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in TVWhat was the first monster introduced in Stranger Things?
Answer: Demogorgon was the original Stranger Things monster who ravaged Barb (Shannon Purser) and Dr. Martin Brenner (Matthew Modine) in season 1.
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in TVWho’s been on Saturday Night Live longer?
Answer: Kate McKinnon joined the Saturday Night Live cast in 2012, making the 2022 season her 11th, while Pete Davidson appeared on the show for eight seasons.
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in TVWhat’s connecting She-Hulk and The Hulk?
Answer: She-Hulk (AKA Jennifer Walters) is the lawyer cousin of The Hulk (AKA Bruce Banner). According to “The Savage She-Hulk #1” comic book published in 1980, she acquired a milder version of the Hulk condition through an emergency transfusion of her cousin’s blood. She-Hulk, portrayed by actress Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black), makes her live-action debut…
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in TVThe 14th Dr. Who is for the first time what?
Answer: The 29-year-old star of Netflix’s hit “Sex Education,” Ncuti Gatwa, born in Rwanda, will become the first Black actor to play the lead role in the BBC’s “Doctor Who.” He will be taking over from Jodie Whittaker, the first woman in the role, as the 14th incarnation of the Time Lord in Oct. 2022,…
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in TVWhich language did Glenn Close learn for her role in “Tehran”?
Answer: Towards the new season of Apple TV+’s Tehran, premiering May 6, 2022, Glenn Close had to learn Farsi for her role as Marjan Montazeri, a British agent living in Tehran. The series revolves around an Israeli agent and computer hacker who is tasked with infiltrating an electric company in Iran.
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in TVWhich American late-night TV show spawned Apple TV’s Carpool Karaoke?
Answer: Apple TV’s Carpool Karaoke is based on the recurring segment from The Late Late Show with James Corden. In Aug. 2021, Apple renewed the series for a fifth season._x000D_
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in TVThe 2022 Grammy Awards were the first to be what?
Answer: The 64th Grammy ceremony had been initially scheduled for Jan. 31, 2022, in Los Angeles but had been moved to Las Vegas for the first time due to the Omicron variant. “Better late than never,” Second-time host Trevor Noah said as the CBS broadcast aired from the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
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in TVWhat’s the longest-running children’s animated series on American television?
Answer: Arthur – the longest-running children’s animated series on American television – ended its 25 years and more than 250 episodes run on PBS on Feb. 21, 2022. The series’s final episode provides viewers a glimpse of what Arthur and his friends grow up to be. The Arthur characters will live on in a new…
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in TVWho’s the director behind Netflix’s new Addams Family series, “Wednesday”?
Answer: Netflix released the first trailer for Wednesday, Tim Burton’s (Beetlejuice) reimagining of the Addams Family series, on August 17, 2022. Burton was previously signed to develop a stop-motion Addams Family film – which was later canceled. The series, starring Jenna Ortega in the title role, alongside Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzman, Gwendoline Christie, and Christina…
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in TVWhat did Whoopi Goldberg say on The View that got her suspended in Feb. 2022?
Answer: On Jan. 31, 2022, Whoopi Goldberg, co-host of “The View,” commented during a discussion about a Tennessee school board’s banning of the Pulitzer winning Holocaust graphic novel “Maus” that the Holocaust was “not about race … it’s about man’s inhumanity to other men.” As a result, she was suspended for two weeks starting Feb.2,…
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in TVWhat’s Kristen Bell’s character’s name on Netflix’s “The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window”?
Answer: Kristen Bell plays Anna, the star of Netflix’s dark satirical parody “The Woman in the House Across the Street From the Girl in the Window,” released on Jan. 28, 2022. It’s the same name her character has on Disney’s Frozen and very close to her actual middle name – Anne. The eight-episode series made…
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in TVWho’s the actress portraying Pamela Anderson in HULU’s Pam & Tommy?
Answer: Former Downton Abbey’s Lady Rose, English actress and model Lily James, transformed into Pamela Anderson in the new HULU eight-part biopic series, Pam & Tommy. The series also stars Sebastian Stan as Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee and Seth Rogen and Parks and Recreation’s Nick Offerman as the men who stole their famous sex…
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in TVWhere does the HBO period drama “The Gilded Age” take place?
Answer: HBO’s The Gilded Age is set in New York in 1882. The series, created by Downton Abbey’s Julian Fellowes, premiered on Jan. 24, 2022.
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in TVWhat’s the title of Netflix’s Kanye West Documentary?
Answer: Jeen-Yuhs is the title of Netflix’s 2022 three-part documentary depicting Ye’s career in music, fashion, and politics over more than 20 years._x000D_
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in TVBefore “The Power of the Dog,” where else did Jesse Plemons and Kirsten Dunst play a romantic couple?
Answer: Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons played the married couple in trouble in Fargo’s 2015 second season. By 2017, they were engaged in real life. The two now star alongside Benedict Cumberbatch in Jane Campion’s 2022 Netflix movie “The Power of the Dog.” The film has earned Dunst Critics Choice, Golden Globe, and SAG awards nominations.
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in TVWhich 2022 reboot sees Kim Cattrall in a regular role?
Answer: “How I Met Your Father” features Sex and the City’s Kim Cattrall as “the mom” recounting the how-I-met-your-dad story to her unseen son. The younger version of Cattrall, Sophie, is played by Hilary Duff. “How I Met Your Father” premiered on Hulu on Jan. 18, 2022. Cattral famously doesn’t participate in the “Sex and…
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in TVWhat is The Green Planet?
Answer: The Green Planet is a five-part series presented by the veteran naturalist David Attenborough about plants. The series started airing on the UK’s BBC One on Jan. 9, 2022.
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in TVHow old is newscaster Chris Wallace?
Answer: Chris Wallace was born on Oct. 12, 1947, which makes him 74 in 2021. He’s the son of legendary “60 Minutes” reporter Mike Wallace. More answers inside!
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in TVWho’s Emily on Netflix’s Emily in Paris?
Answer: Lily Collins, Phil Collins’s daughter, is Emily in “Emily in Paris.” The Netflix series’ second season premieres on Dec. 22, 2021.
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in TVWhich streaming service is producing the documentary “Shatner in Space”?
Answer: William Shatner’s space voyage aboard Jef Bozes’s Blue Origin’s New Shepherd has become an Amazon Prime documentary, premiering on Dec. 15, 2021. Bezos owns Amazon.
