Hacker News with Generative AI: Television

The Crafters of "Andor" (anildash.com)
It's hard for me to articulate just how much I love "Andor", the best Star Wars entertainment of at least this century, and maybe ever.
Star Wars, Entertainment, Television, Streaming, Reviews
26 points by SLHamlet 31 days ago | 9 comments
Meet the Press: Lost and Lonely: America's Mental Health Crisis (nbcnews.com)
Former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, former Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-R.I.) and Arthur Brooks join a special edition of Meet the Press on America’s mental health crisis. Lori Gottlieb, Nedra Glover Tawwab and Jean Twenge join the Meet the Press roundtable.
Mental Health, Politics, News, Television
7 points by AbstractH24 32 days ago | 1 comments
Alan Yentob Has Died (wikipedia.org)
Alan Yentob (11 March 1947 – 24 May 2025) was a British television executive and presenter.
Obituaries, Television, Media, United Kingdom
10 points by edward 33 days ago | 6 comments
Amazon has canceled its Wheel of Time series,despite 97% Rotten Tomatoes rating (theverge.com)
After three seasons, Amazon’s live-action take on Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson’s Wheel of Time series is coming to an end.
Television, Fantasy, Streaming, Amazon, Cancellation
21 points by rock57 35 days ago | 12 comments
How "Andor" Injects Contemporary Politics into "Star Wars" I.P (newyorker.com)
It’s rare to hear the word “genocide” uttered unequivocally on television, let alone on the streaming service Disney+. So it was a bit of a shock to encounter the term in a late episode of the second season of “Andor,” a “Star Wars”-spinoff miniseries that has become something like the “Game of Thrones” of George Lucas’s space-opera expanded universe: grittier, grungier, and more political than its predecessors.
Science Fiction, Politics, Television, Streaming
14 points by pseudolus 37 days ago | 10 comments
George Wendt, best known for playing Norm on Cheers, dies aged 76 (theguardian.com)
George Wendt, the actor best known for playing Norm in long-running sitcom Cheers, has died at 76.
Celebrities, Television, Obituaries
7 points by mellosouls 38 days ago | 0 comments
'Sesame Street' moves in with Netflix, but will stay on PBS (adn.com)
Netflix has thrown “Sesame Street” a safety net with a new streaming deal that offers the popular children’s staple a broad reach while keeping it on its long-standing home, PBS, at the same time, the companies announced Monday.
Streaming, Television, Children's Programming, PBS, Netflix
6 points by rolph 39 days ago | 0 comments
'Murderbot' is the best new comedy of 2025 (text.npr.org)
Folks? I'm worried about Murderbot.
Science Fiction, Comedy, Television, Artificial Intelligence
13 points by mooreds 41 days ago | 1 comments
'Boss of the Carpenters' retires after 50 years building sets for SNL (gothamist.com)
Entertainment, Television, New York, Retirement
5 points by sharkweek 43 days ago | 0 comments
The 'invisible crew' who have 35 seconds to prevent a Eurovision blunder (bbc.com)
Thirty-five seconds. That's all the time you get to change the set at Eurovision.
Eurovision, Television, Entertainment, Live Performance, Stage Design
59 points by dabinat 43 days ago | 53 comments
How can traditional British TV survive the US streaming giants (bbc.co.uk)
Just before Christmas, in a private dining room in the upmarket Charlotte Street Hotel in the heart of London's Fitzrovia area, the BBC's director general gathered some of the UK's leading TV creatives and executives for lunch.
Streaming, Television, United Kingdom, Media
90 points by asplake 45 days ago | 315 comments
'Fallout' Renewed for Season 3 (newsweek.com)
Amazon has renewed its hit post-apocalyptic series ‘Fallout,’ based on the video game series, for a third season.
Television, Video Games, Streaming
4 points by mdp2021 46 days ago | 0 comments
Ursula K. Le Guin on the TV Earthsea. (2004) (slate.com)
On Tuesday night, the Sci Fi Channel aired its final installment of Legend of Earthsea, the miniseries based—loosely, as it turns out—on my Earthsea books. The books, A Wizard of Earthsea and The Tombs of Atuan, which were published more than 30 years ago, are about two young people finding out what their power, their freedom, and their responsibilities are. I don’t know what the film is about.
Science Fiction, Television, Books, Fantasy
8 points by Tomte 48 days ago | 0 comments
Nathan Fielder praised for 'most unhinged' episode in TV history (the-independent.com)
Fans of the HBO documentary comedy series The Rehearsal have branded the latest episode one of the “most unhinged” and “hysterical” episodes of TV ever made.
