There are many villains in movies and TV shows, but Black villains need to bring something special to the table. Here are a few of the very best.

You know who Pee-wee Herman is, but what else is he?

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This week on The Collider Podcast we're joined by TV editor Liz Shannon Miller to talk about Fargo. We kick things off talking about the 1996 movie, how it compares to other works by the Coen Brothers, why it's the quintessential Coen Brothers movie, its legacy, and more. We then move into the FX series, how it adapts the film, where he show succeeds and where it stumbles, the new season, and more. We then finish up with Recently Watched. Click on the respective link to find us on iTunes. If you like the show, please leave us …

The Emmys aren't for a few more days yet but that won't stop Watchmen from achieving awards domination. Today the Television Critics Association announced the winners of the TCA Awards, with the HBO limited series winning four awards, including Program of the Year and the honor of the (gender-neutral) Individual Achievement in Drama for Regina King. While there was no in-person ceremony to celebrate the winners, it was a pretty good virtual awards event in general for HBO, with Watchmen also winning for Outstanding New Program: and Outstanding Achievement In Movie, Miniseries, Or Special. HBO, for …

Who wore the old red and blues (or black) best?

Marvel TV might be long dead—RIP Collider's favorite angsty ninja-lawyer, Matt Murdock—but that doesn't mean Marvel is done with TV. Variety reports that a live-action Silk series is in production, with Atypical writer Lauren Moon on script duties and Chris Miller and Phil Lord on board as producers. [caption id="attachment_715342" align="alignright" width="320"] Image via Marvel Comics[/caption] "Silk" is the Spider-y alter-ego of Cindy Moon—created by writer Dan Slott and artist Humberto Ramos—a Korean-American classmate of Peter Parker who is also bitten by a radioactive spider, …

It’s been 18 months since Disney’s $71.3 billion acquisition of 20th Century Fox and half-a-year since they dropped “Fox” from 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight brands (leading to labels 20th Century and Searchlight), so it’s not a huge surprise that Disney would also want to rebrand and streamline the business units under its Disney Television Studios umbrella, including the unexpected reappearance of a Disney legacy brand. The meat-and-potatoes of it is that ABC Studios and its subsidiary ABC Signature (which provides programs for cable and streaming) will combine to form ABC …

His own talk show. A revamp of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? A series of live specials called Live in Front of a Studio Audience. If ABC needs a TV thing that needs a host, they go to Jimmy Kimmel and no one else. Case in point: The 2020 Emmy Awards, honoring the best in television, have been announced, and after a 2019 with no host, ABC is dipping back into the deep Kimmel well. He's hosting the program, is what I'm saying. "We know Jimmy Kimmel will deliver a uniquely entertaining, funny and moving Primetime Emmys …

Wait, Joaquin Phoenix was in an ABC Afterschool Special?

Uncut Gems filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie have signed a two-year first-look deal with HBO that will see A24 executive produce all projects that fall under the deal, the network announced Tuesday. While HBO didn't announce any new projects from the Safdies' Elara Pictures label, the mere fact that the siblings are taking their talents to television is cause for celebration 'round these parts. I fully acknowledge that movies like Uncut Gems and Good Time aren't for everyone, but they both feature the same scuzzy aesthetic that may prove to be a great fit for HBO, …

The TV series Lucifer has a devoted fanbase, and when the show was cancelled by Fox, fans dutifully followed it over to Netflix. The fourth season of the show, which follows the devil (Tom Ellis) leaving Hell and running a nightclub in L.A. where he also serves a consultant for the LAPD, ran on Netflix in May 2019. Netflix then announced they had renewed Lucifer for a fifth and final seasons that would run for sixteen episodes but broken up into two, eight-episode chunks. Now it looks like Netflix doesn't want that final season to be so …

Star Trek needs to get back to making movies for its television shows.

Along with being Phineas and Ferb's co-creator, Jeff "Swampy" Marsh has lent his talents to various other huge cartoons.

Though best known for film roles such as Black Panther's Killmonger, actor Michael B. Jordan has had many hit roles on television as well!

Marvel Television is officially rebranded as Marvel TV Studios after the restructuring of the department and departure of executive Jeph Loeb.

The Critics' Choice Awards see HBO dominate the television category, winning the most awards for TV in 2020 with shows like Watchmen and Chernobyl.

Sci-fi and comedy are genres that go hand in hand, as such, there are many great shows of the 2010s that combine the two. IMDb ranks some of the best.

Sidekicks was an 1980s series about the heir of a martial arts clan being adopted by a cop, and was heavily inspired by The Karate Kid's success.

Marvel Studios is absorbing Marvel Television, but the TV division has a strong legacy of shows like Daredevil, Agent Carter, and Agents of SHIELD.