Film & TV
April 11, 2024
Jeff Hiller Is Living His Best Gay Christian Life
How the San Antonio native and ’Somebody Somewhere’ star became a middle-aged ingenue.
TV
Film & TV
March 20, 2024
‘Girls5eva’ Has Immortalized Fort Worth in Goofily Accurate Song
With “Tap Into Your (Fort) Worth,” Netflix’s fictional girl group has paid more (and better) attention to Cowtown than, well, some of you.
Film & TV
March 18, 2024
The Duplass Brothers Want to Do for TV What They Did for Movies
With a wide-ranging television showcase at SXSW, Mark Duplass shared how he plans to bring the offbeat creative freedom of independent film to the small screen.
One by Willie
January 31, 2024
Nick Offerman Believes Willie Nelson Is One of the Finest Americans Who Ever Lived
The ‘Parks and Recreation’ star on “Buddy,” Farm Aid, and how a hippie like Willie became Ron Swanson’s favorite poet.
Press Room
January 18, 2024
Get an Exclusive Look at an Upcoming ‘20/20’ Episode Featuring the ‘Stephenville’ True Crime Case
ABC’s ‘20/20’ will cover the Stephenville murder case this week.
Film & TV
December 20, 2023
Why Are So Many Reality Dating Shows Set in Texas?
‘The Ultimatum,’ ‘Married at First Sight,’ and ‘Love Is Blind’ have all shot in the state. If we do say so ourselves, single Texans have a certain je ne sais quoi.
Style & Design
October 31, 2023
How Actor Eric Nelsen Brings Cowboy Culture Home From Taylor Sheridan’s Sets
The ‘1883’ actor, who lives in Fort Worth, picked up some tips on the 6666 Ranch.
Film & TV
October 18, 2023
Four Reasons November Will Be a Great Month in Texas Culture
A Texas legend finally gets top billing, Willie spills on his songs, the Black Pumas return, and Sugar Land hosts Honeyland.
Film & TV
June 27, 2023
‘SpongeBob’ Fans Believe Sandy Cheeks Is From Houston. They’re Wrong.
H-Town is the cartoon character’s alleged hometown, but she seems more like a Conroe gal to me.
Film & TV
June 22, 2023
The Future of Texas Film Is $200 Million Brighter
The Lege approved the highest film incentives budget the state has ever seen. Here's what that massive check means for productions and the biz overall.
Film & TV
June 13, 2023
Meet the Texan Director Behind Some of Your Favorite TV Shows
‘Mad Men.’ ‘Homeland.’ ‘Love & Death.’ The current golden age of television wouldn’t be the same without the work of Dallas native Lesli Linka Glatter.
Film & TV
May 15, 2023
Shea Serrano’s New Sitcom, ‘Primo,’ is Peak Pocho TV
Based on his life growing up in San Antonio’s Southside, the show feels unencumbered by the weight of representation.
Film & TV
May 3, 2023
Last Time Hollywood Writers Went on Strike, Landry Killed a Guy on ‘Friday Night Lights’
The show’s infamous second season was shortened because of the strike, but that’s not the whole story.
Film & TV
April 28, 2023
HBO Max’s ‘Love & Death’ Needed a Home for an Axe Killer. They Chose Mine.
HBO Max turned my house into that of Candy Montgomery, played by Elizabeth Olsen. Then things got hyperreal.
Film & TV
April 4, 2023
The Best Books, Films, TV, Art, and More Coming to Texas This Spring
We have seven words for you: Owen Wilson in a Bob Ross wig.
Press Room
March 23, 2023
HBO Max Releases Official Trailer for ‘Love & Death’
Get a taste of what’s to come in the highly anticipated limited series.
Film & TV
March 3, 2023
Jonathan Majors Has Arrived
With two blockbusters hitting theaters in the span of a few weeks, the newly minted A-lister is doing Cedar Hill proud.
Press Room
February 16, 2023
HBO Max Announces ‘Love & Death’ Premiere Date
HBO Max’s highly anticipated limited series is set to premiere this April. Plus, it’ll have a SXSW debut.
Film & TV
January 20, 2023
How Well Texas Cities Would Survive a Zombie Apocalypse, Ranked
The HBO series ‘The Last of Us’ spent its first act showing us how Austin would handle people-eating monsters. Houston, on the other hand . . .
Film & TV
January 5, 2023
‘Yellowstone’ Is Set in Montana. But the Show’s Music Comes Straight From Texas.
