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David Duchovny Talked Writing and Weed With Bill Maher

Along with Lis Smith and Matt Taibbi discussing current politics

Lena Dunham’s “Sharp Stick” Is Sneakily Traditionalist — Just Like the Rest of Her Work

For a filmmaker known for her transgression, Dunham has a weird underlying conservatism

Albuquerque Just Got Its Own "Breaking Bad" Statues

Series creator Vince Gilligan commissioned them

Raised by TV: How My Television Replaced School

My mother kept me home until I was 11, so television was my teacher

Does Bear Grylls Have Proper Table Manners? We Asked Him.

We caught up with the 48-year-old ahead of the July 25 premiere of "Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge” on National Geographic

Inside the Secretly Progressive World of Game Shows

An industry insider explains how the genre has always been ahead of the curve

How “Somebody Somewhere” Centers Queer Voices in Rural America

The HBO series insists that LGBTQ+ characters can find community in small-town Kansas

Bill Maher Addressed an Eventful Political Week on “Real Time”

An oddly subdued episode featured a lot to discuss

In Defense of the Unsentimental “SNL” Farewell

Some cast members got tears and speeches. Others left without a word. Is there a happy medium?

This Week's "SNL" Took a Trip Into Baseball History

Things, as they say, escalate quickly in this one

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Tonight’s “Real Time” Included a Discussion of Campus Speech — and a Dig at the Jets

Also up for debate this week: ironic Christmas sweaters and Mr. Beast

"The Wire" Creator David Simon's Latest Project Is In a New Medium: Comics

Artist Philippe Squarzoni has adapted his book "Homicide" as a graphic novel

Comedy Visited the Uncanny Valley on This Week's "SNL"

One of this week's sketches relentlessly mocked AI

Bill Maher and David Mamet Revisited the History of Adult Films on “Real Time”

It was a much less contentious conversation than Mamet’s last appearance on the show

Timothée Chalamet Got Dystopian on a New "SNL"

His horse is back for the ride as well

Andrew Cuomo Sparred With Bill Maher on This Week’s “Real Time”

The former governor and Melissa DeRosa had an intense conversation on his legacy

“Top Gun” Is the Latest Action Franchise to Get a Reality Show

Entering the company of James Bond and "Star Wars"

This Week’s “Real Time” Explored Sketch Comedy History

Keegan-Michael Key and Elle Key joined Bill Maher in conversation

Archivists Find Lost Episodes of a “Monty Python” Precursor

"The Complete and Utter History of Britain" is now streaming

After Five Months, Bill Maher Returned to “Real Time”

Including an occasionally surreal interview and a return to “Barbie” discourse

Report: WGA, Studios Reach "Tentative Agreement" on New Contract

The WGA membership still has to vote on the new deal

The US Is Getting an All-Naked Dating Show

"Naked Attraction" has come to Max

“Hot Ones” Creator Chris Schonberger Explains How His Series Caught Fire

Sean Evans has sat down with hot wings and a hot celebrity more than 300 times

Does Comedy Have a Duty to Be Factually Accurate?

Hasan Minhaj is the latest comedian to prompt this debate