By Amanda Hess from The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/10/arts/television/protests-fictional-cops.html
Herb Stempel of TV Quiz Show Scandals Dies at 93
Herb Stempel was the contestant forced to lose against Charles Van Doren in the 1950s TV quiz show scandal, as reported by The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/us/herbert-stempel-dead.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=Obituaries
Hospital Radio Stations Cheer On Patients
Hospital radio stations in England are bringing comfort to patients and staff during these COVID-19 times, as reported in The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/13/arts/music/coronavirus-hospital-radio.html?searchResultPosition=1
Stereotyped Simpsons character Apu will get a new voice
Hank Azaria has decided to give up voicing the character of Apu on The Simpsons as reported in The Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-01-18/hank-azaria-to-quit-voicing-apu-on-the-simpsons
“Mixed-ish” is about identity and inclusion
The new ABC spin-off has its share of both praise and criticism as reported in The Los Angeles Times: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2019-11-12/abc-mixedish-karin-gist-greys-anatomy
Last Hindenburg survivor dies at age 90
Werner G. Doehner was only 8 years old at the time of the disaster at Lakehurst, NJ in 1937. His obituary appeared in The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/16/us/werner-doehner-dead-hindenburg-disaster.html
NBC’s Rick Ludwin Dies: Backed “Seinfeld” show in early days
Ludwin was willing to take a chance on the show after early questions. From The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/arts/television/rick-ludwin-dead-seinfeld.html
“Dungeons & Dragons” game making a comeback
New fans joining old ones as reported in The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/books/dungeons-dragons.html?searchResultPosition=1
The complexity of video games shows in “Death Stranding”
42 billion dollars spent on video games last year. From The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/09/business/media/video-game-death-stranding-advertising.html?searchResultPosition=1
The Marlboro man is dead, but not from smoking cigarettes
Robert Norris dies at age 90. From The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/09/us/robert-norris-dead.html