The Cajun Navy is receiving the documentary treatment from Discovery Media. Apparently, the documentary will mostly follow the Cajun Navy’s formation and rescue work during Hurricane Katrina, and not specifically about their heroics during Hurricane Harvey. That said, those of us in Houston will always remember what they did for their neighbors here in Texas during one of our most trying moments. (Seriously, just remembering seeing the caravan of trucks towing boats towards Houston last year … and I get all verklempt all over again.)
“The Cajun Navy was born, spontaneously, out of one of the most devastating natural disasters in living memory in America – and the fact that it has endured and continues to rescue people every hurricane season is a testament to the need it fills in American life,” said a statement from Simon and Jonathan Chinn. “This feature documentary will be a snapshot into a fascinating and little understood group of people in the deep South who are driven to risk life and limb to help their neighbors, regardless of religion, race or creed. We are very excited to be collaborating with Discovery to bring their stories into audiences’ homes.”
I can’t wait for the scene where they all got in their boats to watch the hurricane roll in. There is no premiere date yet for the documentary.
Related: Discovery is planning a streaming service, and hopes to be your Netflix for unscripted TV. We’ll see.
More Game of Thrones news is dribbling out: Sophie Turner promises that: “This season is bloodier than ever,” she confesses. “It’s full of betrayal, full of war, full of danger. That’s all I can say without giving too much away.”
Bloys also revealed in that interview above that he doesn’t know when Westworld will return: either 2019 or 2020. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
In her interview with Sean Hannity, Roseanne Barr offered this non-apology: “I’m so sorry that you thought I was racist, and that you thought my tweet was racist—because it wasn’t. It was political. And I’m sorry for the misunderstanding that caused, my ill-worded tweet. And I’m sorry that you feel harmed and hurt. I never meant that, and for that, I apologize. I never meant to hurt anybody or say anything negative about an entire race of people, which I think my 30 years of work can attest to.”
Did you watch the Nashville finale last night? If so, you are probably the type of person who would be interested in how that cameo came to be.
The new season of Orange is the New Black begins streaming on Netflix today, here’s where we left off.
Sam will be rocking a sadness beard on Supernatural this season.
Hey, congratulations, Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas!
Oh goodness, get all better soon, John Roberts!
Trump Crap
In a day full of amazing Trump stories (Michael Cohen says Trump knew about the Russian Trump Tower meeting! Michael Cohen claims Trump is the one who leaked this news to CNN, not him! Trump’s finance guy is being talked to by the feds! Michael Avenatti is representing three more women who sold their stories to the National Enquirer, including one woman who claims she was pregnant!) this is an amazing story: Yesterday, Trump was driven to Andrews Air Force base for his flight to Illinois. So? Well, usually, Trump takes Marine One, a helicopter, from the White House lawn to Andrews, and fields questions from reporters before boarding. The White House claims that he took a car — thereby avoiding the press — because of weather conditions. Except …
Related to the above:
Doin’ a heck of a job, Bill Shine!
Tom Arnold had a LOT of things to say about his new series, The Search for the Trump Tapes with Tom Arnold:
1. He is not going to stop until Trump resigns
2. He has no interest in changing the minds of the “40%” that support Trump: “And this 40 percent? F–k them. OK? Seriously”
3. That Trump doesn’t care about the national anthem, he just “hates black dudes”
4. “Four times, producers pulled Trump out of The Apprentice,” because of inappropriate remarks on camera.
5. That Mark Burnett is a hypocrite:
“I’m going to keep hammering Burnett until he shows” those tapes,” Arnold announced, claiming Burnett has tape of Trump using “the n-word,” among other incidents that might actually embarrass any other President of the United States.
Burnett, Arnold said, “sits next to Donald Trump and gives him cover.”
Burnett says he’s a Christian, and lets that man do all this bullshit and let a sexual harasser on this show,” Arnold scoffed.
6. “You got to go at this thing with all angles. He was so broke in 2008 he borrowed money from Jeff Epstein when he was a convicted pedophile, so it makes sense he would try to launder money through Russians.”
Hey, don’t hold back, Tom!
This isn’t technically Trump-related, but Sinclair Media’s troubles are getting worse.
Time’s Up
Speaking of the Trumps, apparently Don Jr.’s girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle didn’t leave Fox News, but was fired for inappropriate behavior, including “showing personal photographs of male genitalia to colleagues (and identifying whose genitals they were), regularly discussing sexual matters at work and engaging in emotionally abusive behavior toward hair and makeup artists and support staff.”
OOOH, CBS is opening a sexual misconduct investigation into Les Moonves ahead of a New Yorker piece that is about to be published. That can’t be good, Les, especially while you’re wrangling to keep control of the network. STAY TUNED.
Chloe Dykstra didn’t cooperate with AMC’s investigation into Chris Hardwick because she claims she never spoke out against him to ruin his career, but to move on with her life:
Ed Westwick will not be charged in three sexual misconduct cases.
On playing a stalker in the era of #MeToo. (Unrelated to You: don’t hold your breath for a Gossip Girl reunion.)
Renewals
- Altered Carbon has been renewed by Netflix and Anthony Mackie is joining as the lead.
- You, Me, Her and Condor have both been renewed by Audience Network
- Good Witch has been renewed by Hallmark.
