The first episode of 2026, hosted by Finn Wolfhard of ?Stranger Things,? satirized that hit Netflix series and conjured a Harry Potter reboot à la ?Heated Rivalry.?

?I find it weird when I go away and there are no noises of someone knocking over something or munching at the cat food or playing with a toy at 3 a.m. annoyingly keeping you up.?

The comic?s new special, ?American Boy,? shows that he has the leading-man charisma and hunger. His career will be interesting to watch.

A lighter story about an itinerant sword-swinger cuts ?Game of Thrones? down to small pleasures.

With no dragons and no warring dynasties, HBO?s ?A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms? is the first test of whether the ?Thrones? formula works on a human scale.

In ?Star Trek: Starfleet Academy,? she got to play a few things she never had in her varied career: a space captain and a woman over 400 years old.

There?s much more to Sally Wainwright?s series about middle-aged punk rockers than the music.

A stretch of big news revealed growing pains for CBS?s new evening anchor and problems with its Bari Weiss-era philosophy.

The ?Game of Thrones? actress plays a fledgling spy in ?Ponies,? a Cold-War era drama that takes her career in a new direction.

Another ice-skating romance premieres, and a reboot of ?Star Search? comes to Netflix.

The latest and most humorous offering in the ?Game of Thrones? universe follows the hulking, lovable Ser Duncan, who may or may not be a real knight.

Steamy love stories starring athletes and top-notch yearners will tide you over until your next trip to the cottage.

The ?Late Night? host said there was no way President Trump drank milk, ?unless someone tricked you into thinking your Diet Coke came from a cow.?

Viewers got extra intimate this week with the hard physical realities of life in the emergency ward.

Other picks include ?Bat Out of Hell: The Musical,? a new season of Playing on Air podcasts and ?Lazarus,? featuring the music of David Bowie.

?It?s my comfort book,? she says of the comic novel about a busted marriage. Her own new thriller is a sequel to ?The Last Thing He Told Me.?

?You got to hand it to that auto worker for getting under Trump?s skin,? Stephen Colbert said after the president appeared to flip off a heckling worker at a Ford plant.

Demi Moore nailed it at last year?s Globes, and so did Teyana Taylor this year. The best acceptances keep in mind four key guidelines.

?Has anyone told him that they don?t have oil?? Colbert said of the president?s plan to send 1,000 more immigration officers to Minnesota.

The actor also made ?criminal threats? toward the driver, according to the Los Angeles police.

That ?Ricky Gervais: Mortality? won for best comedy sends a message about the lack of respect given to stand-up.

?Doesn?t your oath of office to America have a noncompete?? the ?Daily Show? host asked President Trump.

A Golden Globes appearance by the stars of ?Heated Rivalry,? HBO Max?s show about gay hockey players, reflected how it has built a big-tent fan base.

The third season of the Israeli series, rescheduled amid the recent surge of conflicts in the Middle East, finally premieres on Apple TV.

Rose Byrne, Owen Cooper, Seth Rogen, Teyana Taylor and other award winners in the spotlight.

Nikki Glaser returned as host and killed, while Teyana Taylor delivered the speech of the night. Then there were those awful production choices.

Although Gervais has hosted the Golden Globes five times, he was not at the ceremony on Sunday night.

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