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TV Features Editor
Mikey O'Connell is the TV Features Editor at The Hollywood Reporter, where he's held several positions since joining the magazine in 2011. Though his primary focus is covering the television industry, he frequently explores culture and film — writing and reporting features, news, interviews and profiles, as well as overseeing many annual editorial packages such as the Hollywood's 50 Most Powerful Showrunners issue. Mikey also manages weekly Q&A franchise Creative Space and wonders how many days will pass before his parents notice this new bio. (He'll report back on that.)
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Oprah Winfrey Sets Graceland CBS Special With Riley Keough Interview
Oprah Winfrey is on tear with the primetime specials. Just a few days after airing her ABC exploration of artificial intelligence with leaders in the tech community, the media mogul has set her TV outing at CBS. An Oprah Special: The Presleys – Elvis, Lisa Marie And Riley is the result of Winfrey’s recent trip […]
- TV News
- 2 days ago
Emmy Producers Regret Playing Off John Oliver During Ode to Late Dog
There’s no shortage of Monday morning quarterbacks after an awards show. But for all that went right and not-so-right during Sunday’s 2024 Emmys telecast, there’s one mistake even the producers agree on: John Oliver was played off at the exact wrong moment. Around an hour and 15 minutes into the show, Oliver accepted the award […]
- TV News
- Sep 16, 2024 12:25 pm
Inside the Emmys: 8 Things You Didn’t See on TV
There was a lot to digest during Sunday night’s Emmys telecast, namely that telling twist of Hacks snagging best comedy over The Bear, but what happened off camera proved much more illuminating. We were there to chronicle all of the confusion, ring-kissing and sloppy standing ovations — as well as that mass exodus for the lobby bar. The […]
- TV Features
- Sep 16, 2024 9:59 am
Natasha Rothwell Is “Fine As F***”
When Natasha Rothwell set out to create her first TV series, she had no idea the corner she was writing herself into by setting it at JFK. As it turns out, there’s a reason you don’t see any workplace comedies about airports. “Standards and practices sanitized so many logos that I was wondering, ‘Is this […]
- TV Features
- Sep 12, 2024 9:00 am
The Last Thing Standing Between Kathy Griffin and a Real Comeback
Kathy Griffin breaks her silence just once during the hourlong flight. “So far,” the redhead whispers, “it’s just a lot about food.” Earbuds back in, she returns to the source of her frustration: hour 23 of Barbra Streisand’s 48-hour audiobook memoir. The comedian enters a semi-meditative state, eyes closed and left hand on Elliot Stabler, […]
- TV Features
- Sep 12, 2024 6:00 am
‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Writers Break Down Those Two Spectacular Needle Drops
[This story includes spoilers for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.] Clocking in at just under two minutes, the involuntary calypso dance sequence in the original Beetlejuice, during which Catherine O’Hara’s Delia Deetz leads her dinner guests in a lip sync of Harry Belafonte’s “Day-O,” is arguably the most famous scene from the 1988 film. An homage in the […]
- Movie News
- Sep 11, 2024 3:51 pm
You Can’t Scare Mike Flanagan. Can You?
Mike Flanagan built his reputation by freaking out audiences. With a string of horror hits on TV (Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House and The Fall of the House of Usher) and in film (most notably adaptations of Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep and Gerald’s Game), the writer-director also forged a lucrative career. He understands his lane […]
- Movie Features
- Sep 5, 2024 9:30 am
