It’s the end of an era: Conan aired its last hour-long episode last night. I knew that Conan was going to move to a 30-minute format in January, but I didn’t realize the last hour-long show would air so soon. Here’s Conan getting choked up as he pays tribute to the show’s band, Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band, who has been with him for 25 years but will not be a part of the new format:
❤️
Here are the jokes you might have missed on last night’s The Good Place. Including this Parks and Rec easter egg. And here are all the celebrity names that Tahani has dropped. I heart this show.
How Murphy Brown‘s Sarah Huckabee Sanders cameo came to be in last night’s episode (spoiler! I guess!) and how it relates to the first iteration of the series.
Another original Buffy star is cool with the reboot. Haven’t y’all run out of cast members to ask about this yet?
There’s an episode of Big Mouth devoted to Planned Parenthood (which that clip I posted earlier this week came from), God bless them.
Here is a comprehensive list of HBO and Cinemax’s upcoming series, movies and documentaries for fall 2018 and beyond. That “and beyond” leaves a lot of ambiguity.
Steven Yeun doesn’t want a Glenn origin movie, thank you very much.
The wonderful Jessica Walter, along with Joe Morton, Joe Pantoliano, M. Emmet Walsh, James Cromwell, and Bruce Greenwood will receive the Carney Award for outstanding character actors. Elsewhere, Alan Alda is receiving the SAG Life Achievement award.
FOX NEWS ALERT: iPhones have cameras in them. UNBELIEVABLE.
Time’s Up
Amy Schumer and a whole bunch of other women were arrested at a Kavanaugh protest yesterday at the Senate building. Thank you to all of them.
Meanwhile, the president claims that Schumer and her fellow protestors were paid by George Soros, of course.
Listen, President Bad Brain, I promise none of those signs were made “from love” but instead fury and outrage fueled by your stealing of the American presidency and staining it with your hate.
The Sexual Assaulter-in-Chief also said that Al Franken “folded like a wet rag.” ACTUALLY, HE WENT AWAY WHEN HE WAS ASKED TO BY THE DEMOCRATS BECAUSE THEIR PARTY WILL NOT TOLERATE SEXUAL HARASSERS AND ABUSERS IN THEIR MIDST YOU BLOATED CIRCUS PEANUT. THIS ISN’T PARTISAN, RIGHT, ALYSSA MILANO?
I’m just going to go watch this video on an endless loop until I can see straight again.
If you live in Texas, register to vote at VoteTexas.gov, and remember that you have to mail your registration or deliver it in person to an appropriate location. To everyone who is not in Texas, you can still go here to register to vote, though be sure to check your state laws because motherfuckers don’t want you to vote and will do whatever they can to disenfranchise you. And if you are registered to vote, make sure you still are registered to vote. The last day to register in Texas is Tuesday, October 9. Early voting in Texas begins on October 22. For everyone else:
Election Day is November 6. 32 days to go.
Tatum O’Neal revealed she is a survivor of sexual assault in the aftermath of Donald Trump mocking Dr. Ford.
Jimmy Kimmel gave an unfortunate interview where he sort of shrugged off Louis C.K.’s attempts to come back into the comedy world arguing that the comedy business is a meritocracy, but fortunately, there are Paul F. Tompkins in this world because otherwise I’d just completely give up on the entire male gender.
13 Reasons Why‘s similarities to the Kavanaugh case aren’t “eerie.” They reflect the simple fact that sexual assault happens to more women than we want to admit and that our rape culture is designed to protect powerful men when it does. It’s just not that complicated, guys.
A look at how #MeToo has changed Hollywood in the year after the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke the world open.
HEY, TV GUYS, THIS #METOO THING ISN’T GOING ANYWHERE. MAYBE MAKE MORE SHOWS ABOUT FEMALE ANGER.
Kudos to Superstore for writing an episode about sexual harassment and consent.
Go away, Men Still Whinging About She-Ra.
Go away, Brooklyn College Professor.
Renewals
- Wild Life with Bertie Gregory has been renewed by National Geographic.
In Development
- K Town, a dark comedy, is in development at HBO.
- Recursion, a sci-fi drama, is being developed for Netflix by Shonda Rhimes.
- Exes in Law is in development at NBC.
- Quinta & Jermaine is in development at CBS.
- The Squeeze is in development at CBS.
- Completeness, a drama, is in development at ABC.
- Fox has bought an FBI cyber drama.
- Al Sharpton is getting a second show on MSNBC.
- Victoria Gotti: My Father’s Daughter and Death of a Cheerleader have been greenlit by Lifetime.
- Eric Newman, the showrunner of Narcos, has signed an overall deal with Netflix.
- Taika Waititi and Bryce Dallas Howard, among others, will direct episodes of The Mandalorian, the new live-action Star Wars series.
- Hebru Brantley has signed a deal with Sony TV.
Casting News
- Justin Long will recur on The Conners.
- Meg Ryan is looking to star in Lorne Michael’s comedy, The Obsolescents on NBC.
- Erika Alexander will recur on Black Lightning.
- Kyle Schmid is joining the cast of I-Land on Netflix.
- Aaron Glenane and Fiona Vroom are joining Snowpiercer.
- Sam McCarthy is joining the cast of Dead to Me on Netflix.
- Fabrizio Guido has joined Mr. Iglesias on Netflix.
Mark Your Calendar
- Origin will premiere on YouTube on November 14.
