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Michael B. Jordan plays twins Smoke and Stack in a music-besotted, blood-drenched supernatural thriller, <em>Sinners</em>. And Bowen Yang and Lily Gladstone in a remake of the groundbreaking 1993 rom-com, <em>The Wedding Banquet.</em>

When you think of Coachella, you probably picture the festival. But there's much more to know about the place it calls home.

In the Apple TV+ series <em>Your Friends and Neighbors</em>, a very rich guy reacts to becoming a bit less rich by turning to a life of crime. Played by Jon Hamm, in full charming-but-morally-compromised mode, he starts sneaking into people's and taking their stuff. Part drama and part dark comedy about rich jerks, the series also stars Amanda Peet and Olivia Munn.<br><br><a href="http://plus.npr.org/happy"><em>To access bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening for Pop Culture Happy Hour, subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour+ at plus.npr.org/happy. </em></a>

The legendary TV host of game shows "Tic-Tac-Dough" and "Gambit" died at his home in Rancho Mirage, California. He had been battling lymphoma for a year.

Josh Gad joins us to talk about his new memoir <em>In Gad We Trust: A Tell Some. </em>He also gets into what life was like growing up in South Florida, the one time he refuses to use his Olaf voice and winning three national titles in teen oratory competitions.

The last season of the venerable British science fiction series <em>Doctor Who</em> brought a lot of change. The Doctor is now played by Ncuti Gatwa, who is Black and openly queer. And it marked the return of the showrunner who birthed the modern era of <em>Doctor Who</em>. The show just returned for a new season on Disney+, so today we're revisiting our conversation about the series.

A new HBO film project traces how the Citizens United decision has reshaped democracy in recent years. Also this week, a new Netflix Western looks a lot like <em>Yellowstone</em>, and <em>The Rehearsal </em>is back.

<em>Buffering the Vampire Slayer </em>podcasters Jenny Owen Youngs and Kristin Russo write about their community of fans, and how it help them keep working together after a split, in <em>Slayers, Every One of Us</em>.

The second season of HBO's hit zombie series takes what works the first season and turns it upside down, mining new drama from the uncertainty.

Bruce Vilanch wrote for countless TV variety shows dating back over 50 years. Sometimes, those shows turn out great! Think of Billy Crystal at the Oscars! The stuff that's not so great, you can read about in his new book: <em>It Seemed Like A Bad Idea At The Time: The Worst TV Shows in History and Other Things I Wrote</em>. Vilanch tells Bullseye stories from behind the scenes of the Oscars, <em>The Brady Bunch</em>, and the <em>Star Wars Holiday Special</em>.

In the bonkers thriller <em>Drop</em>, Meghann Fahy plays a woman whose first date goes off the rails when she starts getting increasingly alarming message drops from someone nearby. And this potentially romantic dinner turns into a life-or-death situation, real quick.<br><br><a href="http://letterboxd.com/nprpopculture"><em>Follow Pop Culture Happy Hour on Letterboxd at letterboxd.com/nprpopculture</em></a><em>.<br><br></em><a href="http://plus.npr.org/happy"><em>To access bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening for Pop Culture Happy Hour, subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour+ at plus.npr.org/happy. </em></a>

The first season of <em>The Pitt </em>focused on the toll that work takes on doctors and nurses. It's also been a stellar season of TV.