So you might have heard a little something about the GOP taking another swing at the health care bill today, and this time it might stick, despite being a disaster that will allow states to strip preexisting condition protections from insurance plans. Yay GOP. After briefly recapping James Comey’s Senate testimony, Seth Meyers discusses this bill and how at root the real problem is that the GOP doesn’t believe the government should ensure that people have access to affordable health care. It’s funny infuriating because it’s true.
Elsewhere, Stephen Colbert is not sorry:
Welcome to “The Late Show.” I’m your host, Stephen Colbert.
Still? I am still the host?
I’m still the host!!
Now, if you saw my monologue Monday, you know that I was a little upset at Donald Trump for insulting a friend of mine. So at the end of that monologue I had a few choice insults for the president in return. I don’t regret that. He, I believe, can take care of himself. I have jokes; he has the launch codes. So, it’s a fair fight.
So while I would do it again, I would change a few words that were cruder than they needed to be. I’m not going to repeat the phrase, but I just want to say for the record, life is short, and anyone who expresses their love for another person, in their own way, is to me, an American hero. I think we can all agree on that. I hope even the president and I can agree on that. Nothing else. But, that.
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee still wasn’t on last night (YOU’RE KILLING ME, SAM), but here’s a clip that was cut for time on her “Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner”:
In Other TV News
The saddest Happy Days reunion ever:
Robert Kirkman just killed off an important character in The Walking Dead comics, who has been dead on the show for a while. Still, it may have consequences on the show, and all I have to say about this is YOU BETTER NOT, KIRKMAN. YOU BETTER NOT.
American Crime Story is renting out the Versace mansion for its upcoming season about Versace’s murder and here are a bunch of pictures of them filming there if that is something you are interested in.
So, NBC has this comedy streaming service, Seeso, that I completely forgot even existed, and apparently everyone else in the world also forgot, because it is probably in danger of being shut down soon.
Meanwhile, Hulu will be the new home for old episodes of This Is Us. Between this and Atlanta and The Handmaid’s Tale, Hulu is making an argument for itself.
A science teacher in New Mexico is under arrest for making meth. True story: my high school chemistry teacher was the original Walter White. (R.I.P., Mr. Millet.)
News News
Congratulations, Morning Joe and Mika! According to this piece, Trump offered to marry them himself.
Another day, another lawsuit for Fox News.
But some good (?) news for Fox News: Sean Hannity is not going anywhere. (For now.)
David Muir ran a moving piece about the famine in Africa on ABC World News on Tuesday, and as of yesterday, viewers had raised more than $800,000 for Save the Children in response. Just in case you needed a little faith in humanity today.
In Development
- Hulu has purchased The First, a space drama from Beau Willimon, the creator of House of Cards.
- The Chris Gethard Show will move to TruTV from Fusion and will air live.
Renewals
- It still has not been officially renewed, but it sure sounds like Modern Family will be back for a ninth season.
Casting News
- Jeff Goldblum and Danny Devito are going to co-star in an untitled Amazon comedy, which, just, yes to everything about this.
- Katy Perry and Jennifer Lopez are going to be in the “Carpool Karaoke” primetime special.
- Will Chase (Nashville, Smash) will be recurring in Stranger Things.
WATCH THIS
Supernatural: Mary finally begins to have some doubts about the British Men of Letters. 78 p.m., The CW
Superstore: A tornado menaces the store in the season finale. 7:30 p.m., NBC
Creature from the Black Lagoon: I am mostly including this as an excuse to include the video below. 7 p.m., TCM
Late Night: Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Chris Pine, Fran Lebowitz, Halsey, Joey DeFrancesco Late Night with Seth Meyers: Chris Gethard, Devin Dawson, Josh Dion The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Charles Barkley, Debra Winger The Late Late Show with James Corden: Jennifer Lopez, Terry Crews, Justin Theroux, Green Day Jimmy Kimmel Live: Kristen Bell, Charlie Hunnam, Future Conan: Alec Baldwin, Al Madrigal, Joe List The Daily Show: Robert Sapolsky Watch What Happens Live: Zoe Saldana, Beth Behrs
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