- The Magicians will return on Syfy on January 23.
- She-Ra will debut on Netflix on November 16.
- Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj will debut on Netflix on October 28.
- Daredevil will return on Netflix on October 19.
- Stan Against Evil will return on IFC on October 31.
- Siren will return on Freeform on January 24.
- Medal of Honor will debut on Netflix on November 9.
- Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus will return on Cinemax on November 2. This is the funniest, most underrated show you’re not watching. If you have Cinemax, do yourself a favor and go to On Demand and binge the first season and then come thank me.
- Princess Eugenie’s wedding will air live on TLC on October 12.
- T.I. & Tiny: Friends and Family Hustle will debut on VH1 on October 22.
- Kentucky Ayahuasca will debut on Viceland on November 28.
- Master of Arms will premiere on Discovery on November 2.
- Gun Trucks of Vietnam will debut on Smithsonian on November 11
- The Lost Tapes: The Tet Offensive will debut on Smithsonian on November 18.
- Food Network has released their schedule of holiday series, specials and themed episodes.
R.I.P.
Will Vinton, Creator of Claymation, co-creator of the California Raisins
WATCH THIS
FRIDAY
Big Mouth: The entire second season of the astonishingly filthy and hilarious series about puberty. Netflix
Into the Dark: A new horror anthology series based around … holidays? FOR IT. Series premiere. Hulu
Dancing Queen: Alyssa Edwards teaches young girls to dance. FOR IT. Series premiere. Netflix
Man in the High Castle: Season three is supposed to get very sci-fi. Season premiere. Amazon
Fresh Off the Boat: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar guest star alert. Season premiere. 7 p.m., ABC
Speechless: John Cleese guest star alert. Season premiere. 7:30 p.m., ABC
Child Support: Season premiere. 8 p.m., ABC
Z Nation: Doc and the others finally arrive in Newmerica in the season premiere. 8 p.m., Syfy
Van Helsing: “Vanessa is once again resurrected and must confront her family’s legacy.” Season premiere. 9 p.m., Syfy
SATURDAY
Flight of the Conchords: Live from London: You’re either a “Flight of the Conchords” person or you are not, there is no in between. 9 p.m., HBO
Saturday Night Live: Awakwafina and H-Town’s own Travis Scott. 10:30 p.m., NBC
You Might be the Killer: A horror-comedy about a camp counselor who lost his memory and might be a serial killer. It’s based on a twitter thread between two writers from last summer … read it for yourself, it’s great. 6 p.m., Syfy
Start here:
SUNDAY
Doctor Who: She’s finally here! The premiere will also air on BBC at 7 p.m., but if you want to watch it at the same time it premieres across the pond … 12:45 p.m., BBC America
The Walking Dead: Time jump! Season premiere. 8 p.m., AMC
Dancing with the Stars: Juniors: Ugh, no thanks. It was a small mercy from you people that you didn’t choose this for me to hate-blog, honestly. Series premiere. 7 p.m., ABC
Madam Secretary: Madeleine Albright, Hillary Clinton and Colin Powell guest star alert. Season premiere. 9 p.m., CBS
Shark Tank: Season premiere. 9 p.m., ABC
Star Wars Resistance: Series premiere. 9 p.m., Disney
Get Shorty: Season premiere. 8 p.m., Epix
Late Night: Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (Friday): Mark Ruffalo, Parkland students, Travis Scott, Jaboukie Young-White The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: (Friday): Ellie Kemper, Sam Elliott Watch What Happens Live (Sunday): Dr. Heavenly Kimes, Taye Diggs
| FRI. | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
| ABC | Fresh Off the Boat (new) |
Speechless (new) |
Child Support (new) |
20/20 (new) |
| CBS | MacGyver (new) |
Hawaii Five-0 (new) |
Blue Bloods (new) |
| CW | Masters of Illusion (new) |
Masters of Illusion (repeat) |
Penn & Teller: Fool Us (repeat) |
Local |
| FOX | Last Man Standing (new) |
The Cool Kids (new) |
Hell’s Kitchen (new) |
Local |
| NBC | Manifest (repeat) |
New Amsterdam (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 | College Football (live) |
News/Local |
| CBS | The Neighborhood (repeat) |
The Neighborhood (repeat) |
God Friended Me (repeat) |
48 Hours (repeat) |
News/Local |
| FOX | College Football (live) |
News/Local |
| NBC | Dateline (new) |
Dateline (new) |
Saturday Night Live (repeat) |
News/Local | Saturday Night Live (Awkwafina & Travis Scott) |
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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) |
Dancing with the Stars: Juniors (new) |
Shark Tank (new) |
| CBS | 60 Minutes (new) |
God Friended Me (new) |
NCIS: Los Angeles (new) |
Madam Secretary (new) |
| FOX | The OT (live) |
The Simpsons (new) |
Bob’s Burgers (new) |
Family Guy (new) |
Rel (new) |
Local/News |
| NBC | Sunday Night Football: Cowboys at Texans (live) |
“The very rude elevator screamers are paid professionals …” says the man who hired actors to attend his coming out party.
“Also, look at all of the professionally made identical signs. … These are not signs made in the basement from love! ” Y’mean like all those “hand made” signs you see behind him at his rallies?
But the best news is that Fox&Friends have just realized that cell phones have cameras. I guess they finally traded in their flip phones.