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The Best and Worst TV Moments of 2020

We’ve already counted up our best and worst TV shows of 2020. But now we’re getting micro-focused on those special (and not-so-special) TV moments that made us laugh, cry, shriek, recoil, rewind, and make memes. You know, the ones that remained burned in our memories long after the episode or season ended. Behold! Best Star…

io9 Io9 Staff Dec 24

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Characters Who Helped Us Make It Through 2020

Twenty-twenty has been a year of seeking comfort in media, both in the nostalgia of old favorites and the exciting discovery of new and excellent stories. This year, more than any recently, we’ve looked for new bonds and new characters to fall in love with. Here are the heroes who kept us going as this…

io9 Io9 Staff Dec 22

The Pop Culture Highlights and Lowlights of 2020

In a year full of all kinds of bad real-world news, pop culture still managed to poke its head up periodically to remind us that not everything sucks. Of course, this being 2020, that same realm also managed to leave a few steaming piles for us to step in, too. Here are our picks for…

io9 Io9 Staff Dec 17

Image: Cartoon Network / Image: The CW / Image: Lucasfilm / Image: Netflix / Image: HBO Max

The 12 Best (and 7 Worst) Television Shows of 2020

We might have seen a shortage of new movies in 2020, but one thing we still got a lot of was television shows. This was a year of saying goodbye to many beloved series while introducing some new ones into the fold. Some sparked, others fizzled. Here are the TV series the io9 staff felt…

io9 Io9 Staff Dec 15

Let This Colorful, Cool Pop Culture Art Brighten Up Your Day

If 2020 could use anything, it’s a little shot of happiness. And that’s exactly what the artwork of Kevin Tiernan does. This Connecticut-based artist uses strong designs, deceptively simple illustrations, and bold, bright colors to create work that just makes you smile. Tiernan’s work has been featured in numerous Gallery 1988 shows and as part…

Movies Germain Lussier Oct 23

The Table Read of The Good Place‘s Finale Will Break Your Heart All Over Again

Time to walk through the door. On the other side of the door? Lots of crying. I feel, occasionally, like I might be over The Good Place’s heartfelt finale, a long meditation on grief, companionship, and mortality at the limits of all reality. Then something happens to remind me that I’m most definitely not. This…

io9 Julie Muncy Aug 30

The Nerd’s Watch: The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Streaming in September

Viewers are turning to streaming entertainment more than ever thanks to people staying home during the global pandemic—the plethora of services can serve as a much-needed escape. At the start of each month, most services do a little shuffle, adding new movies and taking some away, and io9 is here to help with your decision…

Movies Germain Lussier Aug 27

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6 Delightfully Absurd TV Shows to Help You Ignore Reality

Absurdism, as a philosophy and artistic movement, is about humanity’s inability to find meaning in our strange, chaotic universe. Instead, we seek to embrace the bizarre, finding comfort in the things that exist outside of our reality. Given the state of the world right now, is it any wonder we might need that? Here’s a…

io9 Beth Elderkin Aug 14

The Good Place’s Final Blooper Reel: Goodbyes, Farts, and Failed Magic Tricks

It’s been several months since we said goodbye to NBC’s The Good Place, which found its place in eternity (and our hearts). Now, the network has released the final blooper reel featuring even more hilarity from season four. It makes parting feel like such hilarious sorrow. Narrated by eternal Good Place applicant Brent Norwalk (Benjamin Koldyke), the…

io9 Beth Elderkin Jul 29

Watchmen, Avengers: Endgame, Wicked + Divine, and More Highlight the 2020 Hugo Finalists

It may be a weird time for big events, but sci-fi and fantasy’s prestigious Hugo Awards—which honor many avenues of creativity, including novels, comics, fanzines, and screenplays, as well as artists, editors, podcasts, and more—are moving full steam ahead…online. And the 2020 nominees are here! You can check out the full list of nominees—which includes…

Books & Comics Cheryl Eddy Apr 7

William Jackson Harper Unpacks Some Post-Good Place Feelings in This Cute Video Interview

It’s over. Oh, God, it’s over. As much as fans might be left at a crossroads by the news, it’s surely hard for the actors even moreso, whose lives now dramatically change as a result of not doing the show. Which makes now a good time to check in, reflect, and think through what’s gone…

io9 Julie Muncy Feb 9

William Jackson Harper Has One Last Good Place Lesson in the Form of Chidi’s Full Kierkegaard Rap

