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  • Man wearing sunglasses in front of blue sign

    The Diddy documentary cycle has started, and it’s already proving problematic

    Andrew Lawrence
    A sloppily assembled new Peacock documentary, tracking the rise and fall of the disgraced hip-hop mogul, makes a string of uneasy mistakes
  • Mattias Nordkvist as Per, Peter Eggers as John in The Breakthrough.

    The Breakthrough: this tense true-crime thriller is the best Scandi noir in years

  • A man and woman in period costume walking in front of horse-drawn carriages

    Why we can’t get enough of a good dynasty drama

  • Severance<br>Severance Season 2

    Severance: it’s a gorgeously odd return for this surreal drama – if you can work out what’s happening

  • Noah Wyle in The Pitt

    The Pitt – real-time medical drama puts Noah Wyle back in ER

  • Wayne Rooney is out at Plymouth Argyle after seven months and a winless run that left the club bottom of the Championship.

    How the tell-nothing sport documentary craze failed its viewers

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What to watch

  • Preston Mota, Taylor Kitsch and Betty Gilpin in American Primeval.

    American Primeval – this samey western is far less clever than it thinks it is

    Like all modern takes on frontier life, this drama focuses on its brutish nature. We’ve seen it all before – even if it is a gripping yarn
  • Jerry Springer with an audience member in 1991.

    Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action – a remarkable look at the trashiest TV of all time

  • Colin Firth as Dr Jim Swire in Sky Atlantic’s Lockerbie: A Search for Truth.

    Lockerbie: A Search for Truth – Colin Firth’s disaster drama is worryingly close to a Casualty episode

  • Missing You – you won’t remember a thing about Harlan Coben’s latest mystery 10 minutes later

  • No Good Deed – Lisa Kudrow carries this twisty, binge-worthy mystery

  • One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel García Márquez’s classic makes for startling TV beauty

  • Dream Productions – this joyous TV version of Inside Out is a Christmas miracle

  • A Nonsense Christmas With Sabrina Carpenter – an exceptionally good gift

  • The Sticky – Amazon’s grating maple syrup heist caper is a bust

Episode recaps

  • This image released by NBC shows host and musical guest Timothee Chalamet during promos for "Saturday Night Live" on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in New York. (Rosalind O'Connor/NBC via AP)

    Saturday Night Live
    Saturday Night Live: Timothée Chalamet hosts and sings in a decent episode

  • A man wearing a suit gestures his hands as he speaks, a graphic of the TikTok logo on screen

    Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: episode by episode
    John Oliver on potential US TikTok ban: ‘May not be necessary, but it isn’t sufficient’

    Last Week Tonight host looks into looming US ban over privacy concerns and fear of its Chinese parent company
  • Stephen Colbert on Trump’s executive orders: “Not all of those will withstand legal challenges, which is good. Because some of them are bad, and the rest are terrible.”

    Late-night TV roundup
    Stephen Colbert on Trump’s executive orders: ‘Some of them are bad, and the rest are terrible’

    Late-night hosts discuss Trump’s busy first day in office, including pardons for armed January 6 rioters
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Videos

  • How US networks reacted to Donald Trump's election victory – video

  • The actor whose credits include Rocky and Predator, has died at 76

    Carl Weathers' most memorable film and TV roles – video obituary

    The actor whose credits include Rocky and Predator, has died at 76
  • The Canadian-American actor best known for playing Chandler Bing in the international hit series Friends has died at the age of 54

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    Matthew Perry's best moments on screen – video obituary

    The Canadian-American actor best known for playing Chandler Bing in the international hit series Friends has died at the age of 54
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Opinion

  • 'Playing Nice' TV Show, Series 1, Episode 1, UK - 05 Jan 2025<br>Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by Joss Barratt/REX/Shutterstock (15034292aq) Niamh Algar as Maddie. 'Playing Nice' TV Show, Series 1, Episode 1, UK - 05 Jan 2025 Playing Nice, is a British ITV psychological thriller adapted by Malpractice writer Grace Ofori-Attah from the best-selling novel by British thriller author JP Delaney. Two couples discover that their toddlers were switched at birth in a hospital mix-up and face a horrifying dilemma: do they keep the sons they have raised and loved or reclaim their biological child? Living a waking nightmare, Pete (James Norton) and Maddie (Niamh Algar) are jettisoned into the world of the other couple Miles (James McArdle) and Lucy (Jessica Brown Findlay). At first it seems all four are agreed on a solution, but are hidden motives are at play? How far can each couple trust the real parents of their child or even each other?

    From stolen babies to dog murder: the TV shows that went way too far

  • Claudia Winkleman in The Traitors.

    ‘Banishment-level posh’: why is The Traitors so middle-class?

    From opera singers to granola breakfasts, the reality TV smash hit sometimes feels like a Middle Englander’s fever dream. It’s only a matter of time before a task involves a dressage round
  • Cristin Milioti and Colin Farrell in The Penguin.

    ‘Nothing short of a spectacular blunder!’ All the shocks from the TV Golden Globes

    Sure, Shōgun deserved to win big. But there were some horrific snubs in last night’s television awards, from The Penguin to Slow Horses
  • Contestants on The Traitors series two

    ‘I’m 100% faithful!’ What The Traitors tells us about human nature

  • David Mitchell and Dipo Ola in Ludwig.

    ‘Scream-at-the-screen stupid’ – the TV letdowns of the year

  • Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell on Strictly Come Dancing.

    Strictly, Celine Dion and Diane’s masterful funeral: it’s 2024’s most jaw-dropping TV moments

  • Fans loved her honesty … this year’s Big Brother winner, Ali Bromley.

    From Big Brother to Married at First Sight UK: why 2024 was reality TV’s queerest year yet

You may have missed

  • Michelle Yeoh, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande at the National Board of Review awards gala in New York on Tuesday.

    Wicked, A Complete Unknown and Shôgun lead Screen Actors Guild nominations

  • 82nd Annual Golden Globes - Show<br>Karla Sofía Gascón wins Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for "Emilia Pérez" during the 82nd Annual Golden Globes held at The Beverly Hilton on January 05, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Rich Polk/GG2025/Penske Media via Getty Images)

    The Brutalist, Emilia Pérez and Shōgun triumph at the Golden Globes

    The low-budget immigration saga and the Netflix crime musical picked up major film wins while the historical epic dominated television awards
  • A woman runs against the direction of a crowd of protesters who have their fists raised and are holding placards

    ‘A look into the future’: TV drama about Danish climate refugees divides opinion

    Families Like Ours has become national talking point but some scientists say events depicted could not happen
  • Missing You. (L to R) Rosalind Elezar as Kat, Brigid Zengeni as Odette, Jo Martin as Tessie in Missing You. Cr. James Stack/Netflix © 2024.

    ‘Are you kidding me?’ How Slow Horses’ Rosalind Eleazar took on a sensational thriller

  • Man in wooly hat entering a door with gun ready to shoot Utopia, episode two, season two.

    ‘She took it as a personal affront that people didn’t like her!’ What it’s like when your TV show gets canned

  • Claudia Winkleman standing in front of a castle, dressed in black velvet and a white frilly shirt

    We all love TV show The Traitors … what does that say about us?

  • Flames rise from logs in a fireplace

    Netflix throws another log on the fire in festive TV virtual blaze craze

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