Television

Bill Cosby performs his stand-up special, Far From Finished. The actor and comedian has been working in show business for 50 years. Erinn Chalene Cosby/Comedy Central hide caption

Nothing's sacred in We Are Miracles — but then as Sarah Silverman told Terry Gross in 2010, "there's a safety in what I do because I'm always the idiot. ... I'm always the ignoramus no matter what I talk about or what tragic event, off-color, dark scenario is evoked in my material." Janet Van Ham/HBO hide caption

Jenna Coleman plays Clara, companion to Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith. The relationship between the Doctor and his companions is at the core of Doctor Who's long-lived appeal. Adrian Rogers/BBC hide caption

During JFK's funeral, live TV coverage helped make John-John Kennedy's salute an indelible image of American history. Keystone/Getty Images hide caption

Keegan-Michael Key (left) and Jordan Peele both started their careers at Second City, Peele in Chicago and Key in Detroit. Ian White/Comedy Central hide caption

Sophie Nelisse says years of training as a gymnast taught her to focus in ways that helped her acting on the set of The Book Thief. Jules Heath/Twentieth Century Fox hide caption

In this Fox show Almost Human, Karl Urban (left) plays a human cop partnered with an android, played by Michael Ealy. Liane Hentscher/FOX hide caption

Mark Consuelos (from left), John Goodman, Clark Johnson and Matt Malloy star as four Republican senators sharing a house in Washington in Alpha House, Amazon's first original series. Amazon Studios hide caption