Spanish-language audiences are growing even as TV viewership declines

Spanish-language audiences are growing even as TV viewership declines

Chris Ryan | Ojo Images | Getty Images The Spanish-language TV audience is growing, and advertisers are taking notice. Over the past few years, the Hispanic population in America has seen significant growth in TV viewership, according to experts, becoming one of the most valuable demographics for media companies and …

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Why Tot Celebrity Ms. Rachel Waded Into the Gaza Debate

Why Tot Celebrity Ms. Rachel Waded Into the Gaza Debate

With her pink headband, denim overalls and permanent smile, Ms. Rachel has become a mainstay in the households of preschool-aged children who are drawn to her good cheer and singalongs. Parents revere her pedagogical practicing of skills like waving, clapping and pronouncing consonants. The former music teacher’s YouTube videos became …

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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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‘The Last of Us’ Season 2, Episode 4: Seattle Slew

‘The Last of Us’ Season 2, Episode 4: Seattle Slew

Season 2, Episode 4 It’s comforting to know that long after the collapse of civilization, certain TV clichés will persist. Like: If a woman vomits unexpectedly in one episode, in the next episode we will find out she is pregnant. So it goes with Dina, who puked in last week’s …

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‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Wants to End With a Message of Hope

‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Wants to End With a Message of Hope

Though it was conceived in the Obama era, “The Handmaid’s Tale” arrived on Hulu in the early months of the first Trump presidency. Eight years later, it is concluding at the dawn of the second as an enduring, if initially accidental symbol of feminist resistance. Like the 1985 Margaret Atwood …

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As Jane Austen’s Sister, Keeley Hawes Keeps a Controlled Burn

As Jane Austen’s Sister, Keeley Hawes Keeps a Controlled Burn

Being cast in the mini-series “Miss Austen” began Keeley Hawes’s first venture into the Jane Austen-verse. Hawes has a résumé thick with period pieces but, perhaps surprisingly, she had never done a screen adaptation of Austen’s work — a veritable cottage industry in Britain since the late 1930s. “Of course, …

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