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‘Your Nose Is Pressed Up Against the Ambiguity of It’

 How Patrick Radden Keefe and Joshua Zetumer captured Say Nothing’s contradictory portrait of The Troubles onscreen. By Nicholas Quah
the vulture transcript

The You’re The Worst Cast Would Like Their Movie Now

 Stephen Falk and his actors are ready for a follow-up film, if FX is ready to pay for it. By Jen Chaney
the vulture transcript

How The Penguin Became the Sofia Falcone Show

 Cristin Milioti thought through every motivation, music cue, and mullet option to craft the most sympathetic psychopath on TV. By Roxana Hadadi

Interviews

  1. buffering
    Welcome to SpinCoNotes on the debundling of NBCUniversal.
    By Josef Adalian
  2. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Recap: Kiss Kiss, Bangs BangsWho would have thought Mary would be the one to mediate peace in the group?
    By Sarah Hagi
  3. uh-uh. not guilty.
    Jussie Smollett’s Conviction Is OverturnedHe’s out of jail permanently.
    By Jason P. Frank
  4. the vulture transcript
    The You’re The Worst Cast Would Like Their Movie NowStephen Falk and his actors are ready for a follow-up film, if FX is ready to pay for it.
    By Jen Chaney
  5. adaptive behavior
    ‘Your Nose Is Pressed Up Against the Ambiguity of It’How Patrick Radden Keefe and Joshua Zetumer captured Say Nothing’s contradictory portrait of The Troubles onscreen.
    By Nicholas Quah
  7. overnights
    The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras Recap: Family MattersJosh goes through every emotion this week.
    By Emma Sharpe
  8. overnights
    Survivor Recap: Shots Through the HeartGabe and Genevieve’s dominant gameplay finally catches up to them.
    By Brian Moylan
  9. vulture investigates
    Who Are the Thirsty Celebrities on The Masked Singer?Our best guesses for season 12.
    By Marah Eakin
  10. (not) coming soon
    Euphoria Season 3 Is Finally HappeningBut not with Storm Reid.
    By Zoe Guy
  11. overnights
    Shrinking Recap: Trending Upward“Fucked-up people are good at helping fucked-up people.” Leave it to Paul to distill this show’s main theme so eloquently.
    By Ben Rosenstock
  12. here we go again!
    PBS to Air Doc About Newt Gingrich-Approved ImmigrantsThe cozying up to the incoming administration has begun.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  13. the vulture transcript
    How The Penguin Became the Sofia Falcone ShowCristin Milioti thought through every motivation, music cue, and mullet option to craft the most sympathetic psychopath on TV.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  14. overnights
    Bad Sisters Recap: AftershocksIt sure seems like Angelica doesn’t have the Garvey sisters’ best interest in mind.
    By Caroline Framke
  15. hive mind
    Yellowjackets Wants to Be Your Bloody ValentineSeason three will have a double premiere on a romantic date.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  16. overnights
    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: For the BirdsBecky and Erin’s pregnancy prank was a complete flop and totally pointless.
    By Brian Moylan
  17. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season-Premiere Recap: Separation AnxietyThe wives are back to relitigate past fights and soft launch divorces.
    By Brian Moylan
  18. overnights
    What We Do in the Shadows Recap: The VaultA true endgame for Guillermo is finally starting to emerge.
    By Katie Rife
  19. overnights
    Below Deck Sailing Yacht Recap: Cloyce Steps UpThe bar is low, but at least he’s clearing it.
    By Emma Soren
  20. if i could turn back time
    14 Stunning Stories From Cher’s (First) MemoirFrom Warren Beatty asking her out when she was a teenager to her “chicken joke” with Carol Burnett.
    By Justin Curto
  21. the pluck of the irish
    Anthony Boyle Didn’t Have To Do Much Research For Say Nothing“My mom, one of her earliest memories is the Brits raiding the house and her father getting pulled down the stairs by the British Army.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  22. xxxmas
    Sabrina Carpenter Wants Her Stocking Stuffed (by Netflix)Chappell Roan is coming home for the holidays in A Nonsense Christmas.
    By Bethy Squires
  23. death
    Paul Teal, One Tree Hill Actor, Dead at 35Bethany Joy Lenz remembers casting the “shy and funny” for his six episode arc.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  24. vulture lists
    Every Taylor Sheridan TV Show, RankedHe’s become one of television’s biggest hitmakers thanks a steady stream of shows that offer a stark vision of America.
    By Noel Murray
  25. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: Honesty Is the Best PolicyWhether consciously or subconsciously, the cast seems to understand what’s needed to keep this rebuilding season on track.
    By Shamira Ibrahim
