Fox Seth MacFarlane’s animated sitcom “Family Guy” debuted in 1999 as, effectively, a crass redux of “The Simpsons.” This was a telling development in popular culture, as “The Simpsons,” which debuted a full decade earlier, was seen as the crass redux of most traditional sitcoms. The below-average boob…

Train guards will be get a £300 bonus every time they work a five-day week under a new overtime deal signed off by Transport Secretary Louise Haigh. The agreement was struck at the end of last month to stop staff at CrossCountry going on strike every Saturday this month. The operator, which runs a patchwork…

It looked like a play from the NFL. Christian Pulisic tussled with his blocker and former team-mate, Yacine Adli, then ran a route from inside to out. He got open for Theo Hernandez’s looping ball to the far post, leapt and executed a magnificent volley back across goal in the style of AC Milan great…

CBS If there’s one thing fans love to look for in sitcoms, it’s unscripted moments. Scroll to the comments section of an “It’s Always Sunny” YouTube video, and you’re sure to see someone point out how Rob McElhenney is totally trying not to break in that one shot,…

How very odd it is that we pay so much attention to MI5 and its chief Ken McCallum, warning us last week of all the perils supposedly stalking the land, which just so happen to justify his enormous budget. Have you ever heard the head of a tax-funded organisation pleading for fewer resources, or downplaying…

Tom Brady, a surefire future Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee and arguably the greatest player in NFL history, could be on the precipice of NFL ownership. Brady and businessman Tom Wagner, the co-founder of Knighthead Capital Management, came to an agreement with Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis to buy into the franchise last…

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Static Media As an aerospace engineer with aspirations of becoming an astronaut (a dream he eventually realizes), Simon Helberg’s Howard Wolowitz is the resident cad of “The Big Bang Theory.” He’s totally harmless, but he still deserves the…

Mystery surrounds the fate of a top Iranian military chief amid rumours he may have suffered a heart attack while being interrogated over claims he was an Israeli spy.  According to unconfirmed reports, Brigadier General Esmail Qaani, 67, was rushed to hospital after being grilled by Iran‘s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. His current condition is not…

Follow live coverage of Lynx vs. Liberty in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals today NEW YORK — Sabrina Ionescu could barely walk during last season’s WNBA Finals. The New York Liberty star needed an injection into her aching hip to even take the floor in the early games of the series against the Las…

CBS Producer Sherwood Schwartz wasn’t looking to make anyone a star when he began casting his 1960s sitcom “Gilligan’s Island.” The show was intended to be slapstick fun for the whole family, peppered with jokes that landed just as hard with parents as they did with their children.…