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Will Harris

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Chesapeake, Virginia
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Covers:  Anything pop culture, really. TV, film, music, books... You name it.
Doesn't Cover: I'm up for anything, really, but at the moment, if it's not pop culture, I'm not covering it.
Freelancer for the AV Club (200+ Random Roles to date), EW, IndieWire & Decider. Happily married w/ child. Go find find me on Bluesky as WillHarrisInVA.

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Will Harris lives in Chesapeake, VA with his wife and daughter, both of whom just smile and nod as he giddily tells them about his interviews. He regularly contributes to the Onion A.V. Club, The Dissolve, Indiewire, Rhino.com, TV Week Magazine, The Virginian-Pilot, Popdose.com, and Bullz-Eye.com, has written in the past for Vulture and the New York Post, and so far in 2015 he has made his debut on both EW.com and Playboy.com. Having typed out all of these outlets, he now has a better understan…

Will Harris’s Journalist Portfolio

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An oral history of Cop Rock, TV's first and last musical police drama

An oral history of Cop Rock, TV's first and last musical police drama

When a television series ends after a single season, it's generally consigned to the scrap heap of TV history…

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Ted Danson on Fargo, Damages, Cheers, and Leslie Nielsen's fart machine

Ted Danson on Fargo, Damages, Cheers, and Leslie Nielsen's fart machine

Welcome to Random Roles, wherein we talk to actors about the characters who defined their careers.

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Surely you can't be serious: An oral history of Airplane!

Surely you can't be serious: An oral history of Airplane!

Imitation is considered the sincerest form of flattery, but when it comes to parody, that's a bit more hit-or…

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You Take the Good, You Take the Bad: An Oral History of The Facts of Life

You Take the Good, You Take the Bad: An Oral History of The Facts of Life

Fred Silverman (president and CEO of NBC, 1978-1981): Diff’rent Strokes was one of the few successful comedie…

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An Oral History of "Weird Al" Yankovic's UHF

An Oral History of "Weird Al" Yankovic's UHF

Given the millions of albums "Weird Al" Yankovic has sold, and the fact that, at long last, he's scored his f…

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'I Just Got My Ass Broke All the Time': An Oral History of 'Hill Street Blues'

'I Just Got My Ass Broke All the Time': An Oral History of 'Hill Street Blues'

'I Just Got My Ass Broke All the Time': An Oral History of 'Hill Street Blues' The cop drama has been a stapl…

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The 20 best game shows you can stream right now Original

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By Will Harris Verified
| Entertainment Weekly Verified
Here are the 20 best game shows you can stream right now. Entertainment Weekly has dug through the various streaming services to find the best of the best on the game-show circuit, stretching all the way back to the 1950s. Some of them might seem quaint when compared to contemporary incarnations , but they’re all entertaining in their own way. If you let yourself live vicariously through the contestants, you’ll feel like a winner, too.
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The 15 best sci-fi shows on Amazon Prime Video for when you need to escape Original

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By Kevin Jacobsen, Will Harris Verified
| Entertainment Weekly Verified
Amazon Prime Video has a huge collection of sci-fi shows streaming now, offering the escape you're craving. From older cult classics like The Outer Limits to ongoing favorites like Fallout , science fiction is well-represented on the streamer, all of them free with a Prime subscription. Let's face it: The real world isn't exactly an ideal place to dwell in all the time, and it's natural to want an escape.
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The 19 best movies on AMC+ across all genres Original

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By Ilana Gordon Verified, Will Harris Verified, Chris Snellgrove
| Entertainment Weekly Verified
Content moves fast in the streaming world, so watch these films before they're gone. Read on for Entertainment Weekly's list of the 19 best movies to stream on AMC+. AMC+ isn't the biggest platform, but what the streamer lacks in size, it makes up for in cinematic curation. If you're looking for an indie horror movie told from a dog's point of view (Good Boy, 2025), or a coming-of-age drama that took 12 years to complete (Boyhood, 2014), AMC+ is on the case.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

First paid job? Writing reviews and doing interviews for RockFlash, a now-defunct free entertainment publication in Virginia Beach, VA.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yep. Even took Typing in high school.

How is social media changing news?

Negatively: news outlets are giving stories more sensational headlines to get more clicks, with topics being chosen for clicks over quality.
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