21 h. ago ‘Time to get excited!’ Why Stranger Things could be back to its best for its final episodes ever

The Netflix show’s last season just dropped a trailer full of heavy metal, demons, tornados and flamethrowers. And even better – it might have rediscovered its devastatingly emotional coreObjectively, you should not be excited about the return of Stranger Things. Over the years, the Netflix smash has in many ways come to represent everything bad about television’s streaming era.It began as a fun piece of fluff, a one-and-done collection of overt 1980s film references, designed as the first part of an unconnected anthology. But then it exceeded expectations, so the Duffer brothers found themselves having to pull an entire mythology out of thin air. And a bloated one at that, full of (at best) bottle episodes about punky young superheroes and (at worst) self-indulgent episodes that grind on for hours and hours. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago BBC's Morning Live pulled off air as Gethin Jones bids farewell 'see you soon'

BBC Morning Live hosts Gethin Jones and Helen Skelton made an announcement at the end of today's show

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8 d. ago MasterChef's return planned by BBC with surprise new role for Gregg

MasterChef was pulled off air earlier this year after 13 women made complaints about presenter Gregg Wallace, 60 - but bosses are still holding out hope it could be shown in some form

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8 d. ago ITV Loose Women taken off air as Christine Lampard shares announcement

Loose Women was pulled off air for the rest of the week as host Christine Lampard made an announcement at the end of the ITV show

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1 week ago The Chase pulled from ITV schedule this week as viewers fume over reason

The Chase is the latest ITV show to fall victim to scheduling changes as the UEFA Women's Euros take priority on air. Viewers have already been left fuming over the soaps being pulled from screens

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1 week ago BBC Casualty taken off air tonight as changes made to TV schedule

Casualty has been pulled from air on Saturday, July 5 so viewers won't get their usual medical drama fix

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1 week ago Emmerdale and Corrie pulled off air tonight in major schedule shake

Viewers are usually treated to a double whammy of soaps on a Friday night with Emmerdale and then Coronation Street on ITV, but not this week

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2 w. ago EastEnders pulled from TV schedule again as new air dates confirmed

The summer of sport has been causing headaches for fans

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3 w. ago ‘Is this AI?’: surfing world in awe after ‘best air ever’ pulled off by 18

Hughie Vaughan widely hailed for ‘stalefish backflip’ manoeuvreCentral Coast teenager stuns with move at wave pool in TexasA step change in the evolution of surfing brought about by an Australian teenager has electrified the world of extreme sport and drawn praise from the doyen of skateboarding, Tony Hawk.Eighteen-year-old Central Coast surfer Hughie Vaughan produced what has been dubbed a “stalefish flipper” at a competition in a wave park in Texas this week that has already been viewed millions of times on social media. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Video shows passengers sweltering on Amtrak train stuck in Baltimore tunnel for over an hour during heatwave

Passengers were stuck without air conditioning or electricity until a rescue locomotive was sent to pull passengers back

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3 w. ago BBC Breakfast halts live segment over 'distressing' image as reporter left visibly concerned

BBC Breakfast hosts Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt were forced to pull the live segment off air

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4 w. ago BBC Breakfast halted as Charlie Stayt pulled off air mid sentence

BBC Breakfast was hit with a series of awkward blunders live on air on Thursday morning's show

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4 w. ago ITV The Chase removed from screens in huge scheduling shake up

ITV The Chase has been pulled off air in an unexpected scheduling change

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