Any one of The Good Place’s throwaway gags would be a delight to see played out in its entirety. From Chidi actually forcing himself to eat the Peep’s chili to seeing Tahani ruin one of many celebrity relationships, they’re all tantalizing. But I doubt any of them would be quite as fun to watch as…

io9 Julie Muncy Feb 2

io9 Roundtable: The Good Place Was a Good Show

The Good Place—NBC’s poignant, brilliant, and hilarious afterlife comedy—has ended, and last night’s series finale showed us the fates of all the characters we’d come to forking adore over the past four seasons. Dive into the chowder fountain with us while we celebrate (and mourn) one of our favorite shows. Cheryl Eddy: Based on “Patty,”…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Jan 31

5 Essential Good Place Episodes to Watch Before the Series Finale Breaks Our Forking Hearts

Our time in the Good Place is almost at an end, having spent four forking fantasic seasons with Eleanor, Chidi, Jason, Tahani, Michael, and Janet. As we get ready for the series finale of The Good Place, we thought we’d look back at its most pivotal episodes: the ones that made us cry, the ones…

io9 Beth Elderkin Jan 30

Open Channel: What Was The Best Arc of The Good Place?

I can’t believe that The Good Place is ending. After four stunning seasons, Michael Schur’s grand sitcom experiment is coming to an end next week, with an extra-long finale that will see our heroes find one conclusion or another. It’s been a personal show for me, one I’ve watched faithfully with my wife and discussed…

io9 Julie Muncy Jan 25

Ooh, Baby, Do You Know What That’s Worth, Ooh The Good Place Is…Not What It Seems

It’s the penultimate episode of NBC’s The Good Place, and it seems as if we’ve reached the end of the line. In last night’s “Patty,” the gang has finally arrived in the real Good place, not an anxiety-fueled torture chamber designed by a demon, or a dusty mail room where an eternity of bliss lies…

io9 Beth Elderkin Jan 24

Yet Another Familiar Face Could Return for The Matrix 4

Zoe Kravitz discusses her Catwoman influences for The Batman. Giancarlo Esposito promises more Moff Gideon on The Mandalorian. Black Lightning is losing a familiar face. Plus, even more set pictures from The Eternals tease a big comic romance, and what’s to come on both Supergirl and Batwoman. Spoilers, go! The Matrix 4 Allocine reports Lambert…

Television James Whitbrook Jan 20

Vicky Lands the Role of a Lifetime in a Tricky Episode of The Good Place

It’s almost the end of The Good Place, but for the Soul Squad things look like they’re just beginning. As Eleanor (Kristen Bell) and her friends get ready for the next (and hopefully final) phase of the afterlife, Michael (Ted Danson) wrestles with a feeling of helplessness over losing the thing that made him special.…

io9 Beth Elderkin Jan 17

Can The Good Place Change, Well, Everything?

It’s all come to this. Everything they’ve been through has all happened so they could be here, together, as the very best version of themselves to solve the ultimate problem in the nick of time. “You’ve Changed, Man” may be the most important episode in the history of The Good Place. That doesn’t mean it’s…

io9 Beth Elderkin Jan 10

Marvel’s WandaVision Is Arriving Sooner Than Expected

James Gunn says he won’t bring Yondu back from the grave for the third Guardians of the Galaxy. Nicholas Pesce reveals his plans for even more Grudge movies. Plus, a new glimpse at the next Mobile Suit Gundam movie, and what’s to come on this Sunday’s Doctor Who. Here’s to a new year of spoilers!…

Television James Whitbrook Jan 2

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The Best and Worst TV Moments of 2020

Characters Who Helped Us Make It Through 2020

The Pop Culture Highlights and Lowlights of 2020

The 12 Best (and 7 Worst) Television Shows of 2020

Let This Colorful, Cool Pop Culture Art Brighten Up Your Day

The Table Read of The Good Place‘s Finale Will Break Your Heart All Over Again

The Nerd’s Watch: The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Streaming in September

6 Delightfully Absurd TV Shows to Help You Ignore Reality

The Good Place’s Final Blooper Reel: Goodbyes, Farts, and Failed Magic Tricks

Watchmen, Avengers: Endgame, Wicked + Divine, and More Highlight the 2020 Hugo Finalists

William Jackson Harper Unpacks Some Post-Good Place Feelings in This Cute Video Interview

William Jackson Harper Has One Last Good Place Lesson in the Form of Chidi’s Full Kierkegaard Rap

io9 Roundtable: The Good Place Was a Good Show

5 Essential Good Place Episodes to Watch Before the Series Finale Breaks Our Forking Hearts

Open Channel: What Was The Best Arc of The Good Place?

Ooh, Baby, Do You Know What That’s Worth, Ooh The Good Place Is…Not What It Seems

Yet Another Familiar Face Could Return for The Matrix 4

Vicky Lands the Role of a Lifetime in a Tricky Episode of The Good Place

Can The Good Place Change, Well, Everything?

Marvel’s WandaVision Is Arriving Sooner Than Expected

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