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TV Insider • October 8th, 2026

See Olivia Benson in Every Season of ‘Law & Order: SVU’

She’s gone from NYPD detective to commanding officer of the department’s Special Victims Unit. She’s gone from aspiring parent to adoptive mother. She’s gone from Elliot Stabler’s (Christopher Meloni) professional partner to Stabler’s possible romantic partner. She has even gone from namesake for one of Taylor Swift’s cats to costar for one of Swift’s Easter egg drops. And Law & Order: SVU fans have watched Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) every step of the way.

TV Insider • October 2nd, 2026

‘Friday Night Lights’ Actors Who Appeared in the TV Series & the Film

Clear schedules, full résumés, can’t lose. Starting with Friday Night Lights’ premiere episode on October 2, 2006, the NBC football drama started reusing talent from the 2004 film of the same name.In fact, more than 120 people have both productions on their filmographies, including stunt performers, electricians, camera operators, hair stylists, and several actors (Connie Britton included).

TV Insider • September 30th, 2026

4 Times ‘East of Eden’ Was Adapted for Screen & 3 Adaptations That Never Arrived

Netflix is giving high-school English students another chance to not read a classic of American literature on Thursday, October 1, as the streaming service presents a seven-part adaptation of East of Eden. And this latest version, executive produced by Zoe Kazan and starring Florence Pugh, Christopher Abbott, Mike Faist, and Hoon Lee, has a connection to the very first: Zoe’s grandfather Elia Kazan directed 1955’s big-screen East of Eden.

TV Insider • September 14th, 2026

4 Agatha Christie Novels That Have Never Been Adapted for the Screen

Even the best-selling novelist of all time wrote stories that didn’t win over fans or earn screen adaptations. Agatha Christie’s mysteries have inspired dozens of film and TV productions, but four entries from her bibliography are still waiting to be filmed. Read on for details from Christie’s official website, contemporaneous reviews, a recent biography of the mystery writer, and a Reddit discussion about whether these projects are truly unfilmable.

TV Insider • September 12th, 2026

Why Drew Barrymore & Jennifer Hudson Are Still Killing the Daytime Game

Former The View cohost Meghan McCain recently trashed current-day daytime talk shows, calling them “sublimely boring” with “hosts [who] want to be loved.”
But we wonder if McCain has been watching the same talk shows as we. To us, The Drew Barrymore Show and The Jennifer Hudson Show aren’t sublimely boring but just sublime.

Swooon • September 12th, 2026

14 Emmy-Winning Celebrity Couples: Duos Where Both Have Emmys

Some Hollywood couples could add significant weight to their trophy shelves after the 78th Emmy Awards on Monday, September 14. Matthew Rhys is doubly nominated for his lead performances in Widow’s Bay and The Beast in Me, while his longtime partner, Keri Russell, picked up a nomination for her lead role in The Diplomat.

Meanwhile, Michelle Pfeiffer and husband David E. Kelley are both nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series as executive producers of Margo’s Got Money Troubles, for which Pfeiff...

TV Insider • September 9th, 2026

How TV Anchors Covered 9/11 Live

The early morning hours of September 11, 2001, were business as usual for morning shows on broadcast TV. The anchors of those programs had gotten through the day’s headlines and moved on to human interest stories, cooking segments, and other lighthearted fare. Then came horrific reports from Lower Manhattan and the first of many shocking images that soon made it was clear what seemed like a terrible accident was actually a coordinated terror attack. Here’s how TV anchors covered the news — and w...

TV Insider • September 4th, 2026

No, Not That One! 10 Forgotten TV Shows With the Same Name as a Hit

Lost to time is the 2001 TV show Lost, an NBC series that had nothing to do with plane crash survivors exploring a mysterious island. Premiering on September 4, 2001, NBC’s Lost did follow castaways of a sort. In the reality competition, contestants were paired off and dropped off in a remote location, and they then raced across the globe to reach the finish line.That Lost beat CBS’s similar The Amazing Race to the airwaves by one day.

TV Insider • September 1st, 2026

12 TV Anchors Who Signed Off With Iconic Catchphrases

Dan Rather courageously tried out a new “curtain line” at the end of his CBS Evening News report on September 1, 1986, ending the broadcast with one word: “Courage.” Amid backlash, however, he was finding other ways of saying goodnight just a week later. But Rather was right to try to find a sign-off as iconic as those of his predecessors Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Morrow. And soon, he did.

TV Insider • August 30th, 2026

What’s the Best Streaming Service for Sci-Fi Fans? Here’s What We Found

Streaming: the final frontier. These are the services of Hollywood enterprises. Their continuing mission: to showcase strange new worlds, to spotlight new life and new civilizations, to boldly show what no linear TV network has shown before. Yes, science-fiction stories live long and prosper on streaming services, and when it comes time for fans to pay those subscription fees, well… resistance is futile.

TV Insider • August 29th, 2026

Tucker Carlson’s Biggest Controversies, Explained

In a Truth Social rant last week, President Donald Trump claimed former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson has become “totally irrelevant.” Proponents of social justice likely wish that were the case.

