Before we get started, let me warn you, these links are full of Stranger Things 2 spoilers, so if you haven’t found the time to binge it yet, you might want to pass on clicking on the clickies.
Apparently, one of the adorable Stranger Things kids was originally not supposed to survive — and honestly, it probably would have made more sense if this character had died. I like the character, I’m just saying, plot-wise …
After it was revealed that the directors learned an actor was uncomfortable with a particular scene, they INSISTED on it, and now people are mad.
Finn Wolfhard — one of the child actors from the show — was recently criticized for not taking photos with fans who were waiting outside his hotel. Sophie Turner was NOT HAVING IT. And you do not mess with the Queen in the North.
In case you were wondering, here are the stories behind the 80s hairstyles on the show — again, this is from Stranger Things 2, so do not yell at me if you get spoiled.
Here are the Stranger Things kids as 8-bit video game characters — which is actually cuter and more plot-relevant than I would have thought.
In Other TV News
Here is a trailer for the failed Aquaman pilot which looks like a show that Kevin from This Is Us would definitely be cast in which would eventually drive him to have a nervous breakdown. Prepare yourself for some grade-A, 2006-quality CGI to blow your mind. You can watch the entire pilot on iTunes, but why?
BREAKING NEWS: There’s too much TV.
The company that gave you RuPaul’s Drag Race has created its own subscription streaming VOD service.
Here’s everything we know about what is going to ruin my winter: the Bachelor Winter Games. Somehow, impossibly, I’m supposed to be writing about the Olympics, The Bachelor, and this nonsense at the same time? Yeah, never going to happen.
Gwen Stefani and Pentatonix are going to perform at the Rockefeller Center tree lighting.
Wait, WAIT, there are people who are rooting for Julian and Alexis on General Hospital? WHO ARE YOU MONSTERS?
Fox News has pulled an ad calling for Trump’s impeachment after its audience — or one very important audience member — lost their damn minds, so here it is in case you haven’t seen it yet:
Harassment Roundup
Harvey Weinstein has received a lifetime ban from the Television Academy. AND STAY OUT, YOU DISGUSTING RAPE MONSTER.
Another New Yorker piece just came out describing how Weinstein used private investigators to spy on accusers and try to intimidate reporters from revealing the accusations. It just proves how brave those who came forward and the reporters were.
Ellen Pompeo recalls being creeped out by James Toback and Harvey Weinstein.
House of Cards crew members claim that showrunner Beau Williamson knew about Spacey’s behavior and looked the other way. He disputes this.
A Kevin Spacey movie has been pulled from a film festival by its distributor.
Kevin Spacey registered trademarks for a bunch of House of Cards merchandise, including “sunglasses, footwear, gourmet-food products, luxury goods, toys, games, jewelry, alcoholic beverages (except beer), greeting cards and cell phone covers” days before the news about him broke. LOL
Tell me again how the accusations against Dustin Hoffman are going too far?
Oh, Ed Westwick, oh not you, too.
Renewals
- The Mick has been picked up for 20 episodes this season, which ups its renewal chances.
In Development
- NBC is developing a restaurant comedy from a Veep co-executive producer.
- Fox bought two dramas: Triage and Mrs. Otis Regrets.
- CBS is developing a father-son comedy.
- BET is working on The Bobby Brown Story after the success of The New Edition Story.
- DMX is working on a docu-series, In the Dog House.
- The non-fiction book, I Was Told to Come Alone, is being turned into a series.
Casting News
- Wentworth Miller is leaving Arrow.
- Bre Blair has joined S.W.A.T.
- Jocko Sims is joining the cast of The Resident.
WATCH THIS
American Horror Story: Cult: Charles Manson time. 9 p.m., FX
Adam Ruins Everything: He does, he really does ruin every single thing. Season premiere. 8 p.m., TruTV
Damnation: A local preacher starts a farmer’s strike in a small Iowa town in the 1930s, leading an industrial tycoon to hire a strikebreaker to thwart him at any price in this new period drama. Series premiere. 8 p.m., USA
This is Us: Are Kate and Toby going to tie the knot? MAYBE. 8 p.m., NBC
Late Night: Late Night with Seth Meyers: John Lithgow, Jonathan Groff, Michael Lewis, Nathan Davilmar The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Jason Segel, Jeff Fager, Lesley Stahl, Mavis Staples The Late Late Show with James Corden: Rainn Wilson, Jack Whitehall Jimmy Kimmel Live: Carey Mulligan; Gael Garcia Bernal; Darius Rucker Conan: Keegan-Michael Key, Jon Dore The Daily Show: Jeff Ross The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: David Daley Watch What Happens Live: Kate Hudson, Colin Hanks
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