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Experience:
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‘Mrs. America’: Everything You Need to Know About That Gloria Steinem Abortion Scene
One of the most powerful scenes on the show comes at the end of the second episode
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Bill Maher Rips Media’s ‘Panic Porn’: ‘Calm Down and Treat Us Like Adults’ (Video)
“You know the problem with nonstop gloom and doom is it gives Trump the chance to play the optimist. And optimists tend to win American elections,” Maher says
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Seth Meyers: ‘Trump Has the Memory of a Goldfish Who Smokes Weed’ (Video)
On Thursday’s “Late Night,” Meyers mocked Trump’s attempts to make Americans forget he effusively praised China’s handling of the coronavirus
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Dr Phil Downplays Pandemic, Incorrectly Claims 360,000 People Die Yearly In Swimming Pools (Video)
Contrary to what the TV host, who’s not a medical doctor, said, the U.S. only averages 3,536 unintentional drowning deaths each year, per the CDC
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‘Westworld’: Who Actually Is Caleb?
“Westworld” resolved one huge mystery last week, and now it’s firing up a whole new one this week
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Seth Meyers Rips News Networks for Continuing to Air Trump’s Coronavirus Briefings (Video)
“You can’t air a propaganda session and criticize it,” Meyers said on Thursday’s episode of “Late Night”
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Kimmel Jokes Fauci Could Keep Trump Happy by Blaming Hunter Biden for Coronavirus (Video)
“Jimmy Kimmel Live” may have had a short episode Monday, but that didn’t mean Kimmel skimped on the Trump jokes
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‘SNL’: Larry David Returns as Bernie Sanders for a Campaign Postmortem From His Living Room (Video)
“Always a bridesmaid, never the democratic nominee,” David jokes during “SNL” coronavirus quarantine episode
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‘SNL’: Alec Baldwin’s Trump Brainstorms Other Racist Names for COVID-19 During ‘Weekend Update’ (Video)
Trump also brags about his ratings just like his real world equivalent
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Tom Hanks Surprise Hosts ‘SNL’ Coronavirus Quarantine Episode (Video)
Hanks delivered the monologue on the pre-taped episode of “Saturday Night Live” from his kitchen, and Alec Baldwin called into “Weekend Update”
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Bill Maher Says Coronavirus Should Be Called the ‘Chinese Virus’: ‘We Should Blame China’ (Video)
“We can’t stop telling the truth because racists get the wrong idea,” host of “Real Time” argues
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Bill Maher Worries That the Coronavirus Quarantine Has Turned Him Into a Millennial (Video)
“Now I see why they’re so depressed,” host of “Real Time” jokes
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‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’ Has 5 Main Endings – Here’s What They Are
But how you get there could depend on your tastes in music
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Seth Meyers Says It ‘Sucks’ That Bernie Had to Drop Out of the Presidential Race (Video)
On Thursday’s episode of “Late Night,” Meyers said that Bernie Sanders’ healthcare platform “would have been pretty f—ing great right now”
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Bernie Sanders Tells Colbert He Hopes to Move Biden ‘in a More Progressive Direction’ (Video)
“I will do everything that I can to make sure that Donald Trump is not re-elected,” Sanders pledged on “The Late Show” Wednesday night