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Subscribe Advertisement 9:20 PM 1 Television 9:20 PM Television 9:20 PM Television The First Looks at Marvel's The Falcon and Winter Soldier , WandaVison and Loki Are Here Germain Lussier 32 1 Marvel Studios surprised fans Super Bowl Sunday giving audiences their first look at its first three Disney+ shows, The Falcon and Winter Soldier, WandaVision and Loki. 6:00 PM Save Television 6:00 PM Television 6:00 PM Television Actor Duncan Regehr Discusses His Glorious Moment as Star Trek ’s ‘Sex Candle Ghost’ Julie Muncy 16 Save “Sub Rosa” was a very strange episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation , an old-school gothic adventure featuring a haunted candle, a ghastly Casanova, and just enough scifi nonsense to keep the whole thing from being magic. 4:45 PM 2 Gadgets 4:45 PM Gadgets 4:45 PM Gadgets How Far Can the Refresh Rate Race Go? 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Meet the Artifact. 12:15 PM 1 News 12:15 PM News 12:15 PM News How Online Platforms Are Tackling Coronavirus Misinformation Alyse Stanley 12 1 As the deadly coronavirus continues to wreak havoc in China and around the world , several social media kingpins are fighting the outbreak on a different front: By curbing the spread of misinformation and fake claims online amid a public health emergency . Advertisement 10:45 AM 1 Television 10:45 AM Television 10:45 AM Television William Jackson Harper Has One Last Good Place Lesson in the Form of Chidi’s Full Kierkegaard Rap Julie Muncy 10 1 Any one of The Good Place ’s throwaway gags would be a delight to see played out in its entirety. From Chidi actually forcing himself to eat the Peep’s chili to seeing Tahani ruin one of many celebrity relationships, they’re all tantalizing. 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But at least Margot … 2/1/20 2:45 PM 1 Television 2/1/20 Television 2/1/20 Television The Sounds Behind Baby Yoda’s Voice Are Exactly as Cute as You’d Expect Julie Muncy 12 1 The creation of sound to use in films is always fascinating. What in the real world made the sound that became a lightsaber, or a phaser, or a dinosaur? What real, adorable, precious little thing gave birth to Baby Yoda ? In that latter case, it is about as cute as you’d imagine. 2/1/20 1:30 PM Save Movies 2/1/20 Movies 2/1/20 Movies Christopher McQuarrie Teases a Major Character Return for Mission: Impossible 7 and 8 Julie Muncy 32 Save The Mission: Impossible series isn’t often thought of as one with a lot of serialized storytelling. 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