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Spend this holiday TV season with Paddington, Melissa McCarthy, Lori Loughlin and more

Nov. 17, 2023 10:37 AM EST

Festive TV programming is starting to stack up like toys in Santa’s sleigh. Holiday favorites like “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and “A Christmas Story” will soon return, along with new family friendly films including “Dashing Through the Snow” on Disney+ and Melissa...

The harrowing Ukraine war doc '20 Days in Mariupol' is coming to TV. Here's how to watch

Nov. 17, 2023 10:20 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — The visceral documentary “20 Days in Mariupol,” about Russia's early assault on the Ukrainian city, will soon reach its widest audience yet. The 94-minute film, a joint production by The Associated Press and PBS “Frontline," has been met with critical acclaim...

Christiane Amanpour to debut weekly show after years of reduced presence on domestic CNN

Nov. 03, 2023 15:21 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — For what it's worth, CNN's best-known international journalist, Christiane Amanpour, also found it odd that she's had little visible presence on the company's North American network for the past several years. That changes Saturday at 11 a.m. Eastern with the debut...

Upcoming 'Sesame Street' season stars Ariana DeBose, Brandi Carlile, ASL and an octopus chef

Oct. 17, 2023 08:03 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The upcoming season of “Sesame Street” features an octopus as a chef, an exploration of American Sign Language and Quinta Brunson giving Cookie Monster a little bit of attitude. The 54th season of the iconic children's show debuts Nov. 9 on MAX with a gentle...

What's streaming now: Jamie Foxx, Offset, Musk, 'Frasier' returns and Nicholas Cage as a vampire

Oct. 13, 2023 09:01 AM EDT

Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones leading the crowd-pleasing courtroom drama “The Burial,” and the return of “Frasier” starring Kelsey Grammer are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you Among the offerings worth your time as selected by...

PBS boasts slate of new shows unaffected by strikes, which it hopes will draw viewers in

Sep. 26, 2023 10:20 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — PBS was looking forward to a relatively free lane to offer fresh television to viewers downtrodden by the Hollywood strikes this fall, but that advantage may only last a couple of months now. A tentative deal reached late Sunday in the crippling TV writers strike,...

Turkey's Erdogan says he trusts Russia as much as he trusts the West

Sep. 19, 2023 03:23 AM EDT

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he trusts Russia as much he trusts the West. Explaining his recent meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Erdogan said he had failed to get him to resume the Black Sea grain deal the Kremlin withdrew from in...