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  1. lawsuits
    Lawyer From Netflix’s Living Undocumented Files ACLU Lawsuit Against ICEFollowing a June incident shown in the docuseries, lawyer Andrea Martinez is suing the U.S. government and ICE agents for Fourth Amendment violations.
  2. docuseries
    The Heartbreaking Immigration Stories Behind Living UndocumentedHow Netflix’s new docuseries filmed the lives of undocumented immigrants with unprecedented intimacy.
  3. behind the scenes
    How Superstore Pulled Off a Sitcom Plot About ICE Detention CentersAfter a shocking ICE raid cliffhanger, Superstore had to answer a big question: What’s next for Mateo?
  4. spoilers
    Why This Is Us Jumped Far Into the Future to Meet Kate and Toby’s SonAnd how they found the right actor for the role.
  5. podcasts
    Dateline’s Keith Morrison Is Hosting a True-Crime PodcastThe Thing About Pam investigates the twists and turns behind a pair of brutal Missouri murders.
  6. chat room
    Akili McDowell on Playing the Highs and Lows of David Makes Man“I feel like the voice of the kids that go through these hard things, and they’re forced to make these grown folks’ decisions day in and day out.”
  7. emmy insider
    The Stars of Netflix’s Special Are Proving the Trolls WrongThey made the show on a “shoestring” budget. One of them didn’t know where it’d air. And now they’re all Emmy nominees.
  8. casting
    Netflix’s Selena TV Show Has Found Its SelenaThe Walking Dead star Christian Serratos will play the Queen of Tejano music.
  9. emmy stunts
    A Maisel-Themed Gas Promo Caused So Much Traffic in L.A. the Cops Got InvolvedIt’s part of a stunt for the show’s Emmy campaign.
  10. comedy
    Florida Is Anything But a Joke for Florida GirlsThe stars of Pop TV’s unapologetic comedy aren’t making fun of the Sunshine State. (Except for a teensy Florida Man gag.)
  11. chat room
    Handmaid’s Tale’s Bradley Whitford on Navigating Lawrence’s Many Contradictions“Lesser writers would have made him a bad guy who has an epiphany and becomes a hero. I think that’s a disservice to the predicament June is in.”
  12. pose
    Pose Gave Billy Porter His Very First Nude Scene“I literally went, Child, they don’t want to see my black ass … but these bitches wrote a script that I had to show my ass.”
  13. spoilers
    So, Who Is Jane the Virgin’s Narrator?The show’s last telenovela mystery is finally revealed. OMG, right?
  14. chat room
    The Handmaid’s Tale’s Christopher Meloni on His “Correctly Ignominious” Fate“Even as we’re filming it, I’m like, Oh, man, this is gonna make so many people go, ’Yeah! Man, this feels so good!’”
  15. behind the scenes
    How Orange Is the New Black Said Goodbye to the Litchfield InmatesExecutive producer Tara Hermann breaks down how the series’ writers arrived at a satisfying end point for every major character.
  16. chat room
    Pose’s Hailie Sahar on Finding Lulu’s Humanity in the Wake of Tragedy“I’m happy that people mourned for Candy, hopefully that will ignite something in their hearts to stand up and protect trans people’s experiences.”
  17. backstories
    Why Orange Is the New Black Brought the Immigration Crisis to Litchfield“We wanted it to feel like a member of your family was gone. We wanted viewers to feel the shock of that.”
  18. spoilers
    Orange Is the New Black Brought Back an Old Favorite For a Sweet Flashback“The Big House” features a short but spirit-cleansing phone call between friends, and a welcome cameo for fans.
  19. trailer mix
    Transparent Musical Finale Trailer: L’Chaim!The family grieves Maura’s death on September 27.
  20. big little lies season 2
    HBO Denies Big Little Lies Directing Drama: It Was ‘Business As Usual’HBO president of programming Casey Bloys characterized reports that Andrea Arnold’s work on the show was undermined as a “false premise.”
  21. rats!
    How Stranger Things 3 Pulled Off Those Disgusting Exploding RatsThe gooey rodent blobs are the result of a process that began with The Thing and ended with a creature that’s “awesome and awful at the same time.”
  22. 2019 emmy awards
    Mandy Moore Will Not Let a Rattlesnake Ruin Her Emmy Nomination“My husband’s like, ‘There’s a snake outside.’”
  23. behind the scenes
    The Handmaid’s Tale Pulls Back the Curtain on Aunt Lydia’s PastAnn Dowd and showrunner Bruce Miller unravel Aunt Lydia’s life before she was a Gilead-abiding taskmaster.
  24. chat room
    How Gabriel Iglesias Went From Recurring Character to TV StarThe stand-up almost became a teacher when he was younger. Now he plays one on Netflix.
