Toast Of 2016
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‘Rectify’ Series Finale Postmortem: Creator Ray McKinnon Talks About Planning That Satisfying Ending, Returning Cast, Romance, and Reunion Possibilities
Ray McKinnon: Some of the issues and the storylines I was interested in exploring from the beginning played out in ways that I had envisioned, and other storylines were — and they all were to some degree — informed by what I was seeing by the actors who inhabited the characters. It’s a symbiotic relationship with what has come before, as opposed to, “This is the way I’m going to do it no matter what.” That’s the way I approached the whole show.
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‘Full Frontal With Samantha Bee’: Behind the Scenes of Five of the Show’s 2016 News Hits
Good thing that Samantha Bee apparently doesn’t listen to conventional wisdom. From the moment it debuted in February, the Daily Show veteran’s new solo series, Full Frontal With Samantha Bee, has elbowed its way to the forefront of the late-night conversation with a potent combination of incisive social commentary and razor-sharp satire. “It’s like a pair of high school kids in their garage making a show,” executive producer Jo Miller half-jokingly tells Yahoo TV.
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‘Stranger Things’ Star David Harbour Reflects on What Really Made the Show a Supernatural Sensation
Netflix’s supernatural, 1980s-set drama took television by storm this summer and, in a matter of days, became one of the most buzzworthy series of the year. You hear a lot of actors say this, but when I read the pilot, it was the best pilot script I’d ever read.
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Sterling K. Brown Talks the Power of His 1-2 Punch: ‘The People v. O.J. Simpson’ and ‘This Is Us’
Most actors consider themselves pretty lucky if they book one hit TV show in their career. Sterling K. Brown has managed to double down on his good fortune by stealing scenes in not one, but two well-received series in 2016 — FX’s "The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story" and NBC’s "This Is Us."
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‘Game of Thrones’ Star Bella Ramsey on the Moment Lyanna Mormont Became a Fan Favorite (and Her Death Stare)
When Jon Snow’s Northern army marches into battle against the White Walkers — not to mention a triumphant Cersei Lannister — in the seventh season of Game of Thrones, a little child may very well lead them. Not when you consider that the child in question is Lyanna Mormont, the head of House Mormont and ruler of Bear Island. One of the breakout characters of the show’s Emmy-winning sixth season, little Lyanna’s three appearances sent the Internet into overdrive, generating fan art tributes and
