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The 10 Best TV Episodes of 2023
A stylish Hitchcock homage, a tender exploration of autism and a hilariously horny holiday special were among favorites of THR's TV critics.
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Laughing All the Way to the Emmys in the Comedy Guest Actor Race
Steve Martin/Martin Short, Saturday Night Live (NBC) Thirty-six years after co-hosting SNL (with Chevy Chase), the longtime pals and Only Murders in the Building stars reteamed, roasting each other during a joint monologue and sending up their long-ago Father of the Bride collaborations. Pedro Pascal, Saturday Night Live (NBC) This Chilean breakout’s star turn on […]
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‘Dave’ Breakout Tenea Intriago on Playing a Stalker Opposite Brad Pitt and Finding Humanity in Villains
[This story contains major spoilers for the Dave season three finale, “Looking for Love.”] If Dave breakout Tenea Intriago had made her high school basketball team she (probably) never would have found herself holding Brad Pitt and Lil Dicky hostage on screen in the FX comedy’s season finale. The 4-foot-11 actress says she’s always dreamed big and, […]
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‘Dave’ Season 3 Finale: Dave Burd and GaTa Talk Guest Stars, Stalkers and Self-Love
[This story contains major spoilers for the Dave season three finale, “Looking for Love.”] If you’re a fan of Dave and you haven’t seen the finale, turn back now. You’re robbing yourself of a twisty, tense thrill ride if you read spoilers before seeing it. If you’re not yet a fan of Dave, go ahead and keep […]
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How FX’s ‘Dave’ Landed Brad Pitt for Its Season Finale (Exclusive)
[This story contains spoilers from the season finale of Dave, “Looking for Love.”] Dave’s guest star roster now includes Brad Pitt. The movie star guested on the FX comedy’s season three finale as a version of himself opposite creator/star Dave Burd. Pitt, who filmed over several days, many of them night shoots, has considerably more than […]
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“There Will Be No Notes”: Christine Ko on Emma’s Big, Bold Moment in ‘Dave’
Throughout the third season of FX comedy Dave, Lil Dicky’s friend and aspiring director Emma has been shooting a documentary about the rapper’s search for romance. In the latest episode, which aired May 24, it’s finally finished. After Dave (played by Dave Burd, known as Lil Dicky) tries to micromanage the editing of the Lil […]
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Chloe Bennet on ‘Dave’ Season 3: “Each Episode Is Its Own Bag of Weird”
After seven seasons playing Daisy “Skye” Johnson on Agents of SHIELD, a recurring role on FX comedy Dave was a big change of pace for Chloe Bennet — especially when she’s playing Lil Dicky’s love interest and the show’s star and creator, Dave Burd, is one of her best friends. Season three sees Lil Dicky […]
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GaTa on Having to Audition to Play Himself on FX’s ‘Dave’
Davionte “GaTa” Ganter is the only one in Dave Burd’s inner circle who routinely calls him by his rap name, Lil Dicky. The rationale, says his hype man of nearly a decade and, more recently, his co-star on FX’s Dave, is simple: “I’m always going to remind him, ‘Bro, you Lil Dicky the rapper before […]
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The Self-Proclaimed Genius of Lil Dicky
“I feel like I’m the comedic voice of my generation,” says Dave Burd before so much as our water glasses are filled. Then he hesitates, recognizing how a declaration so seemingly hyperbolic might be interpreted. “You’ll read it and be like, ‘This guy’s out of his mind,’ ” he says, “and, really, I don’t mean […]
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Hollywood Reporter TV Critics Pick the Best Episodes of 2021
Daniel Fienberg and Angie Han break down their favorite episodes of the year, with installments of 'Squid Game,' 'Hacks,' 'Only Murders in the Building,' 'Yellowjackets' and 'WandaVision' making the cut.
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FXX’s ‘Dave’ Season 2: TV Review
Dave Burd and Jeff Schaffer's FXX comedy, with its stealthy blend of low-brow Lil Dicky-related hijinks and surprisingly thoughtful undercurrents, returns for its second season.
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‘Dave’ Team on “Exploring The Other Perverse Organ of Dave Burd: His Mind” in Season 2
Hit FXX comedy Dave and the man who inspired it, rapper Dave Burd A.K.A. Lil Dicky, are back for another round, kicking off the season two premiere at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre on Thursday. The show, which last year debuted as the network’s most-watched comedy series ever, will this year follow the aspiring musician as […]
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