Dan Clarendon

Remind • February 28, 2026

Why 'Pretty in Pink's Original Ending Got Booed

Forty years ago, moviegoers watched a teenage love triangle play out in the comedy-drama film Pretty in Pink, as the working-class Andie (Molly Ringwald) weighed her romantic prospects with fellow outsider Duckie (Jon Cryer) or upper-class love interest Blane (Andrew McCarthy). In the end — four-decade-old spoiler alert! — Andie chooses Blane, and Duckie sacrifices his own happy ending to support the new relationship. But John Hughes’ screenplay for the film didn’t originally end that way.

TV Insider • February 23, 2026

2026 Winter Olympics: 6 Biggest Controversies From This Year’s Games

As the 2026 Winter Olympics passes the torch to this year’s Winter Paralympics — which start on March 6 — it’s time to look back at these Olympic Games and all their highlights and lowlights. The not-so-golden moments include gender-based exclusion, an uproar over a helmet, allegations of biased judging and cheating on the ice, and a confession of cheating off the ice. Here, we’re recapping our selections for the biggest 2026 Winter Olympics controversies since the cauldrons were lit.

TV Insider • February 22, 2026

Lifetime’s ‘Pushed Off a Plane and Survived’ Isn’t Far-Fetched, These Real-Life Survival Stories Prove

Lifetime claims the story is “ripped from the headlines” and “inspired by real stories,” and though the cable network isn’t specifying which headlines and which real stories, there are documented cases of people improbably surviving free falls of thousands of feet. Here’s a selection.

Remind • February 18, 2026

Why Fred Rogers Took On His Only Acting Role Outside 'Mr. Rogers'

Fred Rogers logged hundreds of TV appearances in his persona as Mister Rogers — and not just on his long-running series Mister Rogers Neighborhood. But he only played another character on screen one time — and that rare acting role came 30 years ago, in an episode of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. In the CBS drama’s fourth season episode “Deal with the Devil” — which aired on February 17, 1996 — Rogers played Reverend Thomas. And the role was familiar territory for the children’s TV star...

TV Insider • February 14, 2026

On ‘Jeopardy!’ 15 Years Ago, IBM’s Supercomputer Watson Beat Ken Jennings & Brad Rutter

Before he was the host of Jeopardy!, Ken Jennings set a record for most consecutive games won on the game show, lasting 74 games in 2004. Jennings also won the Jeopardy! Greatest of All Time tournament in 2020 against James Holzhauer and Brad Rutter, the latter of whom still holds the record for all-time Jeopardy! winnings with his nearly $5 million in prize money. But 15 years ago, both Jennings and Rutter were trounced on the game show by an IBM supercomputer called Watson.

TV Insider • February 7, 2026

11 Worst Super Bowl Commercials of All Time, Ranked (VIDEO)

Maybe if NFL referees throw penalty flags during the ad breaks and not just during football games, we wouldn’t have ended up with the abysmal Super Bowl ads below. Every year, brands spend millions to produce and air commercials during the big game, and often, they have to issue public apologies for campaigns gone awry. GoDaddy is a frequent offender, and it earned three spots on our list of worst Super Bowl commercials of all time. See our selections here — if you can handle the cringe factor.

Remind • February 6, 2026

Did Mamie Van Doren and Marilyn Monroe Really Feud?

Mamie Van Doren, who turns 95 on February 6, is the last surviving member of the trio of 1950s-era blond bombshells that became known as the “Three Ms”: herself, Marilyn Monroe, and Jayne Mansfield. And in the ensuing decades, reports of animosity between the three women have persisted. But Van Doren, who became known for roles in films like 1958’s Teacher’s Pet and 1968’s Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women, said Monroe was actually a friend and mentor.

Remind • February 4, 2026

When the The Brady Bunch Cast Reunited One Last Time for 'The Brady Brides'

Here’s the story / Of a short-lived sitcom / That featured two very familiar-looking girls / With their husbands, they lived together / Until NBC gave the show a hurl. One of the numerous short-lived attempts to recapture the success of The Brady Bunch, The Brady Brides, debuted on NBC 45 years ago. It was a TV movie and backdoor pilot that turned into a miniseries that turned into a full-fledged series that turned into a footnote in Brady Bunch history. Here’s how it played out...

TV Insider • February 2, 2026

As ‘American Crime Story’ Turns 10, Will We Ever Get Another Season?

