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<p>‘Look there! A woke!’: Jerry Seinfeld performs onstage in 2023</p>

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Jerry Seinfeld is wrong about the ‘extreme left’ ruining comedy

The ‘Seinfeld’ star has claimed ‘PC crap’ has killed off TV comedy. It’s not only a ludicrous statement, but ignores the fact that comedy – including his eponymous sitcom – has always navigated when a joke goes too far, writes Adam White

<p>From ‘There’s Something About Miriam’ to ‘Big Brother’ and ‘The Jeremy Kyle Show’, TV has exploited people for years </p>

Is TV too cruel and exploitative now?

<p>Miriam Rivera pictured at Heathrow airport in 2004</p>

The shameful tragedy of Miriam Rivera, reality TV’s first trans star

<p>Luke Grimes: ‘I’m so scared that I’m gonna watch Yellowstone and not like what I did’</p>

Luke Grimes on Yellowstone, his country music career and Beyoncé

Reviews

Features

<p>Stalker: Jessica Gunning as Martha in the hit Netflix drama ‘Baby Reindeer’ </p>

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Baby Reindeer viewers have a responsibility when it comes to Martha

<p>‘To get even closer to Shōgun and the real events that inspired the story, I went to Japan to learn all about the locations that fed into the series – onsens and all’ </p>

Cherry blossom, onsens and my quest to find the real Shōgun

<p>Richard Armitage as Dr Matthew Nolan in ‘Red Eye'</p>

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Red Eye takes a reliably tense premise and makes it nearly unwatchable

<p>Huw Edwards had been at the forefront of BBC news coverage for decades</p>

Huw Edwards: From breaking Queen’s death to scandal and leaving BBC

Interviews

<p>Sian Brooke</p>

Interview

Blue Lights’ Sian Brooke: ‘Police are in an odd place, it’s shocking’

<p>Walton Goggins: ‘When I first started acting, I was deeply insecure. I didn’t enjoy it'</p>

Interview

Walton Goggins interview: ‘Now I don’t need approval from anyone’

<p>Richard Gadd: ‘When you go through quite a relentless ordeal of stalking, it does imprint itself upon your soul a little bit'</p>

Interview

Richard Gadd on Baby Reindeer, his true story of stalking and trauma

<p>‘I’ve never had a good sense of picking projects that make money. That’s just never been how my brain works’ </p>

Interview

Mary Elizabeth Winstead on fame, Tarantino and husband Ewan McGregor

News

<p>Liz Bonnin </p>

BBC presenter’s image used in advert after company fooled by AI voice

<p>The 1% Club Lee Mack </p>

The 1% Club viewers left confused after ‘error’ on latest episode

Wheel of Time writer apologises for the way main character turned out

Cult Channel 4 sitcom receives surprise revival with original cast

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