Eric Deggans

The send-off for "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" was filled with celebrity cameos, an appearance from a Beatle and moving musical tributes.

"The Late Show" on CBS is over. The final episode aired Thursday night after more than 1,800 hosted by Stephen Colbert. He spoke directly to the audience about the importance of keeping an upbeat attitude in a moment like this.

I joined a panel on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's pop culture-focused show Commotion to talk about finale of Stephen Colbert's Late Show and why he's TV's most empathetic late night host.

Even as the film clocks a decent Memorial Day box office opening, the newest Star Wars movie fails in one of its most important duties: Making the argument to see films in theaters.

As Bari Weiss dismantles TV's most successful newsmagazine, it's worth asking what any of these moves achieve beyond furthering President Trump's goal of silencing media outlets which he dislikes.

Now that three of the show's correspondents have agreed to stay on, the pressure's on to preserve the show's long history of journalism independence and quality.

Summer is when people are trying to get away from screens — headed outside to enjoy weather and time off.

After interviewing Kripke for KCRW's industry-focused radio show and podcast The Business, I'm more convinced than ever the TV academy should get over its bias against "genre" shows here.

My latest piece for NPR looks at all the cool - and, let's be honest, not-so-cool - TV shows coming at a time when good weather and vacations beckon.

As voting proceeds for awards bestowed by both the Emmys and the TV Critics Associations, its worth asking: Exactly what makes for a great modern TV show?