Television, Comedy, Documentaries, Nathan Fielder, The Rehearsal
6 points by vo2maxer 49 days ago | 1 comments
Sofie: open-source web based system for automating live TV news production (nrkno.github.io)
Open Source, Software, Television, Automation, News Production
378 points by rjmunro 49 days ago | 53 comments
Netflix is removing Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (theverge.com)
Netflix is removing the last two shows listed on its Interactive Specials page: Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend, reports What’s on Netflix.
Netflix, Streaming Services, Television, Entertainment
8 points by Wowfunhappy 49 days ago | 3 comments
Remembering the Emergency TV Broadcast System (itsabouttv.com)
One of the wonders of the Internet has been the ability to remember and relive pleasant memories of the past.
Television, History, Nostalgia
5 points by speckx 50 days ago | 0 comments
FieldStation42 – Cable and broadcast TV simulator (github.com/shane-mason)
Cable and broadcast TV simulator intended to provide an authentic experience of watching OTA television with the following goals:
Software, Television, Simulation, Entertainment
8 points by tapoxi 50 days ago | 1 comments
Software update makes HDR content "unwatchable" on Roku TVs (arstechnica.com)
An update to Roku OS has resulted in colors looking washed out in HDR content viewed on Roku apps, like Disney+.
Software Updates, Streaming, Television, Roku, HDR
7 points by benkan 53 days ago | 0 comments
Star Trek documentary reveals Lucille Ball's sci-fi influence (2021) (inverse.com)
Without Lucy, we’d never have reached the Final Frontier.
Star Trek, Television, History, Documentary, Science Fiction
6 points by dxs 54 days ago | 0 comments
What Netflix's patents reveal about the future of watching movies (stephenfollows.com)
Netflix’s patents offer a rare glimpse into the future that major streamers are building for film and television.
Netflix, Streaming, Film, Television, Patents
11 points by daphnemichala 54 days ago | 10 comments
Bill Owens, executive producer of 60 Minutes, resigns (cbsnews.com)
In tonight’s Last Minute, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was executive producer of 60 Minutes.
Media, Journalism, News, Television
10 points by colinprince 60 days ago | 2 comments
Creating Bluey: Tales from the Art Director (substack.com)
Animation, Art Direction, Children's Entertainment, Television
248 points by cfcfcf 61 days ago | 103 comments
Vizio Shows What Happens When U.S. Fascism and TV Enshittification Meet (techdirt.com)
We’ve noted for years how the “smart” TV sector is at the forefront of enshittification. It’s a sector full of companies that have doubled down on annoying ads and surveillance to the detriment of the customer. And while absolutely fixated on monetizing consumer surveillance data, it routinely fails to put anywhere close to the same attention on consumer privacy, resulting in a lot of scandal.
Politics, Consumer Rights, Privacy, Television, Surveillance
11 points by type0 66 days ago | 1 comments
Top Producer of '60 Minutes' Quits, Saying He Lost Independence (nytimes.com)
CBS News entered a new period of turmoil on Tuesday after the executive producer of “60 Minutes,” Bill Owens, said that he would resign from the long-running Sunday news program because he had lost his journalistic independence.
Journalism, News Media, CBS News, Television, "60 Minutes"
16 points by jaredwiener 66 days ago | 3 comments
Welcome to our website for the 1963 BBC MCR21 OB Van (mcr21.org.uk)
Welcome to our website for the 1963 BBC MCR21 OB Van
History, Technology, Television, Broadcasting, UK
88 points by brudgers 67 days ago | 2 comments
The Creator of 'Cowboy Bebop' Thinks Reality Is More Dystopian Than Sci-Fi (nytimes.com)
With “Lazarus,” on Adult Swim and Max, Shinichiro Watanabe has returned to the kind of sci-fi action that made his name.
Science Fiction, Television, Entertainment
29 points by bookofjoe 69 days ago | 1 comments
The British sitcom that swept through the Balkans (2023) (samizdata.co)
If you were in Britain on Christmas Day in 1992, chances are you sat in front of the TV to watch an episode of one of the most-beloved series in the country, Only Fools and Horses.
Television, Culture, United Kingdom, Balkans
67 points by mellosouls 70 days ago | 79 comments
Hypertext TV (hypertext.tv)
Channel Menu What's Airing Now #################
Television, Streaming, Web Development
234 points by coloneltcb 70 days ago | 39 comments
What "Silicon Valley" TV Show Knew About Tech-Bro Paternalism (theatlantic.com)
The show anticipated what can happen when masculine entitlement and artificial intelligence meet.
Television, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Gender
13 points by ryan_j_naughton 72 days ago | 8 comments