Hey, did y’all know that Marfa is a REAL PLACE? And not just a fictional location made up for I Love Dick? CRAZY, RIGHT? I mean ARTSY TYPES living peacefully amongst BLUE COLLAR TYPES and COWBOYS?? IN TEXAS?! Who has ever heard of such a thing? (Filing under “Pieces That Make My Eyes Roll So Hard They Very Well Might Fall Right Out of My Head.”)
So, basically Saturday Night Live didn’t tap Rosie O’Donnell to play Steve Bannon because they didn’t come up with the idea themselves. (Also they claim they worried she’s too politicized and wouldn’t be able to play the part “from funny” but, y’all? Alec Baldwin? It’s not like he’s some impartial non-political party here.)
Conservatives are boycotting ABC to try to bring a mediocre comedy back. Good luck with that, guys.
Still, the conservative group Parents Television Council feel like they won with the cancellations of The Real O’Neals and Scream Queens. No one tell them that Will & Grace is coming back.
Love is dead (part infinity).
One Westworld mystery solved. Spoiler, I guess.
The Arab world’s most watched satellite network is running a 30-part drama about life under Isis that is meant to undermine the terrorist organization’s propaganda.
Soooo, New Girl. That season finale sure felt like a series finale, right? But then Fox went and renewed it for a seventh season. Here’s why.
Conan is being sued for joke stealing and it could have some strange implications for comedy in a social media age.
YIKES, DINA MANZO! Get better soon.
In other bad news for Real Housewives …
In Development
- Jordan Klepper is going to have a gun control special on Comedy Central.
- Adult Swim has ordered Mostly 4 Millennials, a comedy from Derrick Beckles and Eric Andre.
- A&E has ordered a docuseries that sends adults back to highschool to spy on kids or something.
Casting News
- Kevin Costner is going to star in Yellowstone on something called the Paramount Network.
- Bethenny Frankel and Alex Rodriguez are joining Shark Tank, which, I’ll be honest, might make me watch it.
- Popular’s Leslie Grossman is reuniting with Ryan Murphy on American Horror Story‘s upcoming season.
- Adam Goldberg (Fargo, The Jim Gaffigan Show) and Spencer Grammer (Greek, Mr. Robinson, Ironside) are joining Graves on Epix.
- Harris Dickinson is going to star in Trust on FX.
- Paul Schneider (Parks and Recreation; Channel Zero) is joining the second season of Chance on Hulu.
- Jessica Meraz (Chasing Life) and Lourdes Benedicto (V) are joining the cast of Major Crimes.
- Kandyse McClure (Battlestar Galactica) is joining the cast of Ghost Wars on Syfy.
R.I.P.
John Cygan, Actor in The Commish, Bob and numerous voice roles.
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The Middle: Axl plans to go to Europe in the season finale. 7 p.m. ABC
NCIS: Season finale. 7 p.m., CBS
American Housewife: Season finale. 7:30 p.m. ABC
Fresh Off the Boat: Louis and Jessica make big changes to provide for their family in the season finale. 8 p.m., ABC
Imaginary Mary: Series finale. 8:30 p.m., ABC
Chicago Fire: Season finale. 9 p.m., NBC
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season finale. 9 p.m., ABC
NCIS: New Orleans: Season finale. 9 p.m., CBS
Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman: In the series finale, the question of whether or not gun crime can be considered a virus. 9 p.m., Science
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