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Any time a popular IP gets adapted for another, there are always creative decisions and sacrifices that have to be made and the PlayStation franchise The Last of Us is certainly no exception For the most part, the reaction to the HBO television adaptation has largely been positive, but there are the obvious detractors longing[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board for today? Disney+'s X-Men '97, HBO's The Last of Us, Jimmy Kimmel/Oscars, The CW's Superman & Lois, Hulu's Only Murders in the Building, Amazon's Good Omens 2, Disney+'s Agatha: Coven of Chaos, NBC's Quantum Leap, BBC's Doctor Who/Red Nose Day 2023, NBC's Saturday Night Live & more! Image: Amazon,[...]

The season finale of HBO's The Last of Us in "Look for the Light" parallels the conclusion of Part I of the game almost note-for-note As consistent with the TV series, Pedro Pascal's Joel and Bella Ramsey's Ellie and their pilgrimage and the barbarism consistent with dystopian fantasy continues to be the focus rather than[...]

With only hours to go until the season finale of HBO, Neil Druckmann & Craig Mazin's Pedro Pascal (Joel) & Bella Ramsey (Ellie)-starring The Last of Us, we thought now might be a good time to have a little fun considering we're expecting things to get very dark and tense later on today Thankfully, this[...]

On top of currently owning the title of pop culture's favorite surrogate dad, Pedro Pascal was inevitably confronted with the crossover question between his two shows as HBO's The Last of Us wraps season one and Disney+'s The Mandalorian just premiered its second episode of season three What if Grogu, Din Darin's traveling companion in[...]

When creators Craig Mazin and Naughty Dog visionary Neil Druckmann were able to get their TV adaptation of The Last of Us greenlit by HBO, they set out to tell the kind of complete story the original 2013 PlayStation game never could while also honoring the source material Part of that, as a nod to[...]

That's something I thought you should know… now where's the BCTV Daily Dispatch?! BCTV Daily Dispatch: James Gunn/Henry Cavill, The Last of Us, WWE/Vince McMahon, Bob's Burgers/The Simpsons/Family Guy Crossover & More! Plus, check out our coverage of (no longer) Hulu's The Devil in the White City, DC Studios/DCU "Chapter 1," Showtime's Yellowjackets, The CW's The Flash,[...]

After a particularly brutal penultimate episode that left Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) reunited, we're now less than a week away from the highly-anticipated season finale of HBO, Neil Druckmann & Craig Mazin's The Last of Us With a week ahead that will be spent analyzing what's to come, what's ahead for the second[...]

We come across the final two episodes of The Last of Us season one with a huge chunk leftover from the original 2013 game to cover The episode "When We Are in Need" finds Ellie (Bella Ramsey) desperate after going through the last of their rations and being forced to hunt for food While players[...]

Our line-up for this morning includes Paramount+'s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds star Anson Mount sharing heartfelt words for his "Dearest 'Discovery' Family," The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey predicting some massive divisions over the season finale, Big Finish Productions dropping some major intel on the first episode of its 60th Anniversary Doctor Who[...]

With only two episodes remaining on the first season of HBO, Neil Druckmann & Craig Mazin's Pedro Pascal (Joel) & Bella Ramsey (Ellie)-starring The Last of Us, the live-action series adaptation of the popular video game franchise might just be this close to cementing the title for best series of the year (it's still a[...]

Our line-up for this morning includes Disney+'s The Mandalorian Season 3 beginning a promising new journey, HBO's Succession offering up the official final season trailer, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Picard previewing a "No Win Scenario," Wednesday star Jenna Ortega taking on Hot Ones, HBO's The Last of Us star Jeffrey Pierce revealing animated efforts & another[...]

As many of you already know, before we were blessed with HBO, Neil Druckmann & Craig Mazin's Pedro Pascal (Joel) & Bella Ramsey (Ellie)-starring The Last of Us, there were efforts underway to bring the video game franchise to the big screen with a live-action adaptation But now, thanks to actor Jeffrey Pierce (Tommy Miller in[...]

And that's been the case this week with Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Wolf Pack star Sarah Michelle Gellar, who shared a look back at the brief yet meaningful on-screen time she spent with Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian, The Last of Us) on "Buffy." In return, Pascal has some very kind words to share when[...]

Our line-up for this morning includes Joel McHale (still) finding it hard to believe that there's going to be a Community movie, The CW's The Flash S09E06 teasing a "new life" for Barry (Grant Gustin) & Iris (Candice Patton), FXX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's Rob McElhenney teasing a Green Man/Gritty face-off, Amazon offering a[...]

