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‘Outlander: Blood of My Blood’ Returns — and Reunions Don’t Last Long
Did Julia, Henry and their newborn baby William travel through the infamous standing stones of Craigh Na Dun?
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TV’s Neurodivergent Casting Reckoning
‘The Pitt’ star Tal Anderson and ‘Love on the Spectrum’ creator Cian O’Clery are pushing back on one-note portrayals of autism and broadening representation onscreen.
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Workplace Comedies Are Having a Major Emmy Moment
As ‘Abbott Elementary,’ ‘The Comeback’ and ‘Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat’ land among this year’s comedy writing nominees, their creators explain how they make office stories feel fresh, funny and painfully real.
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Ken Burns Reopens America’s Founding Wounds in ‘The American Revolution’
The PBS docuseries, co-directed by Sarah Botstein, argues America’s birth was less a unified fight for independence than a brutal, contradictory conflict over power, land and freedom.
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Brittany Snow Is Done Being Underestimated
The actress opens up about shedding her “good girl” image through ‘The Hunting Wives,’ ‘The Beast in Me’ and ‘Murdaugh: Death in the Family’ — and why playing dangerous women suits her.
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Matthew Rhys Reveals He and Dave Annable Unsuccessfully Pitched a ‘Brothers & Sisters’ Holiday Special
The actor explains why he still believes the ABC drama could be rebooted as he reflects on swinging bigger with ‘The Beast in Me’ and trying his hand at comedy in ‘Widow’s Bay.’
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Why TV’s Top Casting Directors Are Betting on Unknowns
The teams behind ‘The Pitt,’ ‘Love Story,’ and more share how thousands of submissions, chemistry reads and instinct shaped the season’s most memorable new performances.
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Even Caitríona Balfe and Sam Heughan Don’t Know How to Interpret That ‘Outlander’ Ending
The stars and executive producers, joined by showrunner Matthew B. Roberts, open up to The Hollywood Reporter about alternate endings and Claire and Jamie Fraser’s ambiguous fate at the end of Starz’s long-running fantasy historical romantic drama: “They’re together, wherever they are.”
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‘9-1-1’ Star Ryan Guzman Has Learned to Roll With the Punches
After surviving another finale, Guzman opens up about fighting to be included in the ABC drama's ICE raid storyline, how playing Eddie has helped him come to terms with his own identity and the fan-favorite relationship with Buck.
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‘The Testaments’ Is Gilead’s Next Chapter: Creator and Stars Unpack Book Changes and That ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Surprise
On the set of the latest Hulu and MGM adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel, Bruce Miller, stars Chase Infiniti, Lucy Halliday, Ann Dowd and more exclusively spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about launching another TV revolution — and how 'The Handmaid's Tale' factors into the sequel.
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Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis Are Ready to Talk About That Wild ‘Scarpetta’ Ending
The actors and executive producers, joined by co-stars Bobby Cannavale and Simon Baker, speak to The Hollywood Reporter about the undoing of the central medical examiner in that big and bloody cliffhanger finale of Prime Video’s adaptation of Patricia Cornwell’s novels — and how it sets up season two.
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Patrick Dempsey Explains His Darker TV Return With ‘Memory of a Killer’: “I Don’t Get This Type of Character Offered Often”
The star and executive producer dives into his role as a contracted killer battling early onset Alzheimer’s in the Fox psychological thriller series, while also paying tribute to his late 'Grey's Anatomy' co-star Eric Dane, who died Feb. 19 after battling ALS, and sharing why he has made peace with being forever known as “McDreamy."
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