Everyone is freaking out that there won’t be dragons in the ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel, but everyone is probably wrong.

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‘The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade,’ ‘The Little Drummer Girl,’ more Christmas movies than you have time for, and everything else you don’t want to miss on TV this week

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Florence Pugh as Charlie Ross, Alexander Skarsgård as Becker – The Little Drumer Girl _ Season 1, Episode 4 – Photo Credit: Jonathan Olley/AMC/Ink Factor
THIS IS US — Season: 2 — Pictured: (l-r) Milo Ventimiglia as Jack, Mandy Moore as Rebecca– (Photo by: Maarten de Boer/NBC)
DIRTY JOHN — “Approachable Dreams” Episode 101 — Pictured: (l-r) Eric Bana as John Meehan, Connie Britton as Debra Newell — (Photo by: Jordin Althaus/Bravo)

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You might need to grab your smelling salts and have a seat because I’m about to praise some conservatives.

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The otherwise delightful Steve Carell is saddled with the laziest ‘Saturday Night Live’ of the season.

by Therese Odell, posted in saturday night live, saturday night live: season 44

Saturday Night Live
Steve Carell & Ella Mai
November 17, 2018

Despite his recent turn into Serious Actorhood, Steve Carell is still one of our funniest comedic actors in the business. He is a natural fit for host of Saturday Night Live (which he has hosted three times previous to this appearance, he’ll be ushered into the Five-Timers Club in no time). He is goofy, game and giving (h/t Dan Savage). And it is because Carell is so funny that this episode receives such a low grade: it’s the expectation gap.

But I don’t blame Carell — he gave his all to unfunny material. No, I blame writers who think the word “kern” is inherently funny, and are too lazy to write a monologue or come up with anything for a sketch beyond, “So Steve is a dad and …” On behalf of all middle-aged parents, THERE IS MORE TO US THAN JUST BEING YOUR MOM OR DAD, YOU DUMB MILLENIALS. ~shakes angry fist at the ceiling in the direction of where her teenage sons are playing video games~ Continue reading “The otherwise delightful Steve Carell is saddled with the laziest ‘Saturday Night Live’ of the season.” →

Jim Acosta wins (for now)! Score one for the First Amendment! Let’s hope it’s just the first bit of bad news Trump receives today.

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