucas and Ang Lee. See them while you can.

Even as the technology advances, stubborn stereotypes about women are re-encoded again and again.

Hosting a live “Daily Show” after the Biden-Trump spectacle, Stewart said he needed “to call a real estate agent in New Zealand.”

With an emphasis on younger viewers, he established the networks as serious rivals to ABC, CBS and NBC, which had ruled television for nearly 40 years.

The hit FX series about an upstart Chicago restaurant loves the pressures of tight quarters and close shouting. The new season serves up plenty more.

For Pride Month, we asked people ranging in age from 34 to 93 to share an indelible memory. Together, they offer a personal history of queer life as we know it today.

The acclaimed kitchen hit has allowed Elliott, a comic actor from a famously funny family, to embrace her dramatic side.

He was not a Hollywood household name. But his face was one anyone who watched TV or movies over the past several decades could recognize.

Hailed as a pioneer of D.I.Y. programming, he oversaw groundbreaking how-to shows on public television in the days before HGTV and YouTube.

After two strokes, the stand-up has recovered enough to make a new special. If anything, his health crises have sharpened his humor.

The beloved chef’s admirers have given him a distinctly modern kind of digital afterlife — at the center of fondly parodic jokes.

Rather than bemoan pop culture’s most divisive genre, Emily Nussbaum spends time with the creators, the stars and the victims of the decades-long effort to generate buzz.

Jay Johnston, also known for his work on “Mr. Show with Bob and David,” was charged last year with participating in the riot at the Capitol. He is expected to plead guilty at a hearing on July 8.

Season 4 of the epic crime drama has finally come to streaming in the United States, via MHz Choice. Here’s a refresher on where we left off.

The long-awaited fourth season of the cult-favorite German thriller takes place in 1931, with the Nazis not quite in power.

Ncuti Gatwa shined as the 15th Doctor. But the long-running show feels at a crossroads as it concludes its latest season.

President Biden’s toughest opponent may not be his predecessor. It is the cultural meaning, built up through centuries, that we assign to being old.

To make “Horizon,” he put his own money on the line and left “Yellowstone,” the series that revived his career — all with little Hollywood support.

The actor was playing a young Michael Jackson when Elton John spotted him. Three decades later, the new attention to his legacy is “gratifying.”

Episode 2 pit brother against brother, in more ways than one. The two actors, identical twins, talked about the intensity of that climactic fight scene.

The company’s latest internal memo about its corporate culture is more about how it expects employees to behave than what it wants to become.

President Joe Biden and former President Donald J. Trump debate for the first time this campaign cycle. Country artists perform their hit songs.

Aemond knows those assassins got the wrong prince. He says he feels flattered. He had also better watch his back.

Ms. Tuft, who retired from the W.W.E. more than a decade ago and came out as transgender in 2021, will return to the ring on Tuesday, she said on social media.

“Maybe I can engineer it where I work with him, and then he makes me a drink and a bowl of pasta,” the “We Are Lady Parts” actress said.

The Showtime series gives audiences an intimate look inside real relationships. Its couples are still navigating the aftermath.

Ncuti’s Gatwa’s first season as the Doctor closes with a typically ambitious episode.

He spent his early career as a professional sumo wrestler.

This week, the hosts riffed on the heat wave that pummeled the U.S. as well as Trump trying to argue that he’s more mentally fit to lead than President Biden. Here’s what they had to say.

The new sequel to “Orphan Black” raises interesting questions about the nature of memory but misses the charm of that show’s star, Tatiana Maslany.

The actor and director is turning his attention to his ambitious film series about post-Civil War America.

*That’s his opinion. And yet he’s setting a new standard for what life after late-night can look like. (Hint: It’s a lot like what he did on talk shows.)

Kimmel doubted that Donald Trump would stick to his game plan of not interrupting President Biden, saying, “His discipline is unmatched!”

This warped Adult Swim animated series, streaming on Max, is so fast and feral it feels like its own highlight reel.

“Then they got a text from Trump that said, ‘Throuple?’” Fallon joked on Wednesday.

