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HBO announced that the show created by Lena Dunham will begin production on five new episodes next year, 10 years after the finale.

His work for The New Yorker savaged the absurdities of everyday life. He has died at 70.

She and Kathy O’Malley — known as “the Girlfriends” — were the rare female hosts in a major market. Their freewheeling segments included “Sex Thursday.”

With “High Stakes,” Mrs. Clinton is teaming up with “Pivot” co-host Kara Swisher to break down the consequential battle for the House and the Senate.

“I’m speechless that something like that can exist on live national television,” the actor Dan Levy said on Instagram in a reaction to the comic’s jokes about women.

On the Science desk, Victoria Jaggard spends her days pondering the universe’s most pressing mysteries.

The documentarian also talks about trying to interview the trillionaire and the roadblocks the film has run into.

Major TV networks were notified on Friday that the department was examining whether they violated antitrust laws when they suspended pool coverage of President Trump.

Working with Mr. Lawson, reporters said, was like taking a master class in writing: “He was a throwback to the old style of editing.”

The judge overseeing the case said that the pause would extend until next week, and promised to decide whether to further extend it by Tuesday.

A judge temporarily blocked the president from barring journalists from White House grounds, but they are being excluded in other ways.

The Television Academy is moving its awards telecast to streaming, following the lead of the Oscars.

After a legal battle, the two Hollywood giants have become one. But the new company is saddled with debt, and in a memo to employees, its leaders hinted at cost cuts.

On Tuesday, a federal judge began hearing arguments in Disney’s effort to stop the agency from reviewing its broadcast licenses.

With his wife, Tammy Faye, Mr. Bakker built a broadcasting juggernaut around the gospel of prosperity.