Ten years ago, American Crime Story wowed viewers, TV critics, and Emmy voters with The People v. O.J. Simpson, the anthology’s debut season, scoring record numbers for FX and earning 22 Emmy nominations and nine wins. So where’s Season 4? After two high-profile false starts and a lot of radio silence, here’s what we know about American Crime Story’s future…

TV Insider • January 28, 2026

'The One After the Superbowl': Revisiting 'Friends' Most-Watched Episode Ever

Thirty years ago, a group of Friends and a few movie stars lit up NBC after Super Bowl XXX, as nearly 53 million viewers tuned into “The One After the Superbowl” on January 28, 1996. And though no one’s saying the episode is classic Friends, it still holds the distinction of being the most-watched Super Bowl lead-out on record. But here’s what all those millions of viewers at home didn’t know…

Remind • January 25, 2026

How Paul Newman’s First Film Nearly Ended His Career Before It Began

Paul Newman, who would have been 101 on January 26, turned heads in the 1953 Broadway production of the play Picnic. He won a Theatre World Award and, even more importantly, caught the attention of future wife Joanne Woodward, an understudy in the production. But then came what Newman considered to be a disastrous film debut for the actor—and the worst film of the 1950s—in the historical epic The Silver Chalice.

TV Insider • January 24, 2026

Teen TV’s Best & Worst ‘Very Special Episodes,’ Ranked

Though social issues have been incorporated into TV shows more organically lately, the “very special episode” was a small-screen staple for decades. These episodes deal with societal woes like drug/alcohol abuse, crime, and violence in PSA-like storylines that were often resolved by the end of the hour or half-hour. And very special episodes were often “cynical marketing opportunities as much as a desire to serve the public," Arthur Smith, a former assistant curator at the Paley Center for Media, explained in 2015.

Remind • January 24, 2026

The Controversial ‘Mary Tyler Moore Show’ Storyline That Viewers Never Got to See

The Mary Tyler Moore Show, which aired on CBS from 1970 to 1977, broke ground for women on TV, with Mary Tyler Moore playing an unmarried woman more focused on her career in a Minneapolis newsroom than on her love life or a partner. But if creators Allan Burns and James L. Brooks had their way, Mary Richards would have been a divorcée. Moore loved the idea, but CBS wouldn’t have it…

Remind • January 16, 2026

Dolly Parton Turns 80: See 8 of Her Lesser-Known Acting Roles

Dolly Parton, who turns 80 on January 19, couldn’t have been as prolific as she’s been, both in music and on screen, if she were only working 9 to 5. In fact, the Queen of Country’s filmography is so extensive, she has roles that may have escaped your attention. (We beg your Parton, diehard fans.) Amid her well-known roles in films like The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and Steel Magnolias, here are eight other acting performances that got lesser play.

TV Insider • January 11, 2026

Best Hulu Movies: ‘Summer of Soul,’ ‘Fire Island,’ ‘Prey,’ and More

Hulu’s original films don’t have the numbers or the acclaim of Netflix’s, but the Disney-owned streaming platform nevertheless has an impressive lineup. For several years now, Hulu’s films have been bringing the laughs, tears, thrills, and chills — and the streamer has become a destination for documentaries, too, as you’ll see here.

TV Insider • January 4, 2026

Worst U.S. Adaptations of U.K. TV Shows: ‘Coupling,’ ‘Skins,’ and More

Tea time, health care, holiday commercials — there are some things the Brits just do better than us Yanks. And sometimes, that list includes telly, ahem, television. Sure, Americans TV producers have had some luck adapting British TV shows — The Office and Shameless were certainly hits. But more often than not, they muck up premises that worked splendidly across the pond.

TV Insider • January 3, 2026

15 Best Netflix Movies Ever, Ranked

The streaming company has churned out original films for a decade now, though it has typically sent its films to select movie theaters for award-show eligibility. Earlier this year, however, Netflix celebrated its first time topping the U.S. box office with a singalong version of KPop Demon Hunters, which, yes, is one of our picks for the best Netflix films yet.

TV Insider • December 31, 2025

2025’s Most Disappointing Shows, From ‘All’s Fair’ to ‘Zero Day’

For many, 2025 is ending not with a bang or a whimper but just an exasperated sigh. Amid all the anxieties and terrors of the last 365 days, even television, our best and most accessible means of escapism, has been letting us down.

TV Insider • December 20, 2025

15 Years Ago, Inaccurate Post-it Trivia Put Fox’s ‘Million Dollar Money Drop’ in a Sticky Situation

If the researchers of Million Dollar Money Drop were thinking about Post-it notes, perhaps they could have used a Post-it reminder to double-check their work. For it was a trivia question about the adhesive stationery that caused a stink for the Fox game show 15 years ago now.

Queerty • November 15, 2025

It’s Transgender Awareness Week, and trans folk are sharing their stories

Every November 13 to November 19 is Transgender Awareness Week, a time to educate the public about trans identities and the fight for trans equality and safety, all of which leads up to Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20. As GLAAD explains, trans advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith created Transgender Day of Remembrance in 1999 in memory of Rita Hester, a trans woman murdered the previous year.