Skip to main content

Television

Sort:

Newest

Exclusively on
Due to the contractual nature of the Fresh Air Archive, segments must be at least 6 months old to be considered part of the archive. To listen to segments that aired within the last 6 months, please click the blue off-site button to visit the Fresh Air page on NPR.org.
34:45

'I don't need helium' to play SpongeBob SquarePants, comic Tom Kenny says

Kenny has voiced SpongeBob since the animated series began in 1999. Now he's playing the character in a new film, The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants. Originally broadcast Nov. 16, 2004.

Interview
Exclusively on
Due to the contractual nature of the Fresh Air Archive, segments must be at least 6 months old to be considered part of the archive. To listen to segments that aired within the last 6 months, please click the blue off-site button to visit the Fresh Air page on NPR.org.
06:57

A new film follows Paul McCartney's 2nd act after The Beatles' breakup

"Man on the Run" is now streaming on Prime Video. It's about Sir Paul McCartney, but it's not about his years with the Beatles. Instead, it's about his first years without them. Yes, there have been plenty of Beatles-related documentaries in the past decade or so.

Review
Exclusively on
Due to the contractual nature of the Fresh Air Archive, segments must be at least 6 months old to be considered part of the archive. To listen to segments that aired within the last 6 months, please click the blue off-site button to visit the Fresh Air page on NPR.org.
10:42

TV critic David Bianculli offers a speed-date style rundown of what to watch

From The Pitt to A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Bianculli recommends the best television has to offer right now.

Review
Exclusively on
Due to the contractual nature of the Fresh Air Archive, segments must be at least 6 months old to be considered part of the archive. To listen to segments that aired within the last 6 months, please click the blue off-site button to visit the Fresh Air page on NPR.org.
08:15

A new generation revives 'The Muppet Show' and it's as delightful as ever

ABC presents a new primetime special, a revival of "The Muppet Show." It also starts streaming tomorrow on Disney+. According to our TV critic, David Bianculli, it's not the first attempt to bring Jim Henson's cuddly creatures into the ABC fold, but it's one of the best in a very long time. Here's David's review.

Review
Exclusively on
Due to the contractual nature of the Fresh Air Archive, segments must be at least 6 months old to be considered part of the archive. To listen to segments that aired within the last 6 months, please click the blue off-site button to visit the Fresh Air page on NPR.org.
09:03

'Starfleet Academy' brings a modern sheen to the 'Star Trek' universe

Viewers without any Star Trek expertise can enjoy the new adventures out of context. But there are echoes and Easter eggs throughout this Paramount+ series, for those who catch them.

Review
Exclusively on
Due to the contractual nature of the Fresh Air Archive, segments must be at least 6 months old to be considered part of the archive. To listen to segments that aired within the last 6 months, please click the blue off-site button to visit the Fresh Air page on NPR.org.
10:09

< A top-10 list can't contain all the great TV of 2025

David Bianculli, is taking a look back at the year in television. But he says he's not doing a Top 10 list because there's been way too much good TV to limit to just 10 titles. And he's not doing a best of the year list because he says it's impossible to have seen everything, but he's seen a lot.

Review
Exclusively on
Due to the contractual nature of the Fresh Air Archive, segments must be at least 6 months old to be considered part of the archive. To listen to segments that aired within the last 6 months, please click the blue off-site button to visit the Fresh Air page on NPR.org.
10:08

'The Beatles Anthology' remasters the Fab Four — with great results

ABC presented an eight-part documentary series called "The Beatles Anthology," telling the history of the band and its music in the first and only fully authorized TV biography - the only one, that is, until now. Thirty years later, "The Beatles Anthology" is back, with the sound and images restored and with a brand-new ninth episode added at the end. Disney+ is presenting the newly refurbished series beginning tonight, with three episodes unveiled nightly. Our TV critic David Bianculli has this review.

Review
09:29

'A Man on the Inside' goes to college, and Ted Danson aces the test

Actor Ted Danson and TV writer-producer Michael Schur, who teamed up for the successful afterlife comedy "The Good Place," have gotten together again for another sitcom - Netflix's "A Man On The Inside." The series is back with Season 2. And our TV critic David Bianculli says the show is one of the most entertaining and relatively unappreciated series currently on TV.

Review
09:37

'Death by Lightning' unfolds like an 1880s 'West Wing'

"Death By Lightning," the new four-part miniseries now streaming on Netflix, stars Michael Shannon from "Boardwalk Empire" as President James Garfield and Matthew Macfadyen from "Succession" as Charles Guiteau, the man who assassinated him. Our TV critic David Bianculli has this review.

Review

Did you know you can create a shareable playlist?

Advertisement

There are more than 22,000 Fresh Air segments.

Let us help you find exactly what you want to hear.
Just play me something
Your Queue

Would you like to make a playlist based on your queue?

Generate & Share View/Edit Your Queue