Yes, there was plenty of Donald Trump material on last night’s Saturday Night Live season premiere. (Its 45th, if you’re keeping track.) And while Alec Baldwin fiendishly refused to follow through on his widely reported desire to ditch what’s always been a crude cartoon of a Trump, and a Democratic town hall sketch…

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Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Sunday, September 29. All times are Eastern. 

Our weekly thought-starter asks you (and us) a simple question each week: What pop culture did you consume this weekend, and what did you think of it? If you have suggestions for AVQ&A questions, big or small, you can email them to us here.

There’s a reason there are far more pop culture depictions of campaigning than there are of governing. A campaign has clearly defined, win or lose stakes— either you’re in office at the end of the race, or you aren’t. It’s like sports, but for people who want political power. The work of governing is, often, less…

Linda Porter died yesterday, at the age of 86. Although she’d been a working actress—often in small TV roles, but also in projects like Dude, Where’s My Car? and Tenacious D’s “Tribute” video—for 33 years, Porter will be best known to TV comedy fans as Myrtle on Superstore, Cloud 9's longest-working employee, and one…

The entire concept of the Saint Sebastian election is ridiculous. It’s a high school presidential election, for a role that is, at best, ceremonial. (If I’m remembering correctly, the most important consequence of the student government elections at my high school was that the winner got suckered into planning…

When Netflix announced yesterday—via a new trailer, full of all the self-deprecating wit, blatant denial, and mostly-funny ennui that fans have come to expect from television’s best show about a very sad horse—that BoJack Horseman would be ending with its upcoming bifurcated sixth season, the general assumption was…

Reading a Chris Ware graphic novel means committing to a cycle of excitement and fatigue. I’m weary before even taking off Rusty Brown’s plastic shrink wrap, knowing that this brick of a book will be jam-packed with tiny panels chronicling life’s never-ending stream of disappointments. But then the plastic is ripped…

Transparent Musicale Finale isn’t necessarily the ending that creator Jill Soloway envisioned for the Amazon series, but it doesn’t feel out of tune with the show’s outsize personalities and emotional pyrotechnics. The episode, which debuted September 27, is an often affecting, somewhat exasperating swan song for the…

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For years now, we’ve been quietly watching the progress of John Turturro’s spin-off movie about Jesus Quintana, the dancing, bowling, eight-year-old-allegedly-exposing-himself-to league rival who briefly dominates the screen in the Coen brothers’ The Big Lebowski. Developed mostly by Turturro himself, with guidance…

Fiona Apple gave a rare interview, to Vulture, this week, talking about a whole slew of things that seem to have been on her mind: The appearance of her classic song “Criminal” in Lorene Scafaria’s new film Hustlers, for instance, but also, just as importantly, Apple’s decision to donate her royalties for the song’s…

Director Deborah Chow has worked on some of the most beloved TV series of the last few years, and also Iron Fist; her credits since 2015 include directing episodes of Mr. Robot, Jessica Jones, Better Call Saul, American Gods, Snowfall, and more, with her most recent gig putting her in control of two episodes of Jon…

Standing on the stage of the Walter Reade Theater this afternoon, Kent Jones issued a plea: “Let’s stick to questions about this movie.” It’s opening day of the New York Film Festival, and Jones, departing director of the fest, is about to introduce a whole panel of living legends. One wonders if his request is a…