For years he wowed ’em in the clubs with his drag-king lounge act. Now, against all odds, he’s breaking out.

Paul Lynde, Charles Nelson Reilly and Rip Taylor get a cursory mention in a new documentary about queer stand-up, but they were groundbreaking.

“The Boys” and other TV series imagine fascism coming to America, whether wrapped in the flag or in a superhero’s tights.

“I’m starting to think Trump writes his name on buildings just so he can remember where he lives,” Jimmy Fallon said.

“The sad thing is under MAGA law, his name is now Ronny Johnson,” Jon Stewart said after Trump referred to his former doctor, Ronny Jackson, by the wrong name.

Fans of the George R.R. Martin books know there are two words for that tense and slightly ambiguous ending to the Season 2 premiere: “Blood and Cheese.”

Alicia Keys and Jay-Z’s high-wattage performance was a highlight, as were first-time wins for Kecia Lewis, Jonathan Groff and David Adjmi.

HBO airs a documentary about the playwright Jeremy O. Harris. A new show starring Krysten Ritter premieres on AMC.

The second season of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” prequel opens with an illicit affair and a misguided act of revenge.

The company’s TNT channel and the N.B.A. have long been inextricably linked, but that may end after next season. Plus, Charles Barkley is retiring.

Mr. Mavar, who ran a fishing operation in Alaska, starred in the reality television show for 16 years and captained his own boat.

Need a reminder of all the events that went down in Season 1 between the Greens and the Blacks? We’ve got you.

“She seems to approach the world with kindness and understanding,” said the actor, who has joined the Netflix series for its latest season.

The main event will be broadcast on CBS and livestreamed for Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers. A simulcast will also air at Damrosch Park in Manhattan.

In his first season leading “Doctor Who,” Ncuti Gatwa has brought charisma, emotion and even more camp to the long-running sci-fi show.

They all have blond hair and the same name. Not really, but close. Behold, a rundown of the key players ahead of the Season 2 premiere.

In the first part of the season finale, a terrifying enemy from the Doctor’s past returns, as mysteries start to be solved.

In his decade at ABC, long the doormat network in prime time, he helped guide it toward the No. 1 spot. He later produced “Nashville” and won an Emmy for “Friendly Fire.”

He was known for introducing new musical acts to a wide audience, including Selena Quintanilla, whose appearance on his show in 1985 was one of her first live TV performances.

There was a wealth of news to discuss this week, including former President Trump’s next steps after being convicted of 34 felonies and Hunter Biden’s guilty verdict on gun charges. Here’s what the hosts had to say.

The second season of HBO’s very successful “Game of Thrones” prequel gets off to an earthbound start.

The actress in the hit superhero satire mulled her role in an age of online bullying and token feminism: “Thank God there are characters like this.”

A four-episode role in Season 1 of HBO’s “House of the Dragon” made the actor a breakout star. This season, D’Arcy reigns at the top of the call sheet.

“They always return to the scene of the crime,” Jimmy Kimmel said after the former president met with House Republicans on Thursday.

After a career as a satellite dish installer, he found success with RFD-TV, a 24-hour cable channel aimed at farmers and ranchers.

In the best ways, this endearing and very bingeable British show feels as if “Breaking Bad” were happening to “Bob’s Burgers.”

Described by its showrunner as “definitely a fantasy,” the hit series relies on a team of historical consultants. Does the show take their advice? Mostly.

The network has hit an unusually fallow period. Executives hope “House of the Dragon,” which returns Sunday, could be the start of a new winning streak.

“Yeah, the president is in Italy for the G7 Summit, or as Fox News put it: ‘Biden Flees Country After Hunter Convicted,’” Fallon said.

When Mr. Wilson was accused on the reunion of misleading Ciara Miller, his castmate and former romantic interest, fan backlash was swift.

Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington are on their way to a happy ending — but Lady Whistledown is still a huge barrier in this “friends to lovers” story.

Cinephiles can’t seem to help obsessing over their favorite filmmakers’ personal style.