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2025-26 TV Season Ratings Wrap Up: Netflix and CBS Dominate as New Favorites Emerge
While NBC’s Super Bowl and Olympics programming gave the network its first ratings crown since 2002, the top seven shows of this TV season came from CBS/Paramount and Netflix, according to multiplatform viewing data through mid-April. While it’s no surprise that Netflix holds onto its viewership lead with tentpole juggernauts like “Stranger Things” and “Bridgerton”…
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It’s war in the Hamptons as Montauk locals rally against Cali hotelier over Surf Lodge rival
A California hotelier is riding a wave of backlash in Montauk. Localsare petitioning the East Hampton Town Planning Board to stop construction of Este, a two-story restaurant with rooftop access, claiming developers pulled a bait-and-switch — submitting permit approvals for a “casual restaurant” they fear will turn into a rowdy nightclub. “Este restaurant was approved…
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Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau reach major relationship milestone ahead of first anniversary
Katy Perry reportedly introduced her 5-year-old daughter, Daisy Dove, to Justin Trudeau’s three children ahead of the couple’s first anniversary. A source told US Weekly on Thursday the lovebirds — who began dating in July 2025 — had their respective children meet because they “both feel it’s important to blend their families thoughtfully and at…
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Mule deer become first animals to use California’s first wildlife crossing
Three mule deer have become the first animals to walk over California’s first wildlife crossing, which is nearing completion in Siskiyou County, according to the UC Davis Road Ecology Center and the California Department of Transportation. The deer were captured on camera last month traversing the crossing over a deadly stretch of State Route 97,…
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Trump allies who sought to overturn election face new indictment in Arizona
Democratic Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes plans to seek a new indictment against allies of President Donald Trump who aided his bid to overturn the 2020 election, her office announced Thursday after the state Supreme Court rejected her appeal to revive the original case. The high court’s brief, unexplained ruling closed the door on a…
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Inside the Record-Breaking ‘All Her Fault’: How Megan Gallagher Balanced Suspense, Emotion and Modern Motherhood | How She Did It
In a crowded TV landscape, it’s quite a feat when a series breaks through to audiences in the way that “All Her Fault” did on Peacock. The twisty mystery, led by Sarah Snook’s Marissa Irvine, tallied 46 million hours watched in its first three weeks on Peacock, and landed as the top show the week…
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Welcome to the Golden Age of Gerrymandering
This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here. Not long after the original gerrymandertook its monstrous shape in 1812, The United States Gazette issued a harsh prophecy. Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry might otherwise have been forgotten to history but for the wicked practice…
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Phoebe Bridgers Ditched the Internet to Hype Up Her New Music. It’s Working
For six years, I have found myself randomly wondering “is this the year Phoebe Bridgers finally puts out a new album?” The answer has always been a resounding “no.” That changed on May 8, when mysterious flyers appeared in Roswell, New Mexico, announcing a show that same day at the Liberty, a venue that holds…
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‘Cape Fear’ reinvents itself again with chilling, charming Javier Bardem
Cape Fear,” premiering Friday on Apple TV, is a 10-episode limited series remake of a 1991 Martin Scorsese remake of a 1962 film adapted from John D. MacDonald’s 1957 novel “The Executioners,” and as in a game of telephone each subsequent version adds new material and moves a little farther from the original. (The credits…
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Republican forced out by Trump slaps back by siding with Dem in legal attack
One of the Republican senators driven out of office by President Donald Trump has signed on to a legal challenge fighting the administration’s so-called anti-weaponization fund Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), who lost a GOP primary to a challenger endorsed by the president, joined Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) in submitting an amicus brief in the U.S.…