Articles about television – Page 8 of 13

‘South Park’ shouts out to Amazon’s Alexa and messes with viewers’ shopping lists and alarms

It’s one thing to yell at the TV. It’s another to have the TV talk back to you — or… Read More

Live TV special will take viewers 3 miles down to see wreckage of warship located by Paul Allen crew

A team of researchers led by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen located the lost wreckage of the World War II Navy… Read More

Bill Nye the Science Guy sues Disney for millions in dispute over TV show payout

Bill Nye the Science Guy, a veteran of tussles over climate change and evolution, has just sparked a legal battle… Read More

Report: Amazon investigated its studio head over alleged sexual remarks to show producer

Amazon Studios chief Roy Price, who has presided over the tech giant’s rise into a major Hollywood film and TV… Read More

Watch: Netflix teases Jerry Seinfeld’s stand-up comedy special with a few classic jokes

When Netflix and Jerry Seinfeld agreed to a deal that would bring his internet series “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee”… Read More

Netflix lures David Letterman back to TV with six-episode series premiering in 2018

David Letterman isn’t done talking after all. Two years after ending his lengthy career as a late-night television host, Letterman… Read More

How ‘The Tick’ took over Comic-Con: Amazon’s superhero is a big, blue deal in San Diego

There’s a line in the song for Amazon’s new original TV series “The Tick” which says, “We run this city.”… Read More

‘Game of Thrones’ season 7 premiere shatters streaming and Twitter records for HBO

In the heat of summer, all that hype about winter coming really paid off. HBO announced Tuesday that the season… Read More

Data of Thrones: The numbers suggest these ‘Game’ characters are in for a twist

Spoiler alert: This story provides no plot details from past or future episodes of “Game of Thrones,” but if you… Read More

‘Westworld’ and HBO dominate Emmy nominations, but Netflix rides ‘Stranger Things’ to 91 nods

In the race to catch HBO as the dominant force in award-winning television, the streaming service Netflix made up more… Read More

‘Stranger Things’ returning to Netflix in October and new trailer shows a scary storm is brewing

Winter might be coming with the return of “Game of Thrones” this Sunday, but fans of fantasy television are headed… Read More

Happy summer! Now get ready for winter with this action-packed ‘Game of Thrones’ trailer

The kids might be out of school and the beach vacations may already be booked, but forget summer. Winter is… Read More

Geoffrey Rush as Albert Einstein in "Genius"

Albert Einstein’s life story teaches lessons that go beyond science class in ‘Genius’

Don’t expect to hear a lot about relativity in the final chapter of Albert Einstein’s life story, as told tonight… Read More

Sign of the times: ‘Twin Peaks’ is back, and so is iconic marker outside Washington town

Fans looking to scout the location of the celebrated television series “Twin Peaks” got a new roadside marker to help… Read More

Jeff Bezos gave Jill Soloway, creator of the Amazon hit ‘Transparent,’ an artistic and political pep talk

Jill Soloway’s Amazon Video series “Transparent” has been an award-winning success for the tech giant’s streaming service. During an appearance… Read More

Farewell, Bachman: ‘Silicon Valley’ star T.J. Miller is leaving the HBO comedy after this season

Curl up in your bathrobe and hold that bong rip a few extra seconds for this news: T.J. Miller, the… Read More

Stop what you’re doing — the first full ‘Game of Thrones’ season 7 trailer is here

In addition to being queen of Westeros and rocking a pixie cut as fierce as her thirst for vengeance, Cersei Lannister… Read More

‘Genius’ TV show highlights links between Einstein’s love affairs and love of physics

National Geographic Channel’s “Genius” TV series on Albert Einstein spends almost as much time on the famous physicist’s love life as… Read More

Seattle VC data company PitchBook cited on ‘Silicon Valley’ as Bachman gets fooled once again

It might be a rare thing to get your tech company referenced on “Saturday Night Live,” but on “Silicon Valley,” it’s… Read More

HBO shows on Amazon Prime will disappear as network plans to focus on HBO Now service

Older HBO programs now available to Amazon Prime subscribers will be going away next year after a current licensing pact… Read More

Sex, spies and Einstein on TV: National Geographic’s ‘Genius’ spices up science

There have been plenty of TV documentaries about Albert Einstein, but almost none of them begin with a political assassination… Read More

New Zillow commercials tug at the heart strings by playing off emotion that goes into ‘Finding Home’

If you think looking for or attempting to buy a home is already an emotional experience, new ads from Zillow… Read More

‘Watch your back, Jeff Bezos’: Amazon sparks laughs on HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’

HBO’s “Silicon Valley” comedy series presents a California-centric view of how tech is done (and undone), but Amazon CEO Jeff… Read More

YouTube TV goes live with $35 monthly bundle of network, cable channels and unlimited cloud DVR

Cord cutters looking for yet another way to watch television without subscribing to cable or satellite providers got a new… Read More

Public Lab citizen science on "The Crowd and the Cloud"

Citizen scientists star in public TV’s ‘The Crowd and the Cloud,’ premiering online

It’s fitting that a four-hour documentary series about citizen scientists, titled “The Crowd and the Cloud,” is available to the… Read More

This is chilling: Trailer for ‘Game of Thrones’ season 7 shows would-be rulers walking the walk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxWfvtnHtS0 The return to fantasy and high drama on television took a step in the right direction on Thursday with… Read More

Trump supporters voice real outrage over fake #ResistanceRadio promoting Amazon TV series

Will 2017 be remembered as the year “fake” and “real” lost all meaning? We’re certainly on the right track. In… Read More

Netflix will reportedly launch a choose-your-own-adventure show later this year

Did your favorite character get killed off on “Orange is the New Black?” Did you hate the latest twist in… Read More

YouTube unveils live TV bundle for $35 a month with more than 40 channels

YouTube unveiled a new live TV service on Tuesday, setting up another major threat to cable and satellite companies. This service,… Read More

‘Late Show’ host Stephen Colbert dons Boeing’s spacesuit for Starliner stardom

Let history record that America’s first late-night astronaut is … Stephen Colbert? In a pre-recorded bit that was broadcast Friday night… Read More