Richard Linklater, good Texan, made this commercial about Ted Cruz, bad Texan. And I am HERE FOR IT. No one likes you, Ted. Your dad and your wife are embarrassed by your lack of conviction and wussitude, Ted. Even your daughter doesn’t want your melted face near her, Ted. You’re not even a real Texan, Ted, much less as tough as one.
You hear that, Ted?
Y’all, please please please please turn out to vote for Beto O’Rourke next month. I just can’t look at Ted Cruz’s gross face for 6 more years.
Daario is probably not coming back to Game of Thrones, but Michiel Huisman will neither confirm nor deny. What must their confidentiality agreements look like for this show?
This is fun: The new Creepshow that is coming to Shudder will feature stories written by Stephen King and Joe Hill.
There is no amount of money you could pay me to make me go into a virtual reality Red Room. Nope nope hell to the nopes.
OK, but what if The Fly was a sitcom?
Stranger Things candy. WANT.
Time’s Up
Busy Philips has accused of James Franco of assaulting her on the set of Freaks and Geeks, and calls him a “fucking bully.” Sounds about right.
What is going on over at CBS, guys? I don’t even think I heard about these allegations against Criminal Minds‘ director of photography Greg St. Johns.
Georgia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania and a mystery state have had their licenses pulled by the Miss America pageant for revolting against Gretchen Carlson. Damn. Carlson isn’t playing with y’all.
In your “No Shit, Sherlock” study of the day, girls want more female superheroes.
I never want to talk about Brett Kavanaugh again, but let me assure you, Don, those protestors were all 100% real. More real than your hair, more real than your marriage, more real than your “self-made” “fortune.”
Today is the last day to register to vote in Texas and many other states. Please please please, if you are not registered, listen to your girl, Taylor Swift, and do so today (and remember, Texans, you have to mail that in or deliver it to an appropriate location) and if you are registered, double check one last time to make sure you haven’t been purged. I AM BEGGING ALL OF YOU TO LET DONNIE GRABHANDS KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF HIM IN NOVEMBER.
Renewals
- Mr. Inbetween has been renewed at FX.
- It’s not a renewal, but CW has ordered more scripts of All American, Charmed and Legacies ahead of their premieres.
Cancellations
In Development
- Raised by Wolves, a sci-fi drama from Ridley Scott, is being developed at TNT.
- Woman Scouts, a comedy from Seth Meyer’s production company, is in development at NBC.
- Woman Up, a comedy, is in development at ABC.
- The Laundromat, a Panama Papers drama by Steven Soderbergh, has been purchased by Netflix.
- The Dresden Files is being developed at Fox.
- Nick Cannon is developing a weekly late night show for Fox.
- Deep Planet is being developed for Science and Discovery.
- Logic and Joseph Gordon Levitt are creating a show for YouTube.
- Risky Biz is coming to Facebook Watch.
- [De]constructed, WIREDMasterminds and BBC’s Click are all coming to Wired’s streaming service.
- Seven in Heaven is coming to Netflix.
- George Clooney’s production company signed a first look deal with Paramount.
Casting News
- Cameron Monaghan is also leaving Shameless.
- Patricia Heaton will star in Carol’s Second Act on CBS.
- Jessica Biel is going to star in Limetown on Facebook TV.
- James Corden, Drew Barrymore, RuPaul Charles and Faith Hill will be the judges on CBS’s talent competition, The World’s Best.
- Michael Peña is your new Mr. Roarke.
- Malcolm McDowell is your new Roger Ailes.
- Rafi Gavron is joining the cast of Godfather of Harlem.
- Kimberley Crossman is joining the cast of Sue Sue in the City on ABC.
- Katherine LaNasa is joining the cast of Are You Sleeping on Apple.
- Caitlin Mehner and Tembi Locke will recur on Proven Innocent on Fox.
- Robert Finster and Ella Rumpf have been cast in Freud for Netflix.
Mark Your Calendars
- Making a Murderer returns on Netflix on October 19
- Dirty John will debut on Bravo on November 25.
- House of Cards returns on Netflix on November 2.
- The Little Drummer Girl will premiere on AMC on November 19.
- Enemies: The President, Justice and The FBI will air on Showtime on November 18.
- Jimmy Kimmel will be taping his show in Brooklyn next week.
- What We Do in the Shadows will be coming to FX in the spring.
- This Week at the Comedy Cellar will debut on Comedy Central on October 26.
- The Wild Andes will debut on Smithsonian on November 7.
- Finesse Mitchell: The Spirit Told Me to Tell You will stream on Netflix beginning October 19.
R.I.P.
Celeste Yarnell, Actress known for her work on Star Trek
Arnold Kopelson, Producer
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2018 American Music Awards: Tracy Ellis Ross hosts. ~shrug~ 7 p.m., ABC
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