With America hooked on ‘Walking Dead’ and ‘American Horror Story,’ why aren’t broadcast networks getting in on the horror craze?
Late Night, Big Storm, Empty Studio: Fallon and Letterman Tape Hurricane Shows Without Audiences
Late-night hosts made the best of eerily quiet studios
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Sandy Watch: On TV, Raining Rumors, Wet Reporters and A Few Dry Jokes
One of the strange impulses of modern life is the irresistible–to me, anyway–urge to turn on the TV and the laptop and spend all day watching coverage of a weather disaster that you are already in the middle of experiencing.
That Settles It: Yoko Ono Did Not Break Up the Beatles
Paul McCartney says don’t blame John Lennon’s widow for the end of the legendary band
The Liberator: A User’s Guide to Hell
Alex Kershaw’s WWII history chronicles the torturous slog of an American infantry division — led by legendary commander Felix Sparks — from Italy in 1943 into the heart of Germany just before VE Day
Listen to TIME’s Hurricane Sandy Playlist on Spotify
We have the perfect playlist for the “Perfect Storm”
Hurricane Sandy Shutters Broadway, Movies, Concerts
The show will not, in fact, go on—at least not today
The Walking Dead Watch: The Governor Commeth
In “Walk with Me,” The Governor makes his first appearance as Michonne and Andrea are welcomed into his community
Boardwalk Empire Watch: Finding the Easter Eggs
The theme of “Sunday Best” is revelation. Revealing facts and motivations costs any fiction writer a great deal, and let’s thank the Boardwalk writers for giving up some secrets. Including the pilot, I can’t think of a better …
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Imperfect Weather: 10 Most Memorable Movie Storm Scenes
As Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast, TIME revisits the movies that show nature’s less pleasant side
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Homeland Watch: Broken Boy Soldier
Carrie and the CIA break Brody down to remake him, and in the process, Homeland makes itself into potentially quite a different, and exciting, series.
Cloud Atlas Sinks in a Storm, as Hollywood Prays for Skyfall
The only bright light in a soggy box-office weekend is the boffo business abroad for the new James Bond film
What Are the Best Songs for Seduction? The Results Will Surprise You
The Dirty Dancing soundtrack is just one of the unexpected choices on the bedroom playlist