HI HI HI. So sorry for the late start but real life took over my entire morning today, and I wasn’t able to get to the Very Important Business of TV news. Fortunately, there wasn’t much TV news to speak of, anyway.
For instance, Stormy Daniels isn’t going to be on a reality show that you weren’t going to be able to watch, anyway.
Mr. Robot will end after four seasons according to Christian Slater.
Here’s how Derek Waters preps the stars on Drunk History: homework.
Omarosa might have 200 tapes (!!!!!!!!!!!!!).
Fox News used a photo of Patti LaBelle in announcing the death of Aretha Franklin because all black people look alike to Fox News.
Nathan Fillion will never talk shit about soap operas.
And this person does not know the name of everyone on Game of Thrones AND SHOULD HAVE THEIR NERD CARD REVOKED IMMEDIATELY. FOR SHAME.
See? You didn’t really miss much.
Renewals
- Boise Boys has been renewed by HGTV.
Cancellations
- The Royals has been canceled after four seasons.
In Development
- Watchmen has been officially ordered to series by HBO, hooray! I mean, I will watch literally anything Lindelof does, but this project is particularly in my lane. Part of me does worry it will piss off die-hard The Watchmen fans, but the other part of me don’t give a shit. GIMME.
- The Angel of Darkness, a follow-up to The Alienist, has been ordered by TNT.
- A Sexy Beast prequel series has been ordered by Paramount. (By the way, see Sexy Beast — highly under-appreciated movie.)
- The Family Practice has been ordered to pilot by Fox.
- The Little Things has been ordered to pilot by CBS.
- Treadstone, a Bourne spinoff, has been ordered by USA.
- NBC is developing a music drama produced by Milo Ventimiglia and the Nashville folks.
- Starz has ordered nine documentaries. Read about them here.
- CNN is planning a documentary about Anthony Bourdain.
- Kenya Barris has finalized his deal with Netflix.
Casting News
- Renee Zellweger will star in What/If on Netflix.
- Steven Ogg will be joining Snowpiercer on TNT.
- Lindsey Kraft is joining the cast of Dirty John.
- Graham Bunn, once of The Bachelorette, is going to host Real Country on USA.
- Brooklynn Prince will star in the Apple series Hilde Lysiak.
- Anthony Ingram is joining The Magicians for season four.
- William Levy will be joining Star on Fox.
- Shalita Grant is joining the cast of the Santa Clarita Diet.
- Jacob Vargas, Maggie Geha, and Cree Cicchino have joined the cast of Mr. Iglesias.
- India de Beaufort and Alex Quijano are joining One Day at a Time on Netflix.
- Dylan Byers is headed to MSNBC from CNN.
Mark Your Calendar
- The Hunt for the Trump Tapes with Tom Arnold will premiere on TruTV on September 18. Let’s hope he finds something before the midterms (although a fat lot of good the Access Hollywood tape did …)
- Hold the Dark will debut on Netflix on September 28.
- Stand Up to Cancer will air on September 7 on ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC, along with AT&T AUDIENCE Network, Bloomberg TV, Bravo, Discovery Life, E!, EPIX, Escape, ESPNEWS, FM, Freeform, FS2, FXM, FYI, Galavision, HBO, HBO Latino, ION Television, Jewish Life TV, Laff, Logo, MTV2, Nat Geo WILD, PeopleTV, REELZ, SHOWTIME, Smithsonian Channel, STARZ, STARZ ENCORE, STARZ ENCORE ESPAÑOL, TNT, Univision Puerto Rico and WGN America
- Star Wars Resistance will debut on Disney Channel on October 7.
- Busy Tonight will debut on E! on October 28.
- Wolf Creek will debut on Pop on October 21 and Clique will debut on November 7.
- Haunted Live will premiere on Travel on September 14.
- OWN will reair the Aretha Franklin episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show on Saturday.
- Cajun Aces will debut on the Food Network on August 25.
R.I.P.
Unsho Ishizuk, Anime voice actor, voice of Professor Oak in the Pokemon series
WATCH THIS
FRIDAY
Disenchantment: Matt Groening’s new fantasy animated series that is not a Game of Thrones spoof. Series premiere. Netflix
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before: In this waking nightmare romantic teen comedy, a young woman’s letters to her crushes are sent to them. This one is getting great reviews, guys. Netflix
Minding the Gap: A documentary about three young men who skateboard to escape their volatile lives. Hulu
WE Day: John Stamos hosts this celebration of people doing what they can to make their communities better. 7 p.m., ABC
SATURDAY
Darkest Hour: It’s a Winston Churchill movie. 7 p.m., HBO
Jurassic Park marathon: RWOR! 3 p.m., Showtime Extreme
Lover in the Attic: Exactly what it sounds like: a woman hides her lover in her attic, because where else are you going to put him? 7 p.m., Lifetime
SUNDAY
The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time: For reals though. 7 p.m., Syfy
The Affair: Helen gets a new perspective on life in the season finale. 8 p.m., Showtime
Shades of Blue: Harlee faces a police commission in the series finale. 9 p.m., NBC
| FRI. | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
| ABC | WE Day (new) |
What Would You Do? (new) |
20/20 (new) |
| CBS | TKO (new) |
Whistleblower (new) |
Whistleblower (new) |
| CW | Masters of Illusion (new) |
Masters of Illusion (repeat) |
Penn & Teller: Fool Us (repeat) |
Local |
| FOX | BIG3 Basketball (live) |
Local |
| NBC | American Ninja Warrior (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 | NFL Football: 49es at Texans (live) |
News/Local |
| CBS | Pink Collar Crimes (new) |
48 Hours (repeat) |
48 Hours (repeat) |
News/Local |
| FOX | Masterchef (repeat) |
News/Local |
| NBC | America’s Got Talent (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: New Orleans (new) |
| FOX | Golf (live) |
The Simpsons (repeat) |
The Simpsons (repeat) |
Bob’s Burgers (repeat) |
Family Guy (repeat) |
Bob’s Burgers (repeat) |
Local/News |
| NBC | Dateline (repeat) |
Gymnastics (liv) |
Shades of Blue (new) |