Miss Broadway? Stream this musical benefit special tonight. It’s for a good cause. If you’re like me and have been missing the thrill of live Broadway musicals over the past nine months, this might just be the next best thing. A benefit called One Night Only: The Best of Broadway will air tonight on NBC and will feature cast performances from a number of shows that were shuttered in March when the coronavirus pandemic first struck New York City. Read Full Story

Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, the famous horse race at Churchill Downs is happening this weekend instead of in May. Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic and its domino effect of disruption, the world’s most-anticipated horse race is late on arrival. Normally, the Kentucky Derby takes place in May, but COVID-related delays forced racing officials to get creative, and so all the action will happen today (Saturday, September 5), on Labor Day Weekend. Read Full Story

Some NBC stations will reportedly not air the ’30 Rock’ reunion special over the air, but there are still ways to stream it, including on Peacock. NBCUniversal’s 2020 check-in with the cast of 30 Rock has a very 2020 problem. The reunion special, which features characters from the popular comedy as they cope with the realities of the coronavirus pandemic, will be a little trickier to watch than the NBC comedy was in its heyday. Read Full Story

President Trump and former vice president Joe Biden will face off in Nashville for the last debate of the 2020 presidential election. The second and final presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden will take place tonight at Belmont University in Nashville. Although few voters likely remain undecided this late in the election season—and, in fact, more than 46 million have already cast their ballots —the event will nevertheless offer the candidates one last dialogue (combative as it may be) on a host of high-stakes topics, including the coronavirus pandemic, climate change, racial justice, and national security. Kristen Welker of NBC News will moderate. Read Full Story

A guide to election-night coverage that is far off the beaten path. The time has finally come for Americans to cast their ballot and, if they live in one of the Electoral College-determining swing states, possibly help pick a president. Read Full Story

And worse. Our first taste of the new season of ‘Saturday Night Live’ and its return to the studio was a bitter tonic. As you may have heard, the President of the United States tested positive for COVID-19 , right at the finish line of an election that has come to be defined by America’s response to COVID-19. Read Full Story

COVID be damned. The NYC tree-lighting event is happening in 2020. Here’s how cord cutters can stream it on NBC. In a win for normalcy, the annual tree-lighting event at Rockefeller Center in New York City will happen this year, coronavirus pandemic be damned. Although crowds are restricted and viewing limited at the famous Midtown Manhattan complex, holiday revelers can still watch the lighting of the Christmas tree live on a screen. Read Full Story

Ian Abramson staged a one-person variety show on Saturday night, and the snippets are a fever dream of live entertainment in the age of coronavirus. Everything is really weird right now. We’re stuck at home. Hollywood production has ground to a halt. Sure, we can use this time to watch classic movies that are bespoke to our mood , but live entertainment, which has been a staple of our viewing pleasure since . . . Aeschylus? . . . has been imperiled by physical distancing and fear of spreading COVID-19. Read Full Story

Wear a damn mask. What: The departure of this week’s musical guest on Saturday Night Live after videos of his dangerous behavior emerged online. Read Full Story

The coronavirus pandemic couldn’t stop the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing from galloping back into our lives. Belmont Stakes is streaming today. You didn’t think a global pandemic could stop the almighty thoroughbred, did you? Read Full Story