Television Behind Netflix's record-setting quarter Netflix announced record-setting growth in the fourth quarter of 2024, adding 19 million subscribers. This came when it had popular programming like the second season of Squid Game and NFL games. Eric Deggans
Arts & Life Netflix raises monthly fees after a record jump in new subscribers The company says it added 19 million new subscribers during the last quarter of 2024, fueled by live events and new shows. Netflix is also raising subscriptions by $1 to $2 per month in the U.S. Manuela López Restrepo
Television Tramell Tillman and Britt Lower discuss their characters' evolutions in 'Severance' NPR's Scott Detrow speaks to Tramell Tillman and Britt Lower, stars of the Apple TV+ series, about their complex character arcs and show's highly-anticipated second season. Scott Detrow
Television Stars of 'Severance' discuss their roles and the show's long-awaited second season NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Tramell Tillman and Britt Lower, stars of the Apple TV+ series Severance, about the show's highly-anticipated second season. Ashley Brown Scott Detrow Avery Keatley
Arts & Life The second season of 'Severance' manages to be even weirder than the first The Apple TV+ series emerged as an engrossing puzzle box of a show when it first debuted three years ago. And it just got even more surreal. Eric Deggans
Arts & Life Why Australian Open live streams look like Wii tennis — and what it means for sports The Australian Open's animated tennis livestreams are making a splash. U.S. leagues have used similar technology to put Simpsons on the football field and superheroes on ice skates. Rachel Treisman
Arts & Life 'American Primeval' offers a gritty, heartfelt take on the Wild West Set in the lawless Utah territory of 1857, Netflix's six-part series features chaotic violence, endearing characters and some sights and performances you'll not soon forget. David Bianculli
Arts & Life Leslie Charleson, who starred on 'General Hospital' for nearly 50 years, dies at 79 Colleagues are remembering the soap opera star for her "quick wit" and presence on set. She died after a long illness. Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Arts & Life Comedy is journalism, says Roy Wood Jr., from 'The Daily Show' to CNN A good comedian has to "know what regular people are going through," he says. In his new Hulu special, Lonely Flowers, Wood riffs on how isolation has sent society spiraling. Tonya Mosley