If you live in Chicago, please go get a drink at the Stranger Things pop-up bar for me. I’ll have a Demogorgon, please. In other Stranger Things news, check out renewals below for some good news/bad news.
Trump made a bunch of new fans last night.
It sounds like the Doctor’s new companion will be an older dude if these rumors are to be believed.
Like you, Bob Odenkirk would like to see the Better Call Saul visiting the Breaking Bad years.
In “Humanity Can’t Be All That Bad” news, Netflix viewership dropped during the eclipse yesterday.
If you’re bummed the eclipse excitement is over, relive the good times with this joke from the best Simpsons episode:
Here’s an interview with Anthony Anderson discusses black-ish, what people can expect this season and how they hope the show will make Juneteenth a thing. Of course, it’s already a thing here in Texas.
Brace yourself for a bunch more “junior” editions of shows. People just can’t get enough of kids doing shit, I guess.
Yikes, they had to shut down Joss Whedon’s fan site after the former Mrs. Joss wrote that scathing article talking about what a cheating piece of shit he is.
Renewals
- Stranger Things has been quietly renewed for a third season, and it sounds like the Duffer Brothers intend for it to only be a four-season ride.
- RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars and Untucked have been renewed by VH1.
- Friends from College has been renewed for a second season on Netflix despite being savaged by critics.
- Flip or Flop Atlanta will have a second season on HGTV.
Cancellations
In Development
- Xena will not be happening at NBC after all.
- ABC is working on the improbably named CIA drama, Romeos & Juliets.
- CBS landed Things You Should Already Know, a comedy that had a lot of interest from other networks.
- Reality series Labor of Love, about working women in their 30s and 40s who want to have children, has been picked up by Fox.
- Netflix bought a Paul Greengrass documentary about the Norweigan terrorist who killed 77 people.
Casting News
- Robert Palmer Watkins (Dillon Quartermaine) will be leaving General Hospital.
- Sounds like Dancing with the Stars will include some WWE wrestler and one of those twins from Property Brothers. OK.
- Lynn Whitfield will co-star in Netflix’s Nappily Ever After.
- Ramon Rodriguez is joining the cast of The Affair.
- Jocelyn Hudon (The Strain) will join the cast of The Audience Network’s series Ice.
R.I.P.
Jon Shepodd, actor
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