Since Stephen Colbert is not allowed to do “Stephen Colbert” who is just basically Bill O’Reilly, he’s now created “Tuck Buckford” who is just basically Alex Jones.
The Daily Show takes on the Easter celebration at the White House:
Just the other day, my family was watching the “Subway Hero” episode of 30 Rock (also known as the best episode of 30 Rock), and speculating as to whether Tracy Morgan even knew he was a character on a show. This pretty much answers that question:
In other TV News
Not to brag (well, maybe to brag a little), but I got my hands on the first few episodes of American Gods, and I agree with everything in this review. It’s weird, it’s beautiful, it’s exciting, it is very true to the book, and I intend to recap it here on Foolish, so stay tuned.
Few things make me happier than the fact that Billy on the Street inspired The Leftovers. “If Billy Eichner can afford a Mila Kunis balloon, and it’s not a visual effect, we gotta get Busey.” (Also, what the hell, Anthony Bourdain? Who wouldn’t want a giant Thanksgiving balloon made of themselves?)
Netflix recently announced that they are closing in on 100 million subscribers, which OK, great. Less reported is the fact that those nearly 100 million subscribers have watched half a billion hours of Adam Sandler movies since December. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE? 500 MILLION HOURS? STOP IT.
In more reassuring news, Dave Chappelle’s comedy specials are Netflix’s most-watched, so I guess you people aren’t completely worthless.
BREAKING NEWS: Girls wasn’t very diverse.
“Sonic screwdriver” is being added to the Oxford English Dictionary:
sonic screwdriver n. chiefly Science Fiction a (hand-held) electronic device which uses sound waves to perform various mechanical and technical functions.
Originally and chiefly in (or with reference to) the British television series Doctor Who
Here is just a very good list of people who should be the new Doctor (who aren’t Kris Marshall).
The Writers’ Strike is inching ever closer. Here is the Writers’ Guild’s list of demands.
Genius Jeopardy answer is genius:
Oh my goodness, get well soon, Richard Simmons! We’re rooting for you!
In this interview, Terry Crews talks about Idiocracy being ahead of its time and it’s great, he’s great. However, I was going to embed a Funny or Die clip that the piece includes in which President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho travels back in time to address a 2016 presidential convention. Except! In the clip, Camacho advocates that the politicians spend less time talking about taxes and instead work to get more violence — real violence — on TV. They then cut to a clip of a man being viciously shot to death by two different groups of men. In the wake of the horrific news from Cleveland, the “joke” here is way too real. STOP PREDICTING THE FUTURE, PRESIDENT CAMACHO, IT’S NOT FUNNY ANYMORE. (You can watch the clip for yourself at the link, but eeesh.
Trailer Park
Gotham, Fox, April 24
Bloodline, Netflix, May 26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRnS8FkcXNk
Renewals
- Imposters has been renewed by Bravo for a second season.
- Amazon renewed Patriot for a second season.
Ratings
- Cancel Bear can’t imagine a second season for Imaginary Mary on ABC.
- Maybe if The Great Indoors is cancelled, Joel McHale can go do something worth his talents.
- It’s sounding like Pitch will not get a second season at Fox.
- And Blindspot is in trouble at NBC.
In Development
- Fox has ordered Showtime at the Apollo to series, and yes, Steve Harvey will be the host.
- Comedy Central picked up three more shows: Corporate, The New Negroes, and Taskmaster, and ordered 9 new pilots.
- Someone is making a King Kong series. OK.
- That Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? reboot is happening on Netflix.
Casting News
- Amazon’s anthology series, Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams, has quite the cast. Mireille Enos, Greg Kinnear and Steve Buscemi have all joined the series.
- Gus Halper (Power, Public Morals) has been cast as Erik Menendez for NBC’s Law & Order: The Menendez Brothers.
- Alison Sweeney is returning to Days of Our Lives.
R.I.P.
Bernard ‘Bud’ Wiser, writer and producer on such shows as One Day at a Time, All in the Family, and Who’s the Boss?
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The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Hey, guess which Housewife dated Donald Trump? 8 p.m., Bravo
L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later: A look back at the riots that roiled Los Angeles. 8 p.m., A&E
Pretty Little Liars: Mid-season premiere. 7 p.m., Freeform
Trial & Error: We finally get a verdict and the truth about Margaret’s murder is revealed in the season finale. 9 p.m., NBC
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