  25. chat room
    On My Block’s Sierra Capri on Monse’s Best Season Two Moments“There are so many things that go on in her life that I’m just like, Wow. I can’t even believe she’s experiencing this so early.”
  26. emmy insider
    Patricia Arquette Breaks Down Scenes From The Act and Escape at Dannemora“There aren’t always the greatest parts for women in TV, or anywhere, and these are great parts in their own right.”
  27. vida
    How Vida Gave Its Second Season a One-of-a-Kind SoundA provocative, eclectic soundtrack of songs created for the show makes season two of the Starz series even more visceral and intimate than the first.
  28. emmy insider
    What Hollywood Can Learn From Vida’s All-Latina DirectorsFor showrunner Tanya Saracho, hiring Latina directors to film all of Vida season two was a “responsibility.”
  29. comedy
    ‘You Don’t Have to Have Cerebral Palsy to Relate to My Story’Ryan O’Connell’s show about life as a gay, disabled man is Netflix’s first 15-minute sitcom.
  30. tv
    How On My Block Avoided Turning Season 2 Into an ‘After-school Special’Talking with the show’s co-creators about that shocking death, Ruby’s fate, and their inspiration for Freeridge.
  31. chat room
    On My Block’s Jason Genao Talks Life and Death in Freeridge“Nothing in the show led us to believe that Ruby was ever in danger. For this to happen to Ruby, it was just heartbreaking.”
  32. comedy
    The Better Things Kids Aren’t Really Sisters, But They’re Still FamilyTalking with Mikey Madison, Hannah Alligood, and Olivia Edward about growing up on the FX comedy.
  33. representation
    Why Are Latinx Stories Still So Rare on TV?The showrunners of One Day at a Time and Vida talk Hollywood, Latinx representation, and the “alchemy” of seeing yourself on TV.
  34. chat room
    Abby’s Star Natalie Morales Is Making TV History“It’s something that I can’t talk about too much or I’ll burst into tears.”
  35. behind the scenes
    How Gina Rodriguez Pulled Off Jane the Virgin’s Amazing 7-Minute Monologue“When you have an actor like that, you can write something with full confidence that she’s going to kill it.”
  36. the law
    Jussie Smollett Indicted on 16 Felony Counts by Grand JuryThe charges have expanded.
  37. the case against adnan syed
    Will The Case Against Adnan Syed Uncover New Evidence That Serial Missed?Director Amy Berg doesn’t “want to give the end away” just yet.
  38. chat room
    ODAAT Star Isabella Gomez on Elena and Syd’s Groundbreaking ‘First Time’“I just wanted to make sure that this was truthful to the experience of two 17-year-olds being awkward.”
  39. true crime
    Abducted in Plain Sight’s Jan Broberg on Why She Forgave Her Parents“The reality is that my parents were victims too, and this man was just a master manipulator.”
  40. the law
    Prosecutors Lay Out How Jussie Smollett Allegedly Planned His Own AttackThe Empire star rehearsed the assault with his accomplices, according to court documents.
  41. chat room
    ODAAT’s Todd Grinnell on How His Sobriety Inspired Schneider’s Big Episode“I’ve been sober for 17 years. At this point, those stories are from when I was a different person.”
  42. winter tca 2019
    Big Little Lies Has ‘No Plan’ for a Third Season, Says Nicole KidmanCreator David E. Kelley and the A-list cast swear they’re done after BLL season two.
  43. winter tca 2019
    HBO’s The Case Against Adnan Syed Doc to Premiere in March“This film might be the trial that he will never receive,” says director Amy Berg.
  44. behind the scenes
    On the Set of One Day at a Time, Gloria Estefan Is Everyone’s HeroWhen the pop star joined Netflix’s Cuban-American family sitcom, “we were all running around completely crazy.”
  45. love is
    Love Is __ Canceled After Domestic Abuse Lawsuit Filed Against Co-creatorLess than a month after co-creator Salim Akil was sued by a woman claiming to be his former mistress.
  46. anatomy of a scene
    How Ben Stiller Made Escape at Dannemora’s Heart-Pounding Prison BreakYes, Paul Dano really did squeeze into that claustrophobia-inducing pipe.
  47. the streaming wars
    Why You Season 2 Jumped From Lifetime to Netflix“The stars have aligned,” says co-showrunner Sera Gamble.
  48. chat room
    This Is Us Actor Michael Angarano Knew Nicky’s Big Twist This Whole Time“I haven’t been able to be honest with anybody in my life for about five months now.”
  49. true crime
    Why Dirty John Turns a True-Crime Podcast Into a ‘Twisted Fairytale’Showrunner Alexandra Cunningham adapted the podcast to explore “why women don’t listen to their intuition.”
  50. chat room
    You’s Elizabeth Lail on That ‘Heartbreaking’ Season Finale“By the end of it, Beck’s just in fight or flight mode.”
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