The day after she made Emmy history, Julia Louis-Dreyfus learned that she has breast cancer. She put out a statement yesterday urging universal health care:
Joe Biden, who has his own very personal reasons to tell cancer to go fuck itself, had her back:
She also received messages of support from Hillary Clinton, Ellen Degeneres, Jason Alexander, Christina Applegate, Tony Hale, Andrea Mitchell, Kathy Griffin, Armando Iannucci, Timothy Simons, Wanda Sykes, Michael McKean, Judd Apatow among many others. And HBO promises to adjust the production schedule of Veep as needed.
I have confidence that she is going to beat this thing, but for some reason, this news has hit me much harder than I can rationalize. Funny women are my idols, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus is one of the all-time greats; she is literally up there with Lucille Ball and Carol Burnett. I hope with all my heart that she gets well soon. Like immediately. Like RIGHT NOW.
In the meantime, if you’d like to tell cancer to fuck off, please consider donating to The American Cancer Society, The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Planned Parenthood, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer, or go buy some fan stuff from Cancer Gets Lost.
In other fundraising news, celebrities are sharing photos of themselves in puberty to raise money for Puerto Rico relief (and also to promote Nick Kroll’s new Netflix animated series Big Mouth, let’s be clear) and it is glorious.
The Walking Dead is never going to answer what started the zombie apocalypse, but even its stars would like to know, please.
Here are all the wonderful food puns from last night’s The Good Place, because you need them in your life.
Here are the first six minutes of upcoming Fox series, The Gifted:
Stranger Things is teasing a “shadow monster” this season. Here are some pictures from the new season. Oh, also, that thing about ending the show after four seasons? Yeah, that might just be a big lie. (Stupid autoplay in the links.)
We have new images from Marvel’s Runaways, if you’re interested.
So SEAL Team did really well on its first night out, but check it: it’s the olds that love them some David Boreanaz playing soldier. CBS knows their audience.
Leah Remini has waged a war on people who are pissed off at the way Kevin Can Wait killed off its female lead, and if Scientology and the Aftermath has taught me anything, it’s DON’T FUCK WITH LEAH REMINI, SHE WILL COME FOR YOU.
Will & Grace went all-in on the politics in its premiere last night, and fans loved it. Also, they explained away the previous finale as Karen’s dream. Dallas wants its gimmick back.
Sex and the City 3 is not happening, thank God.
Day four of Megyn Kelly Today featured a scheduling fuckup and this glorious moment:
This is my new very favorite trainwreck.
Bill O’Reilly was going to be on CNN, but now he’s not. ~shrug~
Renewals
Cancellations
- It’s just a rumor at the moment, but it looks like The Last Ship is not going to have a sixth season.
In Development
- They are turning David S. Pumpkins into an animated special, and I have many, many questions.
- Fox bought Kung Fu, a sequel to the classic series, but with a female lead.
- Fox is working on The Nice Girls, a reboot of the movie The Nice Guys, but — wait for it — with a female cast.
- Amazon is working on Snow Crash, Ringworld, and Lazarus.
- Jerry Bruckheimer is working on Main Justice, a series based on Eric Holder for CBS.
- Fox bought Two Nights, an hour-long FBI drama from Diablo Cody.
- CBS is developing Ladder 54, a firefighter comedy produced by and starring Cedric the Entertainer.
- Faster, Pussycat!, a series based on Russ Meyer, is in the works.
Casting News
- Dylan Baker is joining the cast of Homeland.
- Dean Norris will be in this season of Scandal.
- Max Greenfield and Leslie Jordan are going to make appearances on Will & Grace.
- Wil Travel is joining Jessica Jones.
- Yadira Guevera-Pip is joining the cast of Wayward Sisters.
- Ed Martin is your new Jeffrey Lord.
R.I.P.
Robert A. Goldston, Producer
Albert Innaurato, Writer
WATCH THIS
FRIDAY
Big Mouth: This is a filthy new animated series about puberty, starring the voices of Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, Maya Rudolph and Jordan Peele among others. Series premiere. Netflix
Gerald’s Game: Reasons not to indulge in S&M right here. Netflix
Tin Star: Tim Roth and Christina Hendricks star in this British series about a small town cop who is dealing with a wave of crime. Series premiere. Amazon
Marvel’s Inhumans: Series premiere. 7 p.m., ABC
Hell’s Kitchen: Season premiere. 7 p.m., Fox
MacGyver: Season premiere. 7 p.m., CBS
Hawaii Five-0: Season premiere. 8 p.m., CBS
The Exorcist: Season premiere. 8 p.m., Fox
Blue Bloods: Season premiere. 9 p.m., ABC
SATURDAY
Saturday Night Live: Ryan Gosling & Jay-Z 10:30 p.m., NBC
Versailles: Louis is plagued with nightmares in the season premiere. 9 p.m., Ovation
SUNDAY
Curb Your Enthusiasm: I can hear the trombone already. Season premiere. 9 p.m., HBO
Ghosted: Series premiere. 7:30 p.m., Fox
Wisdom of the Crowd: Series premiere. 7:30 p.m., CBS
Ten Days in the Valley: Series premiere. 9 p.m., ABC
The Toy Box: Season premiere. 6 p.m., ABC
Shark Tank: Season premiere. 7 p.m., ABC
The Simpsons: Season premiere. 7 p.m., Fox
Family Guy: Season premiere. 8 p.m., Fox
The Last Man on Earth: Season premiere. 8:30 p.m., Fox
NCIS: Los Angeles: Season premiere. 8:30 p.m., CBS
Late Night: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: (Friday): Jerry Seinfeld Watch What Happens Live (Sunday):Shervin Roohparvar, Golnesa “GG” Gharachedaghi
| FRI. | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
| ABC | Marvel’s Inhumans (new) |
20/20 (new) |
| CBS | MacGyver (repeat) |
Hawaii Five-0 (repeat) |
Blue Bloods (repeat) |
| CW | Masters of Illusion (repeat) |
Masters of Illusion (repeat) |
Masters of Illusion (repeat) |
Masters of Illusion (repeat) |
Local |
| FOX | Hell’s Kitchen (new) |
The Exorcist (new) |
Local |
| NBC | Will & Grace (repeat) |
Superstore (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 (live) |
News/Local |
| CBS | NCIS (repeat) |
48 Hours (new) |
48 Hours (new) |
News/Local |
| FOX | College Football (live) |
News/Local |
| NBC | Will & Grace (repeat) |
Superstore (repeat) |
Dateline NBC (repeat) |
Saturday Night Live (repeat) |
News/Local | Saturday Night Live (Ryan Gosling & Jay-Z) |
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| SUN. | 6:00 | 6:30 | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
| ABC | The Toy Box (repeat) |
Shark Tank (new) |
Ten Days in the Valley (new) |
| CBS | Football (live) |
60 Minutes (new) |
Widom of the Crowd (new) |
NCIS: Los Angeles (new) |
Code Black (repeat) |
| FOX | The Simpsons (repeat) |
Bob’s Burgers (new) |
The Simpsons (new) |
Ghosted (new) |
Family Guy (new) |
The Last Man on Earth (new) |
| NBC | NFL Football (live) |