Bob Odenkirk

There have been many mind-blowing revelations on Finding Your Roots, the Henry Louis Gates Jr.-hosted PBS television series that employs a team of professional genealogists to trace celebrities’ ancestral histories. We’ve learned that Bernie Sanders is related to his SNL doppelgänger Larry David, that actor Joe Manganiello is part-Black and descended from slaves, and that LeVar Burton is part-white, which caused the Roots star to jokingly scream, “Nooooooo!” The Jan. 30 episode of Finding Your Roots, now in its…

Image: A24Since Everything Everywhere All at Once came out and cleaned up during awards season, Ke Huy Quan’s been gradually rebuilding his career after taking a 20-year acting break. Having already done supporting roles in Disney+’s Loki and American Born Chinese last year, Quan’s next project will have him front and center as first-time leading man since his resurgence.Rainn Wilson’s First Fandoms: Star Trek And D&DEarlier in the week, Deadline revealed the actor will be starring in Universal’s upcoming action film,…

From Richie learning the value of hard work in The Bear to that shocker of a Succession wedding, these are the very best TV episodes of the year A TV show is not the same thing as a film, no matter how many pretentious actors or showrunners insist that what they’ve made is “a 10-hour movie.” TV is built on episodes, whether they are meant to exist entirely in isolation from one another, or they are designed to advance various plot and character arcs. Our alphabetical list of 10…

Cancelation ends actor's 16-year run on AMC, stretching back Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul Lucky Hank wasn’t lucky enough to secure a second season as AMC has canceled the Bob Odenkirk-starring dramedy after only eight episodes. A stark contrast to the actor’s role on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, Lucky Hank starred Odenkirk as the chairman of a Rust Belt university suffering from a midlife crisis of sorts. The Season One finale aired in May, but the series was left hanging on a…

The 2023 Emmy nominations were announced last night by Community star Yvette Nicole Brown, with HBO's hit drama Succession season 4 receiving 27 nominations, which included best actor/ actress nods for Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Kieran Culkin, and Sarah Snook, in the Drama category. Following close behind was The Last of Us with a whopping 24 nominations, becoming the first live-action video game adaptation to be recognised by the Television Academy, including one for Best Drama Series. Of course, both leads Pedro Pascal…

We all love movies, but let’s be honest: television is where most of the best storytelling is happening these days. And today, nominations for the 2023 Primetime Emmys were announced, showcasing what voters think are the best of the best. And those voters apparentlylove genre.Sci-fi and fantasy shows had a very strong presence in the nominations, including three such shows for Best Drama: Andor, House of the Dragon, and The Last of Us. Fellow Star Wars show Obi-Wan Kenobi got a somewhat surprising nod for Best Limited…

The scene at 33rd and 10th was anticipatory; everyone was ready for this. Earlier this week, in “the canyon” between the HBO offices and Amazon headquarters in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen, a massive group of marchers picketed for nearly four hours in support of the Writers Guild of America. io9 was there talking to union members on the front lines.A Transformer Is Headed to the MoonThe WGA is currently involved in negotiations with the AMPTP—the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, whose members include…

Image: Toei AnimationOne Piece’s theatrical movies have generally been fine. Well, they used to be terrible until creator Eiichiro Oda started getting more hands-on with them, but generally they all ended in the same way—Monkey D. Luffy and his crewmates, and maybe a few more popular characters, teaming up to fight some new, ultra-powerful, non-canonical foe. But Red is different in almost every way, and for the better. It fills out Luffy’s backstory by introducing Uta, the daughter of One Piece’s most enigmatic…

Image: A24The nominees for the 2023 Golden Globes have been announced, and the Daniels’ multiversal story of love, family, and Michelle Yeoh kicking ass is leading the charge for genre entertainment at the show next year.In terms of notable genre additions to the list, Everything Everywhere All at Once dominates the proceedings with six nominations, including Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy), as well as nods for the Daniels in Directing, Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and Jamie Lee Curtis in the Best Actor in a Motion…

Screenshot: Lucasfilm/HBOThey may have only just recently come to a close, but Andor and House of the Dragon already have some of their first major awards nods of the season, leading a solid contingent for genre TV at the Critics Choice Awards.Andor picked up nods in Best Drama and Best Actor in a Drama Series for Diego Luna’s role as the burgeoning Star Wars revolutionary, with House of the Dragon joining it in Best Drama and Matt Smith’s Daemon Targaryen sweeping in for Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, with Milly…