  26. overnights
    Yellowstone Recap: Cattle CountryWith the timeline jumping around for no apparent reason, it feels like Taylor Sheridan is struggling to fill space.
    By Ben Rosenstock
  27. houston texas baby
    Beyoncé Got Us — and Netflix — a Christmas GiftShe’ll be playing halftime at the streamer’s Christmas NFL game in Houston.
    By Justin Curto
  28. vulture festival 2024
    Who Is Filming the Documentary on St. Denis Medical?That’s a problem for season two!
    By Bethy Squires
  29. overnights
    Somebody Somewhere Recap: Did You Manifest That?The Miller sisters get up close and personal in an episode that shows just how much they’ve come to rely on each other.
    By Maggie Fremont
  30. overnights
    The Franchise Recap: A Bridge Too FarWill Martin Scorsese ever live down comparing comic-book movies to theme-park rides in an interview once? No. Probably not.
    By Jack King
  31. vulture festival 2024
    Cristin Milioti Had a Pop-Diva Playlist for The PenguinThese artists helped her lock in on the right “energy” for Sofia Falcone.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  32. overnights
    Dune: Prophecy Series-Premiere Recap: The Space Witch ProjectHBO’s latest series of warring houses and political intrigue goes interstellar following the Bene Gesserit’s multi-millennia-long conspiracy.
    By Scott Tobias
  33. vulture festival 2024
    Does the New Cruel Intentions Go There?“To me, growing up, it was the naughty film.”
    By Jason P. Frank
  34. overnights
    Tulsa King Season-Finale Recap: An Offer He Can RefuseDwight’s refusal to negotiate in good faith somehow makes for an exciting and shocking finale.
    By Sean T. Collins
  35. overnights
    Saturday Night Live Recap: When Charli XCX Shows Up, SNL Is BratThe fashionably bored Brit got big laughs without breaking a sweat.
    By Joe Berkowitz
  36. tv review
    Stuck in Prequel QuicksandDune: Prophecy’s derivativeness is both its greatest flaw and its most defining characteristic.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  37. overnights
    Lioness Recap: Apocalypse SoonCruz and Josie bond, lioness to lioness.
    By Andy Andersen
  38. vulture festival 2024
    The You’re The Worst Burn BookThe reunited cast and creator name-drop the worst LA has to offer.
    By Bethy Squires
  39. vulture festival 2024
    Saturday Night Live Was Director School for Julio Torres“We treated every sketch as if they were a little short film.”
    By Bethy Squires
  40. history lessons
    How Say Nothing’s Characters Compare to Their Real Life CounterpartsA closer look at where and how FX’s new adaptation of Patrick Radden Keefe’s nonfiction book veers into fiction.
    By Sophie Brookover
  41. snl 50
    Paul Mescal to Gladi-eat on Saturday Night LiveWith Shaboozey as musical guest.
    By Jason P. Frank
  42. vulture festival 2024
    The Abbott Elementary Writers Have More Crossover Ideas After It’s Always SunnyMr. Johnson as the next Golden Bachelor?
    By Justin Curto
  43. vulture festival 2024
    Mike Myers, King of Catchphrase Comedy, Doesn’t Write Catchphrases Intentionally“Remember ‘Get in my belly?’ That was improv. It wasn’t Ladies and gentleman, my next catchphrase!”
    By Bethy Squires
  44. vulture festival 2024
    Elizabeth Olsen Sees Marvel as ‘Insurance’ to Make Indie FilmsIt’s not a matter of “one for them, one for me,” it’s about the freedom to do both.
    By Justin Curto
  45. vulture festival 2024
    The Sex Lives of College Girls Wasn’t Looking for an Exact Rapp-lacementShow co-creator Justin Noble explains how the writers approached the decision to “add two new voices” in season three.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  46. overnights
    Cobra Kai Midseason-Finale Recap: Child’s PlayDoes it make sense how quickly the tournament devolves into mass chaos? Not really. But it’s Cobra Kai, so it works.
    By Ben Rosenstock
  47. overnights
    Cobra Kai Recap: Blade RunnerTory and Robby are finally able to resolve their conflict … by physically fighting each other.
    By Ben Rosenstock
  48. now streaming
    The 14 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This WeekendIs the real sexiest man alive Hot Frosty?
    By Savannah Salazar
  49. touchdown!
    Don’t Quit on a Friday Night Lights RebootPeter Berg is reportedly teaching the next generation about the highs, lows, and woes of high school football.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  50. overnights
    Cobra Kai Recap: The ChozenThe least Barcelona-centric installment so far is the one that kicks this stretch of episodes into gear.
    By Ben Rosenstock
  51. overnights
    Cobra Kai Recap: Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!The tournament is finally underway, and Miyagi-Do is flopping.
    By Ben Rosenstock
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