In Development
- Daybreak, a zombie graphic novel, is being adapted for TV by Netflix.
- Nicole Kidman has bought the screen rights to the new novel from the Big Little Lies author.
- The untitled Nate Bargatze comedy pilot has been bought by ABC.
- Married at First Sight is getting two spinoffs at Lifetime.
- Lifetime has also set 75 movies for 2019.
- When Hope Calls, a spinoff of When Calls the Heart, has been ordered by Hallmark.
- 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way has been ordered by TLC.
- Shoe Dog has been optioned by Netflix.
- Larysa Kondracki has signed a first-look deal with Amazon.
Casting News
- Lin-Manuel Miranda, James MacAvoy, Ruth Wilson have joined the cast of His Dark Materials for BBC. Also joining the cast: Clarke Peters, Anne-Marie Duff, Ariyon Bakare, Ian Gelder, Georgina Campbell and Will Keen.
- John Cleese will guest star on Speechless next season.
- Cody Fern is your new Michael Langdon:
- Judith Light will recur in Queen America on Facebook Watch.
- Cameron Mathison is the new host of Home & Family on Hallmark.
- Shelley Conn and James D’Arcy are joining the cast of The Rook on Starz.
- Garcelle Beauvais is joining the cast of Siren on Freeform.
- Britt McHenry is headed to Fox News.
- Danielle McDonald has been cast in Unbelievable on Netflix.
- Jessica Raine will star in Baptiste on BBC One.
Mark Your Calendar
- Camping will debut on HBO on October 14.
- I Am Paul Walker will debut on Paramount Network on August 11.
- Shameless returns on Showtime on September 9.
- The Overthinker will debut on Netflix on August 10.
- The Hunt for the Trump Tapes with Tom Arnold will debut on Viceland on September 18.
- The Irwin Family will debut on Animal Planet on October 28.
- Nailed It! Holiday will come to Netflix in December.
- The Shop will debut on HBO on August 28.
- The Disappearance of Crystal Rogers will premiere on Oxygen on August 11.
- Amanda to the Rescue will debut on Animal Planet on October 28.
- A Murder in Mansfield will debut on Investigation Discovery on November 17.
- Pamela Smart: An American Murder Mystery will premiere on Investigation Discovery on August 19.
- Total Divas will return on E! on September 19.
- Meteor Garden is available to stream on Netflix today.
- Reelz announced its fall slate if you’re interested.
R.I.P.
William Loud, The patriarch of the Loud family who was featured on An American Family, one of the first (the first?) reality shows.
WATCH THIS
FRIDAY
Orange is the New Black: The ladies move to a new prison. Season six. Netflix
Megladon: Fact vs. Fiction: So, it’s been Shark Week all week, and I am guessing that if that mattered to you, you probably already knew this. However, I am including this because I worked on the book, Meg, that the new Jason Statham movie The Meg is based on, which this TV show is riding the coattails of. Meg was a terrible book, by the way. 7 p.m., Discovery
Extinction: Michael Peña is a Cassandra in this new movie about an alien invasion. WON’T SOMEONE LISTEN TO MICHAEL PEÑA? Netflix
SATURDAY
National Lampoon’s Animal House: Look. There’s really not much on this week. I’m doing my best. 8 p.m., HBO2
Pink Collar Crimes: See, it’s a true crime series about women who commit crimes, hence: pink. Series premiere. 7 p.m., CBS
SUNDAY
Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis: Denis Rodman gets booed. So that’s something. 9 p.m., Comedy Central
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: He’s back! And not a moment too soon! 10 p.m., HBO
Rachel Getting Married: One of the most wicked little movies in recent years. 6:04 p.m., Indieplex
Late Night: Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (Friday): New monologue and encore segments with Tom Cruise, Parker Posey, Jorja Smith The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: (Friday): Laura Linney Watch What Happens Live (Sunday): Charrisse Jackson Jordan, Robyn Dixon
| FRI. | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
| ABC | Quantico (new) |
What Would You Do? (new) |
20/20 (new) |
| CBS | Whistleblower (new) |
Hawaii Five-0 (repeat) |
Blue Bloods (repeat) |
| CW | Masters of Illusion (new) |
Masters of Illusion (repeat) |
Penn & Teller: Fool Us (repeat) |
Local |
| FOX | The Resident (repeat) |
The Orville (repeat) |
Local |
| NBC | American Ninja Warrior (repeat) |
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 | America’s Funniest Home Videos (repeat) |
20/20 (repeat) |
News/Local |
| CBS | Pink Collar Crimes (new) |
48 Hours (repeat) |
48 Hours (repeat) |
News/Local |
| FOX | UFC Fighting (live) |
News/Local |
| NBC | Little Big Shots (repeat) |
Dateline (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 (repeat) |
Celebrity Family Feud (repeat) |
The $100,000 Pyramid (new) |
To Tell the Truth (new) |
| CBS | 60 Minutes (new) |
Big Brother (new) |
NCIS: Los Angeles (repeat) |
NCIS: Los Angeles (repeat) |
| FOX | One Strange Rock (repeat) |
The Simpsons (repeat) |
Bob’s Burgers (repeat) |
Family Guy (repeat) |
Bob’s Burgers (repeat) |
Local/News |
| NBC | Little Big Shots (repeat) |
America’s Got Talent (repeat) |
Shades of Blue (new) |