Stephen Colbert discussed the Omicron surge and Apple’s record $3tn valuationSeth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon cancelled their week of shows on Tuesday after both tested positive for Covid-19, leaving Stephen Colbert as the only late-night host on the air, …
Golden Girls star Betty White dies aged 99
The actor’s career spanned more than 80 years – but it was her role as Rose Nylund in the 1980s sitcom that cemented her statusBetty White, the actor best known for roles in sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls, has died aged 99.White…
Betty White: a true TV genius – and a comedy black belt
With her sweet smile and twinkly eyes, White made her name playing seemingly dopey blondes. But how canny she was – and what a revolutionaryGolden Girls star Betty White dies aged 99Betty White: a life in picturesBetty White, who had one of the longest…
Stephen Mangan: ‘My strangest Christmas present? An aubergine’
The actor, who is playing Scrooge on stage, is a fan of Christmas games – and quizzes in particular. But there’s one question he can’t answer: why are Christmas cracker jokes so bad? Stephen Mangan, one of the most disarmingly likable comic actors arou…
Paul Rudd Saturday Night Live to film without audience amid Omicron surge
People’s Sexiest Man Alive to host show for fifth timeNBC cites ‘abundance of caution’ behind Covid moveThe actor Paul Rudd, People’s Sexiest Man Alive of 2021, was set to be inducted into the vaunted Five-Timers Club on Saturday Night Live but the sur…
Bob Mortimer: ‘I’m comfortable with getting older, but I try not to look in the mirror’
The comedian, 62, on growing up shy in Middlesbrough, losing his dad, meeting Vic Reeves, and the deep contentment of fishingI was quite a shy boy. Growing up in Middlesbrough, I felt a bit of an outsider. My three elder brothers are funny and boistero…
Reservation Dogs: the trippy teen comedy you’ll want to rewatch immediately
Hollywood’s weirdo-in-chief Taika Waititi serves up a fresh take on teens desperate to ditch their dead-end town with this strange, astounding show No more satisfying a setting for a TV show than “scratched-out craptown peopled by criminal-leaning ecce…
TV tonight: Jack O’Connell’s Arctic agonies escalate
The North Water nears its chilling climax. Plus, Tina Fey’s and Robert Carlock’s amiable sitcom, Mr Mayor, provides lighter relief Continue reading…
Colbert on Arizona audit: ‘They hired Maga fans, and even they couldn’t say No 45 won’
Late-night hosts talk Arizona’s GOP-led election ‘audit’, which reaffirmed Biden’s win, and Rudy Giuliani’s Fox News issuesStephen Colbert mocked the humiliating conclusion of a partisan effort to overturn the 2020 election in Arizona, which concluded …
TV tonight: comic catastrophe in a country house caper
There’s a welcome return for the am-dram spoof in which everything goes wrong, plus one of football’s great rivalries is recalled. Here’s what to watch this evening Continue reading…