current-affairs

Romola Garai the guilty nurse in "Atonement", plays Bel Rowley, the producer of a revolutionary new current-affairs show called "The Hour."

Broadcast Noir in 1950s London Nancy deWolf Smith 2011

"The unfortunate polarization that developed over the last seven months wasn't helpful for the U.A.E. You were either with them or against them," said Mishaal al-Gergawi, an Emirati columnist and current-affairs commentator.

Activists Pardoned in U.A.E. Nour Malas 2011

For some reason, the idea has never really caught fire here, and the closest American televisual equivalent may be the godawful current-affairs show Colin Quinn hosted for a while (or the adapted version of the British Whose Line is It Anyway, though most panel shows center around discussion rather than performance).

Nathan Robinson: Britain Finally Gets Its Own Daily Show Equivalent Nathan Robinson 2010

HBO's provocative salon of current-affairs satirical comedy returns for a new round of episodes.

Matt's Weekend Picks: September 17-19 2010

Watkins specializes in historical and current-affairs re-creations, but his real subject has always been the media — and on that subject he is a startlingly current filmmaker, even though almost a decade has passed since his last film.

He Saw It Coming 2008

He tosses the current-affairs magazine onto a chair.

'The Imperfectionists' 2010

Lloyd opens a French current-affairs magazine in hopes of stealing a story idea.

'The Imperfectionists' 2010

It leaks in just enough that, no matter what conversation I'm TRYING to have with whoever, they keep spouting current-affairs or stuff about gay marriage or droning on and on about an organic turnip farm.

Making Light: Open thread 136 2010

More CNN fun, as next month's current-affairs show starring disgraced politico Eliot Spitzer and commentator Kathleen Parker has been titled Parker Spitzer, which sounds neither serious nor legal.

Matt's TV Week in Review 2010

Watkins specializes in historical and current-affairs re-creations, but his real subject has always been the media — and on that subject he is a startlingly current filmmaker, even though almost a decade has passed since his last film.

He Saw It Coming 2008