The TV sensation, largely set elsewhere, leans on Texan artists from Uncle Lucius to the Panhandlers to set an authentic Western tone.
Tacos
October 7, 2022
Things to Do Instead of Watching “Mexican Week” on ‘The Great British Bake Off’
If you’re a ‘Great British Bake Off’ fan, good news: you’ve freed up an hour this week. Here are a few ideas on how to spend it.
Film & TV
October 6, 2022
‘Walker: Independence’ Tries Reinventing the Western, With Familiar Results
The CW drama is set in nineteenth-century Texas but strives for twenty-first-century relevance.
Art
September 22, 2022
The Best Books, Film, TV, Art, and More Coming to Texas This Fall
This season has everything: Cormac McCarthy, Star Wars, Chippendales dancers, and opera.
Film & TV
May 17, 2022
‘Conversations With Friends’ Is a Tender Portrayal of a Heedless Narcissist
The Hulu series, costarring Texan Sasha Lane, is a worthwhile adaptation of Sally Rooney’s best-selling novel.
Texas Country Reporter
May 11, 2022
Check Out Kilgore’s Treasure Trove of Vintage Cameras, Radios, and TVs
From the obscure to the historically significant, the Texas Broadcast Museum tells a uniquely twentieth-century story.
Film & TV
August 23, 2021
‘Only Murders in the Building’ Sends Up Our True-Crime Obsession
Helmed by Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, and Martin Short, the show parodies and subverts the tropes of the true-crime genre.
Film & TV
June 10, 2021
Jensen Ackles Is Finally Realizing His Superhero Dreams as Soldier Boy
The Richardson-bred actor and former ‘Supernatural’ star has two major roles this year, after a lifetime of near-misses.
Best Thing in Texas
September 30, 2017
The Best Thing in Texas: Reporter Reunited With the Truck Driver She Saved During Harvey on Ellen
KHOU’s Brandi Smith got a pleasant surprise.
September 26, 2017
An Ode to ‘Fixer Upper,’ the Show That Was So Much More Than Shiplap
Goodbye to the Waco king-and-queen of house flipping, Chip and Joanna Gaines.
The Daily Post
April 7, 2017
Why Is AMC So Obsessed With Texas?
Alternately: Why isn’t every other network?
Film & TV
August 31, 2016
Taylor Kitsch Is Going To Play Branch Davidian Leader David Koresh In a New TV Miniseries
We haven’t even begun to reach peak nineties nostalgia, but this is quite an announcement.
Film & TV
February 8, 2016
The Friday Night Lights Reunion Is Happening—So Who’s Gonna Show Up?
The big question for the biggest thing to happen in Dillon since the Lions won State.
Film & TV
January 8, 2014
“Killer Women,” ABC’s New Texas Rangers Drama, Premiered Last Night and It Was Not So Good
Don't worry, though, the ratings were so bad that it's basically DOA.
Film & TV
November 7, 2013
Meet The Cast Of The ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’ TV Series That Robert Rodriguez Is Directing
To help launch his forthcoming cable network, Robert Rodriguez is blowing up his cult classic film into a ten-part television series—but unsurprisingly, original From Dusk Till Dawn star George Clooney isn't reprising his leading role. Here's who the series has cast instead.
Sports
December 1, 2011
Win the Weekend: What Texas Was Talking About This Week
Whether you’re drinking with politicos or dining with your parents, we’ll give you something to talk about to make you sound informed.
Reporter
January 1, 1999
CompuSoap
An Austin soap opera goes online.
Film & TV
February 1, 1997
Ink Big
Drawn by the success of The Simpsons and Beavis and Butt-head, three of Texas’ top cartoonists are going Hollywood. Houston’s Michael Fry, for instance, has sold the television rights to two of his comic strips—Committed and When I Was Short—to production companies in Toronto and Los Angeles, respectively, and both
Profile
April 1, 1995
Net Worker
When Susan Hadden was murdered, the country lost a visionary thinker on the information highway and the Internet.
Film & TV
April 1, 1988
Is J.R. Shot?
The tenth anniversary of the most popular nighttime series begs the question. How long can the Ewing’s doings hold are attention?
Arts & Entertainment
April 30, 1974
Houston TV Ratings War
Fade in, interior six p.m. news set, long shot. As the picture comes closer, the familiar anchormen are relaxed and exchanging easy glances, preparing to bring you the latest news, sports, and weather. If you are standing close to the producer, you can hear the purr of his ulcer as
News & Politics
March 1, 1973
Don’t Touch That Dial!
Is anybody in Dallas watching?