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Fox News has never been more nakedly partisan. Can Biden fend off the network as he battles Trump for reelection?

Hollywood is dysfunctional. Does it behave like a monopoly? The WGA's public policy expert discusses Disney, Netflix and Amazon's grip on the entertainment industry and how vertical integration hurts artists and consumers.

Disney, Amazon, and Netflix are dominating streaming—but each one has a very different approach to their business.

Filmmaker Justine Bateman argues that artificial intelligence will personalize television and film, but it will also destroy the creative spirit that has fueled entertainment for the past century.

Join Lassie can still claim a spot as one of the longest running prime-time dramas in the history of television. The show ran for 17 seasons from 1954 to 1971 before a strange quirk caused by a new Federal Communications Commission rule resulted in Lassie moving into a new territory, that of first-run syndication, for two more seasons. While syndication has been part of the regular TV landscape since the 1950s, it’s still a function of programming that not a lot people understand. Here’s ...