Harvey Update: The water is receding, and it’s clean-up time. Currently, our family is trying to help four different families who are in the process of mucking out their homes (for y’all who are not in Texas, mucking is what it sounds like, pulling up carpet, ripping out sheetrock, removing furniture, etc.). For those of you who are in Texas, here’s a way you can help: the same guys who created an interactive shelter map have created a muck map where homeowners who need help mucking out their house can be matched with volunteers who want to help. Sign up or share the map.
Oh my god, in the middle of their Harvey coverage, CNN broadcast a commercial for a cane called — and I’m not making this up — a HurryCane. “Americans love the HurryCane” is the tagline in a sketch that is not from Mr. Show with Bob and David. “I love my HurryCane!” says one woman who is not a Saturday Night Live actor.
OOH, is Cher going to appear on American Horror Story this season? PROBABLY. And considering her outspoken politics, I wouldn’t be surprised if she even appears as herself. Here’s a collection of everything else we know about this season.
Aside from Game of Thrones, was there really a break-out show of the summer? I mean, aside from the circus that our President has provided? ~shrug~
In Development
- True Detective 3 is definitely happening. Whether or not it should is a whole other matter.
- The Eddy, an eight-part musical series from the director of LaLa Land, has landed at Netflix.
- NBC is developing Greenlit, a police drama produced by Milo Ventimiglia.
- The CW is developing Black Rose Anthology, a horror series entirely written and directed by women.
- That Starsky & Hutch reboot will be on Amazon.
Casting News
- Cara Delevingne is joining the cast of Amazon’s new series, Carnival Row.
- Brenton Thwaites has been cast as Robin in DC’s Titans.
- Kyle Bornheimer is joining Will & Grace.
- Christopher Eccleston and Paula Malcomson have been cast as the leads in Come Home, a three-part BBC drama.
- Dina Meyer is joining The Magicians.
- Michael Cerveris is joining Gotham as Professor Pyg.
- Stephanie J. Block (Falsettos) and Mark Tallman (Single Ladies) are joining Rise.
- Courtney Ford is going to be on Legends of Tomorrow.
- Lynn Collins is joining the cast of Lethal Weapon.
R.I.P.
Richard Anderson, Actor
Shelley Berman, Actor
Alan MacDonald, Production Designer
WATCH THIS
FRIDAY
Little Evil: You had me at Adam Scott and Evangeline Lilly. Netflix
Diana: 7 Days: Hey, it’s another Diana special. This time with commentary from her sons. 7 p.m., NBC
American Masters: Texas filmmaker and visionary Richard Linklater is profiled. 9 p.m., PBS
SATURDAY
Westworld: Check out the original Yul Brynner film that the show is based on. It’s really fun! 9:45 p.m., TCM
2001: A Space Odyssey: I don’t think I’ll ever really understand this movie, but it is a masterpiece. 7 p.m., TCM
Demon Seed: This, however, is a 1977 film about a supercomputer that decides to have sex with its creator’s wife. So kinda like Her, but not at all. 11:30 p.m., TCM
SUNDAY
Twin Peaks: Who even knows what craziness we can expect with this finale. WHO EVEN KNOWS. 7 p.m., Showtime
Psycho Wedding Crasher: I mean, do you even need me to tell you what this Lifetime movie is about or can you figure the whole thing out from the title? 7 p.m., Lifetime
Office Space: “Well, I wouldn’t say I was missing it, Bob.” 11:30 p.m., Comedy Central
| FRI. | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
| ABC | Shark Tank (repeat) |
What Would You Do? (repeat) |
20/20 (repeat) |
| CBS | MacGyver (repeat) |
Hawaii Five-0 (repeat) |
Blue Bloods (repeat) |
| CW | Masters of Illusion (new) |
Masters of Illusion (new) |
Penn & Teller: Fool Us (repeat) |
Local |
| FOX | Masterchef (repeat) |
Beat Shazam (repeat) |
Local |
| NBC | Diana: 7 Days (repeat) |
Dateline NBC (new) |
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| SAT. | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 | 11:00 | 11:30 |
| ABC | College Football: Alabama vs. Florida State (live) |
News/Local |
| CBS | Hawaii Five-0 (repeat) |
Criminal Minds (repeat) |
48 Hours (repeat) |
News/Local |
| FOX | College Football: Louisville vs. Purdue (live) |
News/Local |
| NBC | America’s Got Talent (repeat) |
Dateline NBC (repeat) |
News/Local | Saturday Night Live (repeat) |
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| SUN. | 6:00 | 6:30 | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
| ABC | ABC Fall Preview (new) |
College Football: West Virginia vs. Virginia Tech (live) |
| CBS | 60 Minutes (repeat) |
Big Brother (new) |
Candy Crush (new) |
NCIS: Los Angeles (repeat) |
| FOX | College Football: Texas A&M at UCLA (live) |
| NBC | NFL Special (new) |
America’s Got Talent (repeat) |
American Ninja Warrior (repeat) |