Is This Late-Night TV’s Last Gasp?

Is This Late-Night TV’s Last Gasp?

John Mulaney describes his weekly Netflix talk show as “a throwback in some ways.” Indeed, it seems to draw inspiration from numerous 20th-century late-night hosts, from Dick Cavett to David Letterman to Conan O’Brien. “It’s almost like the way you might remember a bunch of shows from the past, but …

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‘Beyond the Gates’ Brings Soap Operas Back to Daytime TV

‘Beyond the Gates’ Brings Soap Operas Back to Daytime TV

As a student at Yale, Sheila Ducksworth often rushed home to indulge in two favorite guilty pleasures. She’d stop for dessert at Durfee’s Sweet Shoppe before catching up on her soap operas with a friend. She had grown up watching her stories. “Generations,” the NBC soap opera that debuted in …

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