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  • Colin Farrell in The Penguin; Lennie James and Ariyon Bakare in Mr loverman; Claudia Winkleman in The Traitors.

    The 50 best TV shows of 2024: 50-11

    Mr Loverman broke hearts, Mr Bates vs the Post Office enraged the nation and The Traitors got everyone talking – the countdown of 2024’s telly highlights continues
  • Lisa Kudrow stands at kitchen table wearing apron and holding knife

    No Good Deed – Lisa Kudrow carries this twisty, binge-worthy mystery

  • Group of historical Colombian people walked in dappled shade on a dirt path.

    One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel García Márquez’s classic makes for startling TV beauty

  • Paula Persimmon and Xeni characters sit on director's chairs

    Dream Productions – this joyous TV version of Inside Out is a Christmas miracle

  • A man, seen through a doorway, sitting on a chair at a table draped in a white cloth

    ‘Not intended to rehabilitate people’: inside America’s broken parole system

  • FILE - In this Jan.. 6, 2009, file photo, Golden Globe statuettes are displayed during a news conference in Beverly Hills, Calif. Nominations for the 75th annual Golden Globes will be announced on Monday, Dec. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

    Golden Globes 2025: full list of nominations

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What to watch

  • Sabrina Carpenter in her special, A Nonsense Christmas With Sabrina Carpenter

    A Nonsense Christmas With Sabrina Carpenter – an exceptionally good gift

    She promises us the ‘ho-ho-ho-iest’ hour of all … and she delivers! The gloriously droll star brings the festive special bang up to date
  • A woman wearing a beanie, winter coat, and flannel looks disapprovingly outside

    The Sticky – Amazon’s grating maple syrup heist caper is a bust

  • Keira Knightley in Black Doves

    Black Doves – Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw’s gleefully pulpy Christmas gift

  • Star Wars: Skeleton Crew – Jude Law’s romp through a galaxy far, far away is excellent fun

  • The Agency – even Michael Fassbender can’t save this utterly tedious spy story

  • Senna – turns everyone in the Formula One driver’s life into a flat cartoon

  • The Madness – Colman Domingo’s slick, smart conspiracy thriller gets better and better

  • Matlock – Kathy Bates has spent years waiting for a role like this

  • Surveilled – throw away your phone right now!

Episode recaps

  • Saturday Night Live - Season 50<br>SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- Episode 1866 -- Pictured: Musical guest Shaboozey, host Paul Mescal, and Chloe Fineman during Promos in Studio 8H on Thursday, December 5, 2024 -- (Photo by: Rosalind O’Connor/NBC)

    Saturday Night Live
    Saturday Night Live: Paul Mescal hosts and Dana Carvey’s Church Lady returns to scold sinners

  • A man wearing a suit gestures his hands as he speaks, a graphic of the TikTok logo on screen

    Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: episode by episode
    John Oliver on potential US TikTok ban: ‘May not be necessary, but it isn’t sufficient’

    Last Week Tonight host looks into looming US ban over privacy concerns and fear of its Chinese parent company
  • Jimmy Kimmel on suspected murderer Luigi Mangione: “America’s most unseemly new sex symbol.”

    Late-night TV roundup
    Kimmel on suspect in CEO shooting: ‘America’s most unseemly new sex symbol’

    Late-night hosts discuss suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter’s folk hero status online and Donald Trump’s cabinet of billionaires.
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Videos

  • How US networks reacted to Donald Trump's election victory – video

  • The actor whose credits include Rocky and Predator, has died at 76

    Carl Weathers' most memorable film and TV roles – video obituary

    The actor whose credits include Rocky and Predator, has died at 76
  • The Canadian-American actor best known for playing Chandler Bing in the international hit series Friends has died at the age of 54

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    Matthew Perry's best moments on screen – video obituary

    The Canadian-American actor best known for playing Chandler Bing in the international hit series Friends has died at the age of 54
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Opinion

  • three men in suits

    How does comedy respond to another Trump presidency?

  • Ren Faire.

    Ren Faire: a mind-boggling tale that’s like Succession, with added jesters and jousts

    This wild documentary about George ‘King’ Coulam’s renaissance festival in Texas – and the search for an heir to his throne – will make your whole body cringe. What a strange and wonderful gift, my liege!
  • Jeff Hiller and Bridget Everett in a scene from the HBO TV series Somebody Somewhere

    As a hero of TV underdogs, I’m here to tell you to watch Somebody Somewhere

    Rebecca Shaw
    The show’s central friendship is full of something I love to see onscreen: they try to make each other laugh – and succeed
  • Teri Hatcher and Dean Cain as Lois Lane and Superman in Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

    Lois & Clark: this goofy 90s romcom is the only good Superman story

  • Eddie Redmayne in The Day of the Jackal.

    The Day of the Jackal: Eddie Redmayne is so astonishing he’s uncovered a whole new way of acting

  • a panel of people in a studio

    Have I Got News for You: how does the US version compare?

  • film still of man in large overcoat with arms outstretched

    Batman who? Why The Penguin is TV’s biggest surprise of the year

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  • Eddie Redmayne as Alexander Duggan in a scene from the TV adaptation of The Day of the Jackal.

    A vulnerable assassin and a tech bro target: how I put a modern spin on cult 1970s thriller to make The Jackal

  • Special relationship … why are so many of our series made with American money?

    ‘The vibe may be British, but the money is not’: how the US quietly conquered UK TV

    That new British show you love? There’s a fair chance it is being backed by a US studio. What’s behind the Americans’ sudden influence over our TV – and will it mean more Ted Lassos, and fewer Only Fools and Horses?
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    ‘I feel I’ve upset a few people over the years’: actor Brian Cox on overrated co-stars, charmless politicians and the joy of smoking weed

    He’s famed for grumpy roles and outspoken views, but don’t be fooled – the Succession star is a pussycat at heart. He talks about growing up in poverty, falling in love with his wife – and out of love with Labour
  • Mark Rylance, Paapa Essiedu and Cillian Murphy, all reportedly prospects for the Harry Potter TV series

    Cillian Murphy as Voldemort? Everything we know about HBO’s Harry Potter TV show

  • two men and woman in scrubs

    Scrubs: reboot of hit TV comedy in development at ABC

  • The Doctor Who Christmas special stars Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor and Nicola Coughlan as Joy

    Doctor Who showrunners warn AI scripts will ‘eat their own tail’

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