The Game of Thrones finale is on Sunday, and we know it will be called “The Dragon and the Wolf Get it on” and it will be the longest finale ever:
The final episode of GAMES OF THRONES’ current season is titled “The Dragon and the Wolf,” and debuts this SUNDAY, AUG. 27 at 9:00 p.m.
(ET/PT) on HBO. The total running time is 79 minutes, 43 seconds.
And here are a bunch of photos from the episode of people staring into the distance:
Here in Houston, King’s Bierhaus in the Heights is having a Game of Thrones night tonight, and it sounds pretty great:
“Cocktails
We Always Pay Our Debts (The Lannisters care only for blood and gold)
Whiskey, lemon, sugar, red wine
The White Walker (The dead will rise with blue eyes)
Alessio Bianco, Luxardo Bitter Bianco, lemon, soda
The Rose of Highgarden (Tell Cersi it was ME!)
Dornfelder wine, vodka, sugar, rose water
Milk of the Poppy (A Maester’s best friend)
Dark rum, German brandy, black tea, lime, pineapple, milk (clarified)”
And if you’re not in Houston, Arby’s has you covered.
PUT THE HATS DOWN, GEORGE, AND FINISH THE DAMN BOOKS.
Michael Bolton and friends sing new theme songs for all your favorite shows, including House of Bolton’s tribute to Game of Thrones:
In non-Game of Thrones news, ESPN pulls commentator Robert Lee from a UVA football game to avoid controversy, creates controversy.
Because words don’t mean anything anymore, Kevin Can Wait is claiming they killed off Erinn Hayes’ character out of “respect” for the actress.
Oh my God, Insecure had a mini-Lost reunion this week AND I DID NOT NOTICE BECAUSE I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THAT IS WALT.
This is a nice history and exploration of RuPaul’s Drag Race and why it’s important.
Happy 14th birthday, From Justin to Kelly!
So I was going to write something up about Trump’s rally in Phoenix last night in which he lambasted the media, again, this time because his fee-fees were hurt that they pointed out that he said there were “many sides” to blame for Charlottesville, and that he openly defended white nationalists. WHICH IS A THING THAT HE DID. And I was going to quote all the times he attacked the press, and CNN and The New York Times and The Washington Post last night and said crazy dangerous anti-First Amendment nonsense, AGAIN, but the quote became so long and unwieldy because it was pretty much the entirety of his 77-minute speech last night and I had to abandon that plan. Instead, here’s just a little taste of our President saying that journalists hate their country:
TRUMP: And — and I say it, and you know, we’re all pros. We’re all, like, we have a certain sense. We’re smart people. These are truly dishonest people. And not all of them. Not all of them. You have some very good reporters. You have some very fair journalists. But for the most part, honestly, these are really, really dishonest people, and they’re bad people. And I really think they don’t like our country. I really believe that. And I don’t believe they’re going to change, and that’s why I do this. If they would change, I would never say it.
The only people giving a platform to these hate groups is the media itself, and the fake news.
(APPLAUSE) TRUMP: Oh, that’s so funny. Look back there, the live red lights. They’re turning those suckers off fast out there. They’re turning those lights off fast. Like CNN. CNN does not want its falling viewership to watch what I’m saying tonight, I can tell you.
I don’t know how many ways I can say that this sort of demagoguery would be dangerous and irresponsible from anyone, but to have the President of the United States repeatedly saying these sorts of things about hard-working journalists who are just doing their jobs? It never stops being astonishing. Horrific and astonishing.
Renewals
In Development
- ABC is developing a legal drama from Marcia Clark that sounds an awful lot like her life.
- Norman Lear’s comedy, Guess Who Died, is moving forward at NBC.
- Fox is developing Murdertown from comedian Jillian Bell.
- They are making a series out of Malcolm X’s life.
- Channel 4 is remaking Web Therapy and it is going to star that guy from Episodes.
- Channel 4 is also working on Jerusalem, a series from a Masters of Sex and Boardwalk Empire writer.
- Dr. Phil has signed a first look deal with CBS.
Casting News
- Common is going to star in Starz’s Black Samurai.
- Matthew Goode and Teresa Palmer are going to star in A Discovery of Witches for Sky.
- Sonoya Mizuno and Julia Garner are joining Maniac on Netflix.
- Germar Gardner is joining the cast of the Netflix film The Week Of.
R.I.P.
Thomas Meehan, writer
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The Real Housewives of New York: XXX 8 p.m., Bravo
Jax and Brittany Take Kentucky: Oh God, they have given these two dummies their own show and it involves farm animals. Series premiere. 8 p.m., Bravo
The Godfather marathon: I will never not watch these movies when they are on. 4:30 p.m., AMC
Terms of Endearment: The best movie filmed in Houston? I mean, other than Urban Cowboy? 5:55, Starz Encore Pacific
Late Night: Conan: Kathy Bates, Aquiles Chavez The Daily Show: Bryan Stevenson, Andra Day
| WEDS. | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
| ABC | The Goldbergs (repeat) |
Speechless (repeat) |
Modern Family (repeat) |
American Housewife (repeat) |
Modern Family (repeat) |
The Goldbergs (repeat) |
| CBS | Big Brother (new) |
Salvation (new) |
Criminal Minds (repeat) |
| CW | Arrow (repeat) |
Supernatural (repeat) |
Local |
| FOX | MasterChef (new) |
News/Local |
| NBC | America’s Got Talent (new) |
The Carmichael Show (new) |
The Carmichael Show (repeat) |
This is Us (repeat) |
Wait, Walt is in MKTO? My mind is even more blown.
I KNOW. IT’S CRAZY.
-T