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  • Charles and Adam Trask stand near seated Cathy Ames in a lace wedding gown, East of Eden

    East of Eden review – Florence Pugh in soapy Steinbeck adaptation is brilliant, compelling TV

    This take on the 1952 novel is lavishly shot and full of excellent performances. It lacks the heft to be a full examination of human nature, but it’s a high-quality family saga
  • 'South America' (aka South Park) season 29, episode 2

    South Park has ​​AI datacentres​, sentient penises ​and a billionaire problem – in more ways than one

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers, 29 September 2026.

    Seth Meyers on Trump canceling $1bn in federal funds: ‘Is he adding a waterslide to the reflecting pool?’

  • Jon Stewart on Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington: “Trump spent most of Xi’s White House visit just pointing at shit, while Xi did his best effort to pretend to be impressed.”

    Jon Stewart on Trump offering to sell weapons to China: ‘How does America even stay on the map sometimes?’

  • Man and woman stand outside on college campus and talk to each other

    ‘Richly rewarding’: why Netflix’s A Different World is the only TV reboot worth watching this year

Late night comedy

  • John Oliver: “Yet again, Brazil finds itself having to choose between Lula and a guy named Bolsonaro for president.”

    John Oliver recap
    John Oliver on Brazil’s Flávio Bolsonaro: ‘Fearmongering and flagrant daddy issues’

  • Jimmy Kimmel on Trump’s AI safety plan: “Like asking your kids to self-police their Halloween candy.”

    Late-night TV roundup
    Jimmy Kimmel on Trump’s plan for AI safety: ‘Like asking your kids to self-police their Halloween candy’

  • man in brown jacket holds medal and looks ahead

    Saturday Night Live recap
    Saturday Night Live: Jalen Brunson makes for stiff host in underwhelming season premiere

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!, 24 September 2026

    Late-night TV roundup
    Jimmy Kimmel: ‘The only thing more unwelcome in the Oval Office than CNN is a salad’

Reviews

  • A middle-aged man in dark jacket and middle-aged woman in a jeans jacket and long brown hair looking at each other standing close to each other under an umbrella at night.

    Youth – Sharon Horgan is back … and she’s better than ever

  • L to r, Helen Mirren as Maeve Harrigan and Pierce Brosnan as Conrad Harrigan In MobLand, season 2.

    MobLand season two – why is Pierce Brosnan’s tedious crime drama so obsessed with testicle jokes?

  • Ella Beatty as Lizzie Borden holds an axe blade near her neck in dim, dramatic lighting

    Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story – it’s like Ryan Murphy’s new series was written by adolescent boys

  • NeagleyNeagley, Prime Video. Maria Sten

    Neagley – this violent Reacher spinoff is a glorious hour off from normal life

  • Jack Lowden and Gary Oldman stand together in a dim, shadowy doorway in Slow Horses.

    Slow Horses season six – it gets harder to enjoy Gary Oldman’s spy thriller every year

  • A woman in a blazer leans forward speaking, with a man in a suit standing behind her

    No Big Deal – is this how AI ends humanity … with a sitcom so bad it bores you to death?

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