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'Black Doves' is a wry spry spy tale

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'Black Doves' is a wry spry spy tale

The new Netflix series Black Doves is a pulpy and stylish British spy show starring Keira Knightly and Ben Whishaw. Knightly plays a politician's wife who's been secretly funnelling information to a mysterious spy network for years, and Whishaw plays her old partner who's been out of the game. But when Knightly's character gets targeted, Whishaw's returns to protect her. It's all set in London at Christmastime, so if you like your holiday cheer spiced with British wit and gunplay, Black Doves may be for you.

'Black Doves' is a wry spry spy tale

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In a still image from Black Doves, Keira Knightley stares out of the window of a car on a rainy day. On the new Netflix series, Knightley plays the wife of a politician and a mom to cute kids. She's also an undercover spy, secretly feeding a covert intelligence agency information about her husband's job.

On the new Netflix series Black Doves, Keira Knightley plays the wife of a politician and a mom to cute kids. She's also an undercover spy, secretly feeding a covert intelligence agency information about her husband's job. Robert Ludovic/Netflix hide caption

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The spies on TV this fall are juggling work and family – just like the rest of us

In a wave of fall TV shows, including The Day of the Jackal, The Agency, and Netflix's new Keira Knightley series Black Doves, spies don't just answer to their intelligence agencies – they've also got families at home.

The spies on TV this fall are juggling work and family – just like the rest of us

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Rachel Bloom

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Rachel Bloom

Rachel Bloom is a comedian and songwriter. She created and starred in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. The spring of 2020 was a tough time for a lot of us. It took Bloom a few years to process all that, and now we have the result: Death, Let Me Do My Special on Netflix. Bloom joins us to talk about her special. We get into what it was like to see the world grieve the loss of his writing partner, Adam Schlesingler, so publicly. Plus, we talk about Bobi, a dog who lived to be over thirty years old!

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Sam, played by Bridget Everett, moves back to her Kansas hometown to take care of her terminally ill sister.

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Bridget Everett on 'Somebody Somewhere' series finale and not giving up on yourself

As her show, Somebody Somewhere, comes to an end, actor Bridget Everett reflects on friendship and reinvention.

The final episode of 'Somebody Somewhere' airs Sunday on HBO

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In 'The Madness,' Colman Domingo gets caught up in a convoluted conspiracy

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In 'The Madness,' Colman Domingo gets caught up in a convoluted conspiracy

In the Netflix series The Madness, Colman Domingo plays a CNN pundit who witnesses a brutal murder, and then finds himself on the run as he's framed for the crime. What follows is a paranoid thriller full of sinister forces, evil billionaires, underground militias, devious assassins, and lots of red herrings.

In 'The Madness,' Colman Domingo gets caught up in a convoluted conspiracy

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Comedian Stephen Colbert is serious about food

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Comedian Stephen Colbert is serious about food

If you've followed Stephen Colbert's career closely, you might have picked up on something. It's there back in his days on The Colbert Report, when he issued a throw-down about the proper way to make barbecue sauce and that time on The Late Show, when he took calls on the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line the weekend before Thanksgiving.

Comedian Stephen Colbert is serious about food

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'Interior Chinatown' is a genre-bending exploration of Asian-American identity

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'Interior Chinatown' is a genre-bending exploration of Asian-American identity

The super-meta Hulu series Interior Chinatown mashes up a whole bunch of genres — including kung fu movies and police procedurals — to explore Asian-American identity in interesting ways. Jimmy O. Yang plays a waiter who dreams of a more exciting life outside his close-knit community. After witnessing a crime, he has a chance to help investigators solve the case — and he soon realizes he's more deeply connected to the mystery than he initially thought. The show was created by Charles Yu, who based it on his own novel.

'Interior Chinatown' is a genre-bending exploration of Asian-American identity

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Ina Garten was ready for the luck

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Ina Garten was ready for the luck

Thirteen bestselling cookbooks, a thriving food business in the Hamptons that she sold decades ago, and now her memoir "Be Ready When the Luck Happens" has hit number one on the New York Times bestseller list.

Ina Garten was ready for the luck

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Tom Turkey pictured in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in November 2023.

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, pictured in November 2023, has been a fixture of the holiday since 1924, minus a few years during World War II. Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images hide caption

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How to watch Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, a tradition 100 years in the making

Macy's is promising its largest Thanksgiving Day parade yet, exactly 100 years after the tradition first started. Here's a look at what to expect and how to watch.

'A Man on the Inside' is the cozy mystery we need

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'A Man on the Inside' is the cozy mystery we need

The charming Netflix sitcom A Man on the Inside stars Ted Danson as a lonely widower who's hired by a private investigator to live undercover in a senior living facility. His mission is to find out who stole a precious item from one of the residents. Created by Michael Schur (The Good Place, Brooklyn Nine-Nine), the series is also a tender and poignant depiction of loss, aging, and finding community.

'A Man on the Inside' is the cozy mystery we need

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Chuck Woolery hosts a special premiere of the "$250,000 Game Show Spectacular” at the Las Vegas Hilton on Oct. 13, 2007, in Las Vegas.

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Chuck Woolery, game show host of 'Love Connection' and 'Scrabble,' dies at 83

The affable, smooth-talking game show host of "Wheel of Fortune," "Love Connection" and "Scrabble" later became a right-wing podcaster.

The "Bad Sisters" are back, and they're better than ever.

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The "Bad Sisters" are back, and they're better than ever.

The Apple TV series "Bad Sisters" debuted two years ago. There were laughs. There was murder. And that could've been it for the Garvey sisters, because the show wasn't originally intended to have a second season.

The "Bad Sisters" are back, and they're better than ever.

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A Man on the Inside. Ted Danson as Charles in episode 101 of A Man on the Inside. Cr. Colleen E. Hayes/Netflix © 2024

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How do you solve a crime at a retirement home? Get 'A Man on the Inside'

Michael Schur wrote for the The Office and created The Good Place. His new show for Netflix features Ted Danson as a widower who goes undercover in a retirement community.

How do you solve a crime at a retirement home? Get 'A Man on the Inside'

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Jake Paul steps on the scale during a weigh-in ahead of his heavyweight bout against Mike Tyson on Nov. 14 in Irving, Texas.

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The Tyson-Paul fight had tech issues. Can streaming handle more major live events?

Netflix says more than 100 million people watched the fight last week, but many reported problems with the stream. What caused it? And why does streaming major live events pose such a challenge?

Is video streaming infrastructure up to par?

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Prue Leith is a judge on the British television baking competition The Great British Baking Show and the author of the cookbook, Life's Too Short To Stuff a Mushroom.

Chef and TV host Prue Leith shares tasty and easy-to-make recipes in her new cookbook, Life's Too Short to Stuff A Mushroom — along with dozens of cooking hacks from her 65-year culinary career. Ant Duncan/Carnival Publishing hide caption

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8 kitchen hacks from 'Baking Show' judge Prue Leith: No points docked for using 'em!

In her new cookbook, "Life's Too Short to Stuff a Mushroom," chef and TV host Prue Leith reveals clever cooking tricks and shortcuts from her 65-year culinary career.

Clever kitchen hacks from 'Bake Off' judge Prue Leith

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Jimmy O. Yang plays a waiter who finds himself embroiled in a mystery in Interior Chinatown.

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Jimmy O. Yang takes 'Interior Chinatown' tagline 'Break out of your role' to heart

An Asian American waiter named Willis gets embroiled in a mystery after witnessing a crime in Charles Yu's National Book Award-winning novel. Jimmy O. Yang stars in the new Hulu adaptation.

Jimmy O. Yang

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