Happy Boxing Day! I hope you won your boxing match? Received a lot of … boxes? I don’t know how this works.
So, there’s not a whole lot of news out there as the country is still pretty much laying on its living room floor surrounded by torn wrapping paper and empty shirt boxes and waiting for the Game of Thrones marathon to start, but here’s what you’ve missed over the last couple of days: the government is still shut down, the President basically told a seven-year-old that Santa’s not real and Kevin Spacey lost his damn mind. But we’ll get to that in a minute.
In other TV-adjacent news:
Apparently, Dolton Colton, our virginal Bachelor, deleted all of his tweets last week after Reality Steve posted spoilers for the season. HMMM. MYSTERY.
The woman who Patricia Arquette portrays in Escape at Dannemora is not fond of Ben Stiller’s work.
If you are obsessed with Dirty John (like I may or may not be), here are pictures of the real people involved in the story.
That Black Mirror choose-your-own-adventure movie has over five hours of material apparently.
Roseanne Barr is going to address the Israeli parliament next month because these are the times we live in now.
So this is amazing: someone sent in a picture of Mickey Rourke and Axl Rose to a local news station in celebration of “Max and Geraldine Bailey’s” 50th wedding anniversary:
Christina El Moussa of Flip or Flop has married British TV host Ant Anstead which apparently was a surprise to some people who know who Christina El Moussa is.
Ross Inia of Below Deck was arrested for disorderly intoxication and battery.
Look at this asshole:
Sex Monster News
Kevin Spacey is going to be arraigned by the Nantucket District Court for indecent assault and battery. When the news broke, Spacey released this video, delivering a bizarre soliloquy as his House of Cards‘ character, Frank, essentially suggesting that the character never died? And that he (Frank and Kevin) should get away with his crimes? I don’t know — it’s bananas.
But seriously, fuck off you demented narcissist.
The Los Angeles District Attorney’s office has declined to pursue a sexual assault case against Steven Seagal.
Photographer Bruce Weber has been accused of molesting five male models.
And this isn’t #MeToo news, but if you were looking for another reason to be grossed out by Louis C.K., I’ve got one for you.
Renewals
- The Last Kingdom was renewed for a fourth season on Netflix.
Casting News
- Tamberla Perry is joining The Good Fight.
- Robert Gossett is joining the cast of The Enemy Within on NBC.
- Tyler Ross, Derek Smith, Nana Ghana, Monique Kim, and Marissa Cuevas are joining the cast of What/If on Netflix.
Mark Your Calendars
- Doom Patrol will debut on DC Universe on February 15.
- Gotham returns on Fox on January 3.
- Catastrophe will return on Channel 4 on January 8 but it’s unclear when it will return on Amazon.
- High Maintenance will return on HBO on January 20.
- The Last Dance will debut on ESPN in Summer 2020 (wait, did I read that right? that seems … a long way off?) and Netflix in Fall 2020.
- Smiley Face Killers: The Hunt for Justice will air on Oxygen on January 19.
- Moonshiners will debut on Discovery on January 2.
- Homestead Rescue returns on Discovery on January 2.
- In Pursuit with John Walsh will debut on Investigation Discovery on January 16.
- Ruby Herring Mysteries: Silent Witness will debut on the Hallmark Channel on January 27.
- Mystery 101 will debut on the Hallmark Channel on January 27.
R.I.P.
Ethel Ayler, Actress
Audrey Geisel, Producer of The Grinch, and Dr. Seuss’ widow.
WATCH THIS
The Real Housewives of New Jersey: Marathon of this season so far. 5 p.m., Bravo
Game of Thrones marathon: My favorite 8-day-long marathon begins. 11 a.m., HBO2
The Kennedy Center Honors: Cher, Philip Glass, Reba McEntire, Wayne Shorter, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail, Andy Blankenbuehler and Alex Lacamoire are honored. 7 p.m., CBS
Fleabag: Watch this damn series. 10 p.m., IFC
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American Housewife (repeat) |
Modern Family (repeat) |
Single Parents (repeat) |
Modern Family (repeat) |
Single Parents (repeat) |
| CBS | The Kennedy Center Honors (new) |
Bull (repeat) |
| CW | Riverdale (repeat) |
All American (repeat) |
Local |
| FOX | Empire (repeat) |
Star (repeat) |
News/Local |
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Chicago Fire (repeat) |
Chicago P.D. (repeat) |