HI GUYS SORRY I CAN’T STAY LONG I AM COOKING GUMBO AND RED BEANS AND RICE AND CLEANING MY HOUSE BECAUSE I HAVE ABOUT 60 PEOPLE COMING OVER TOMORROW SO THIS IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE BRIEF.
Oh brother, CNN and Fox News are having a slap fight. Jeff Zucker called Fox News a “propaganda machine” and “state-run TV that does a disservice to the country” and Sean Hannity responded by calling Zucker a “porn king” for his coverage of the Stormy Daniels story. Oh, someone is a porn king in this mess, Sean, but I’m thinking it’s probably the guy who has sex with all the porn stars.
And then there’s Laurie Dhue, the former Fox News anchor who is suing Bill O’Reilly for defamation. Again, let’s be careful throwing sexually-related nicknames around, Fox News folks.
Hey, Trump has hired another person he saw on Fox News again. And he’s a mean one!
The antitrust trial between the Justice Department and AT&T has begun, and the Justice Department is claiming that AT&T would use Time Warner as a weapon against other carriers — unlike how the Justice Department is denying the merger as a weapon against Time Warner on behalf of Trump.
Is it weird that Byron Allen — comedian Byron Allen — just bought The Weather Channel for $300 million? Because that seems weird.
Questions and answers every TV fan has to wrestle with: How many episodes do I give a show before giving up on it and Yes, you can just abandon the show.
Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t want a dragon spitting on me?
And, as promised, your dog meets otter video:
In Development
- The Astro City comic book series is being turned into a series.
- New York Times Magazine‘s feature, Diagnosis, is being turned into a Netflix series.
Casting News
- Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Florence Pugh, Emily Watson, Jim Broadbent, Andrew Scott, Christopher Eccleston and Jim Carter all star in a BBC adaptation of King Lear.
- Rachel Bloom is going to guest star on iZombie.
- Kearran Giovanni has been cast as the lead of the NBC pilot Suspicion.
- Neil Flynn is going to star in the NBC pilot Abby’s.
- Ed Begley Jr. has been cast in the Fox pilot Bless This Mess.
- Rachelle Lefevre is the star of the new Fox legal drama by Danny Strong. Riley Smith is also in the cast.
- Matt Shively and Emily Osment are going to star in the CBS pilot 25.
- Trevor St. John is joining the cast of the Roswell reboot.
- Megan Ferguson is joining the cast of Mixtape.
Mark Your Calendar
- CBS has announced all of their finale dates for the 2017-2018 season.
- The Rain, an apocalyptic thriller from the Netherlands will debut on Netflix on May 4.
- FX’s drag queen drama, Pose, is set to debut sometime this summer.
R.I.P.
Bill Braderman, Former President of Walt Disney Television
H. Wayne Huizenga, Founder of Blockbuster Video
WATCH THIS
FRIDAY
Requiem: In this new British series, a woman discovers the truth about her identity some 23 years after a toddler went missing. According to reviews, the series is inspired by psychological horror films of the 60s and 70s. Series premiere. Netflix
Game Over, Man!: The Workaholic boys made a movie. Netflix
Santa Clarita Diet: Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant’s suburban zombie series is back. Season premiere. Netflix
SATURDAY
2018 Kids’ Choice Awards: John Cena hosts again 7 p.m., Nickelodeon
Atomic Blonde: Charlize Theron’s spy action-thriller if those words mean a lot to you. 7 p.m., HBO
Orphan: Have you seen this batshit insane movie? You should see this batshit insane movie. It’s batshit insane. 6:55 p.m., Thriller Max
SUNDAY
60 Minutes: STORMY DANIELS 6 p.m., CBS
Silicon Valley: Richard grows the company — perhaps too much. Season premiere. 9 p.m., HBO
Barry: Bill Hader stars as a hitman who wants to break into show business in this new series. 9:30 p.m., HBO
Trust: Another telling of the Getty kidnapping, now with neither Christopher Plummer nor Kevin Spacey. Series premiere. 9 p.m., FX
Billions: Chuck gets a mandate from a new boss. Season premiere. 9 p.m., Showtime
Late Night: Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (Friday): Tyler Perry, Jim Jefferies, Joe List < Watch What Happens Live (Sunday): Miss Lawrence, Sheree Whitfield
| FRI. | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
| ABC | Once Upon a Time (new) |
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (new) |
20/20 (repeat) |
| CBS | NCAA Basketball (live) |
| CW | Dynasty (new) |
Jane the Virgin (new) |
Local |
| FOX | MasterChef Junior (new) |
9-1-1 (repeat) |
Local |
| NBC | Blindspot (new) |
Taken (new) |
Dateline (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 | Over the Hedge | 20/20 (repeat) |
News/Local |
| CBS | Bull (repeat) |
48 Hours (repeat) |
48 Hours (new) |
News/Local |
| FOX | O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession (repeat) |
News/Local |
| NBC | Dateline (repeat) |
Saturday Night Live (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 | America’s Funniest Home Videos (new) |
American Idol (new) |
Deception (new) |
| CBS | 60 Minutes (new) |
Instinct (new) |
NCIS: Los Angeles (new) |
Madam Secretary (new) |
| FOX | Bob’s Burgers (repeat) |
Bob’s Burgers (new) |
The Simpsons (new) |
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (new) |
Family Guy (new) |
The Last Man on Earth (new) |
Local/News |
| NBC | Little Big Shots (new) |
Little Big Shots (new) |
Genius Junior (new) |
Timeless (new) |