TV Insider • August 27th, 2026

Missing ‘Deadwood’ 20 Years Later? 9 Other TV Shows to Check Out

Deadwood, our pick for the best TV Western of all time, is a dramatization of the law and disorder of late-19th-century Deadwood, South Dakota, with characters including real-life frontier figures like Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, and Wyatt Earp. And we reckon fans of that show would take a liking to the similar shows below…

TV Insider • August 23rd, 2026

Mark Ruffalo Hits Back at Paramount’s Claim His Anti-Merger Criticism Was Antisemitic

Mark Ruffalo is taking Paramount to task, saying the media corporation is being “fundamentally dishonest” for deeming his anti-merger criticism as antisemitic.

TV Insider • August 22nd, 2026

Clapbacks for $200: See How Ken Jennings Has Responded to Online Critics

As Jeopardy! viewers can attest, Ken Jennings’ wit almost faster than his buzzer finger. And as his social media followers can attest, he doesn’t just save his zingers for the game show. The quiz show host responded to transphobia accusations with an au contraire statement recently, but not before firing off a sarcastic reply. Read about that moment and his other clapbacks toward internet critics.

TV Insider • August 22nd, 2026

Michael Wright Dies: ‘The Five Heartbeats’ & ‘Sugar Hill’ Actor Was 70

Michael Wright, an actor known for his roles in the films The Five Heartbeats and Sugar Hill, has died at age 70.
Wright died on Wednesday, August 19, after suffering heart failure and complications of Marchiafava-Bignami disease, his family told TMZ.

TV Insider • August 22nd, 2026

Messiest Daytime TV Divorces Ever — What Went Wrong on Popular Game & Talk Shows

A dispute over a Wheel of Fortune fortune. Contentious “hanky-panky” on The Price Is Right. Bad news for The View. Cohost tension playing out Live. A moment The Talk got hostile. Jeopardy! in jeopardy. And a bad time for Good Morning America’s third hour. All times daytime television went from inoffensive midday entertainment to the kind of drama you’d expect to be scripted for primetime. Read about it all here as we reveal our picks for the messiest daytime TV divorces ever.

TV Insider • August 17th, 2026

Scott Jennings’ Biggest Controversies, Explained

If the speculation is true and Scott Jennings does replace Karoline Leavitt as the White House press secretary, he’d be another controversial cable news figure in Donald Trump’s administration. Jennings, a political strategist who went from special assistant to George W. Bush to advisor Mitch McConnell advisor to fiery TV commentator, has been in the middle of many imbroglios over the last 20 years.

TV Insider • August 16th, 2026

Disney CEO Sends Firm Message About FCC Threats: ‘Our Position on This Is Clear’

Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro isn’t about to back down from his company’s battle against the Federal Communications Commission amid the FCC’s threats to ABC shows like The View and Jimmy Kimmel Live! “Our position on this is clear,” D’Amaro said in a CNBC interview during Disney’s D23 Expo on Friday, per The Daily Beast. “We’re very principled on this. We’re going to stand up to what we believe is journalistic integrity. And we’re not going to be told how to run that side of our business.”

TV Insider • August 16th, 2026

The Biggest Miss Teen USA Scandals, Explained

Two years after a dramatic resignation and one year after a ceremony that broadcast TV viewers didn’t get to see, the Miss Teen USA beauty pageant seems poised for a comeback. But contestants have had extraordinarily rough experiences over the years, and often not of their own doing. Here’s a timeline of what we would call the biggest scandals from the pageant’s history.

TV Insider • August 16th, 2026

Tracee Ellis Ross Calls Out Jay Leno’s ‘Tonight Show’ Turning Her Down: ‘Is It Just Racism?’

Recent “Headlines” about The Tonight Show With Jay Leno aren’t favorable, now that Tracee Ellis Ross has said she was snubbed from the NBC late-night talk show. Ross shared the anecdote on Trevor Noah’s podcast What Now? as she and Noah discussed the lack of industry respect for the 2000s-era sitcom Girlfriends, on which she starred as Joan Clayton.

TV Insider • August 15th, 2026

10 Stars Who Were on PBS’s ‘Masterpiece’ Before Becoming Famous

Masterpiece promises to “[bring] you the best of British drama, including period dramas, mysteries, and more.” And the PBS franchise also brings you the best acting talent across the pond, too. Just check out these big-name stars, all of whom got their starts in British TV productions aired stateside on Masterpiece, sometimes even in the same project.

Queerty • August 15th, 2026

On National Leathercraft Day, gays are harnessing the power of #leathermen - Queerty

The annual observance was started in 2018 by the Tandy Leather Company to highlight the skills of leather-crafters throughout the nation. But we’re repurposing the holiday to suit our specific needs: showcasing the leather gays among us.

TV Insider • August 9th, 2026

7 'Great British Bake Off' Spinoffs Ranked From Worst to Best

Fans have plenty of related TV programs on which to nosh if they’ve already gobbled up all the GBBO seasons to date. After scoping out other versions and considering the opinion of internet judges, here’s how we’d rank nine GBBO spinoffs. And yes, we’d give the No. 1. pick the coveted TV Insider handshake.

TV Insider • August 8th, 2026

The 10 Most-Hated Characters From Taylor Sheridan Shows

Taylor Sheridan’s recurring role on Lioness, an espionage thriller for which he has written every script, might’ve set off alarm bells for viewers who also saw him play one of Yellowstone’s most reviled characters.