Arts & Life Veteran performers shine in 'Planet Earth: Asia' and 'Star Trek: Section 31' From grand and elusive creatures to small and bizarre ones, David Attenborough's BBC docuseries offers wonders in every frame. Michelle Yoeh plays an evil emperor in a new Star Trek made-for-TV movie. David Bianculli
Arts & Life The SNL 50th anniversary special: What worked and what didn't The "Saturday Night Live" 50th anniversary prime-time special was full of sketches and nostalgia, and stretched over more than three hours. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans breaks it down. Eric Deggans
Television After China, 'micro dramas' are gaining popularity in the US "Micro dramas" became a billion-dollar industry in China during the pandemic. Now, they are becoming popular in the U.S., too. Sherisse Pham
Arts & Life 'Fresh Air' celebrates 50 years of 'SNL' with interviews from the archives Dan Aykroyd shares the inspiration for the Blues Brothers. Writer Alan Zweibel remembers working with Gilda Radner. Al Franken recalls a sketch that got pulled. Jon Lovitz talks about master thespian. Terry Gross
Arts & Life 4 decisions that turned SNL into a cultural juggernaut — and 3 mistakes Critic Eric Deggans explains how Saturday Night Live became the long-lived force it is. Eric Deggans
Television 'Yellowjackets' returns for its third season on Friday "Yellowjackets" returns for a third season on Friday. The show follows a girls' high school soccer team stranded in the Canadian wilderness — and their horrifying descent. Leila Fadel
Arts & Life From bloodied heads to Baby Yoda, SNL's makeup master helps bring characters to life If you remember Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer or Kyle Mooney as Baby Yoda — then you've seen the work of Louie Zakarian. He says the job requires creativity, people skills, speed, and good humor. Elizabeth Blair
Arts & Life An estranged son returns as a daughter in Norman Lear's family comedy 'Clean Slate' A new show from the late All in the Family producer centers on an Alabama widower and his trans daughter. Clean Slate delivers laughs and tenderness, courtesy of stars George Wallace and Laverne Cox. David Bianculli
Arts & Life For 'Severance' star Adam Scott, there's no separation between work and home In the Apple TV+ sci-fi drama, now in its second season, Scott plays a man who has a chip implanted in his brain that allows him to sever his work and home lives. Originally broadcast April 6, 2022. Ann Marie Baldonado
Arts & Life 'Without Arrows' follows a tribe member's return to the Sioux reservation The filmmakers of this emotionally powerful documentary followed Delwin Fiddler Jr. as he returned home to South Dakota after years in Philadelphia — then kept revisiting him for more than a decade. David Bianculli