With Neil Druckmann & Craig Mazin's Pedro Pascal (Joel) & Bella Ramsey (Ellie)-starring The Last of Us pretty much on everyone's minds these days, it's only fair that everyone who was involved in making the video game & (now) television franchise such a global success Like Supernatural co-stars Misha Collins (Gotham Knights) and Jensen Ackles[...]

The Last of Us is currently the most critically-acclaimed television series in the world It's been praised for its sensitive, compassionate, and moving portrayal of a gay couple who thrived in the apocalypse and its gradual reveal of its heroine Ellie (Bella Ramsay), as an LGBTQ heroine Homophobes and basically terrible people have condemned it[...]

When HBO tasked creators Craig Mazin and Naughty Dog Visionary Neil Druckmann with compressing the events of the 2013 classic PlayStation game The Last of Us Part I into a nine-episode first season, the two went above and beyond to include the optional downloadable side adventure "Left Behind." The adventure served as a backstory and[...]

With the seventh episode of Neil Druckmann & Craig Mazin's Pedro Pascal (Joel) & Bella Ramsey (Ellie)-starring The Last of Us still pretty fresh in viewers' minds, we'll avoid any spoilers in this opening That said? Ramsey is a powerhouse every time they're on the screen, and Storm Reid (Riley) gets added to ther list[...]

The Last of Us episode "Left Behind" marks the second time the series focused on a flashback-centric episode after the third episode "Long, Long Time," which focused on Nick Offerman's Bill and Murray Bartlett's Frank The seventh episode shares the same title as the 2013 Naughty Dog game's downloadable side adventure that focuses on Ellie[...]

It's probably safe to say that Pedro Pascal's emerged as pop culture's favorite surrogate dad with his signature roles in The Mandalorian and The Last of Us As we wind down the final three episodes of the HBO series' first season, the actor is prepping to get ready for the fanfare of the Star Wars[...]

Our line-up for this morning includes the Batwoman Writers Room offering The CW's The Flash some love over Javicia Leslie's debut as Red Death, Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa showing three cosplayers honoring his look some love, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Picard dropping tense preview for next week, HBO's The Last of Us having its own[...]

Though our focus this week has been on this weekend's edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live and its host, Woody Harrelson, and musical guest, Jack White, we're actually grabbing some post-promo time to take a look back at one of the highlights from the last live SNL episode. Heading into his show earlier this month, we[...]

And it looks like that will be our defense of Neil Druckmann & Craig Mazin's Pedro Pascal (Joel) & Bella Ramsey (Ellie)-starring The Last of Us. Except this time, we're substituting Starbucks with a very active film crew – but the results are still the same As a number of viewers pointed out on social media (see[...]

It's probably to no one's surprise that Gabriel Luna was among those who were super psyched when HBO announced The Last of Us got renewed for a second season As creators Craig Mazin and Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann have much bigger plans to incorporate the events of 2020's Part II beyond one season, it's not[...]

She even made an appearance in arguably the most popular zombie apocalypse franchise in AMC's The Walking Dead, but apparently, the prospect of playing an established video game character in Maria for the HBO series adaptation of The Last of Us was intimidating Maria is the wife of Tommy Miller (Gabriel Luna), who finally meets[...]

As we're past the halfway point of season one in HBO's The Last of Us with three episodes left, we reach a watershed moment in the Naughty Dog PlayStation game that involves Joel (Pedro Pascal), his family, and traveling companion Ellie (Bella Ramsey) when they reach Jackson, Wyoming, their second of three stops "Kin" was[...]

For Neil Druckmann & Craig Mazin's Pedro Pascal (Joel) & Bella Ramsey (Ellie)-starring The Last of Us, it's now six episodes down and three to go as the hit HBO series enters its final run of episodes for the season After an emotionally impactful reunion with Tommy (Gabriel Luna) and a change of heart regarding[...]

Our line-up for this morning includes Mercedes Moné winning the IWGP Women's Championship at NJPW's "Battle in the Valley," making the case as to why Evil Morty is the wildcard that Rick and Morty need to worry about, DC Studios' James Gunn offering more DCU updates (including Superman: Legacy), Warrior Nun fans running the #SaveWarriorNun[...]

The latest episode of HBO's The Last of Us deals with Joel's (Pedro Pascal) watershed moment with Ellie a little differently than in the game In "Kin," Joel finally reunites with his brother Tommy (Gabriel Luna), while introducing his new traveling companion, Ellie (Bella Ramsey) During the events of the game, players only encounter Tommy,[...]