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John Amos poses for a portrait on May 11, 2016, in New York. Amos, who starred as the family patriarch on the hit 1970s sitcom “Good Times” and earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the seminal 1977 miniseries “Roots,” has died. He was 84. Amy Sussman/Invision/AP hide caption
Kristen Bell and Adam Brody in Nobody Wants This. Adam Rose/Netflix hide caption
Marisa Abela as Yasmin Kara-Hanani in Industry. Nick Strasburg/HBO Max hide caption
Myha’la as Harper. Simon Ridgway/HBO hide caption
Tina Fey as Sarah Palin, Kate McKinnon as Hillary Clinton, and Amy Poehler as Hillary Clinton during the "A Hillary Christmas" sketch on December 19, 2015. Dana Edelson/NBC hide caption
Oscar, Emmy, and Tony-winning actor Maggie Smith played everything from wistful ingenues in Shakespeare to Harry Potter's Prof. McGonagall and the Dowager Countess in Downton Abbey. She died Friday at age 89. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP hide caption
Hoda Kotb on NBC's Today show in 2022. She joined Today in 2007. Charles Sykes/Invision/AP hide caption
Aduba dedicates her new memoir to her mother, Nonyem Aduba. "My self-talk, the way that I motivate myself into pursuing this business ... is built out of language that my mother had given me," Aduba says. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP hide caption
Harriet Dyer in the first season of Colin From Accounts. Lisa Tomasetti/Paramount+ hide caption
Actor Martin Sheen speaks alongside U.S. first lady Jill Biden and members of the cast during an event to mark the 25th anniversary of the television series The West Wing at the White House. Samuel Corum/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
US actor Gary Oldman attends the red carpet event to celebrate Apple TV+ Emmy nominees at Mother Wolf in Los Angeles, September 15, 2024. (Photo by Unique Nicole / AFP) UNIQUE NICOLE/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Sterlin Harjo on Wild Card Frazer Harrison/Getty Images hide caption
Sterlin Harjo didn't see himself in the TV shows he watched – so he made one
The author on Surviving Bloomington. Ethan Gill/Surviving Bloomington hide caption
Hundreds of costumed "Helens" are cheerfully invading bars across the country this month in honor of Helen Roper, the character from the 1970s sitcom Three's Company. Above, three "founding Helens": Jen Lewis, left, Kerri Pepperman and Erin Morrison, at the Mrs. Roper Romp in Ypsilanti, Mich. Neda Ulaby/NPR hide caption
Colin Farrell in The Penguin. Macall Polay/HBO hide caption
Jean Smart won the Emmy for outstanding lead actress in a comedy series for her performance in Hacks. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images hide caption
Hosts Eugene Levy and Dan Levy speak during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption
Jeremy Allen White (left), Liza Colón-Zayas and Ebon Moss-Bachrach of The Bear at the 76th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
(L-R) Mirage, Amanda Tori Meating, Morphine Love Dion, Sapphira Cristál, Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige, Geneva Karr, Hershii LiqCour-Jeté, Plane Jane, Xunami Muse, Nymphia Wind, Q, Megami, Dawn and Plasma Amy Sussman/Getty Images hide caption
Miss Emmy. Robyn Beck/Getty via AFP hide caption
Richard Gadd as Donny Dunn (left) and Jessica Gunning as Martha (right) in Netflix's Baby Reindeer. Ed Miller/Netflix hide caption
Reservation Dogs is Eric Deggans' pick for Best Comedy. Above, Bear (D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai), right, Elora Danan (Devery Jacobs), Cheese (Lane Factor) and Willie Jack (Paulina Alexis) in Season 3. FX hide caption
Ahead of the Emmys on Sunday, NPR’s TV critic presents The Deggy awards
Post Malone, Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter laugh backstage at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards on Wednesday in Elmont, N.Y. John Shearer/Getty Images for MTV hide caption