In today’s Game of Thrones news:
Benioff and Weiss are going to be drunk and far from the internet on May 19.
Here are Game of Thrones bingo cards you can print out for the final season, and they’re pretty great. “Tyrion makes a joke,” “Jaime looks conflicted,” “Someone says ‘cunt’,” “Book readers get mad.”
The season 8 scripts would disappear like a Faceless Man’s face.
My money is on Helen Mirren. Hey, at least they’re not putting their money on Bran like every other idiot who has never watched the show seems to be doing.
How would you die on Game of Thrones? Me? I get my eyes popped out by The Mountain, apparently. But hey, on the upside, I’m the sexy Viper.
BRAGGING ALERT: I got 7/7 on this quiz. But then it’s my job to write about this show, so.
Sansa and Arya ain’t playing around this season. Just ask Littlefinger.
The actor who plays perhaps the last new character (or at least new important-ish character) speaks.
Patton Oswalt has some ideas about what should come after Game of Thrones:
American Horror Story has released its theme and title and it has nothing to do with Area 51. It does go back in time though. American Horror Story: 1984 will debut this fall:
The Emmys will no longer allow American Horror Story, The Sinner, and American Vandal to compete in the Limited Series category because they contain recurring characters and storylines. Fair.
Did you watch the premiere of Fosse/Verdon last night? (Confession: I have not watched it yet, I am been gorging on this Game of Thrones marathon like an idiot.) Here is a great piece about their marriage and their performances, if you are interested in learning more.
HMMM … Will the new Walking Dead spinoff be about Judith? Mayhaps!
In the most interesting development in the escalating war between Netflix and theater owners, Netflix is about to buy the historic Grauman’s Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles. It should be noted it’s being described as more of a “partnership” than an outright purchase, in which Netflix would have use of it on the weekends, and American Cinematheque would continue to use it for screenings and presentations during the week.
We have a new one-day winnings record on Jeopardy. SCRAM, KEN JENNINGS. (Just kidding, Ken Jennings is delightful.)
Oh no, Logo isn’t going to broadcast Eurovision Song Contest this year. WHERE WILL WE GET OUR EUROVISION SONG CONTEST?
Well, this is interesting: the DIY channel is going to be rebranded “Magnolia” and basically become the Chip and Joanna Gaines network.
Pluto TV — a free TV streaming service — is adding two new drama channels. Pluto Drama, which will air some British series, including Doctor Who; and Pluto Retro TV which will feature shows from the 70s, 80s, and 90s like 21 Jump Street.
Things are getting worse for Lori Loughlin.
As for Felicity Huffman, Netflix is pushing back her film Otherhood, but moving forward with When They See Us, the Central Park Five film they’ve been heavily promoting.
How have I never seen this before?
Renewals
- Future Man has been renewed for a third and final season at Hulu.
- Ready to Love and Love & Marriage: Huntsville have been renewed at OWN.
In Development
- Prince Harry and Oprah are working on a series about mental health for AppleTV+.
- Ryan Murphy is turning the Broadway musical The Prom into a movie for Netflix.
- A Hawkeye series is coming to Disney+.
- High Fidelty is moving from Hulu to Disney+ — which is a bold choice for Disney+.
- Rob Riggle: Global Investigator has been ordered by Discovery.
- Monsters at Work is coming to Disney+. Billy Crystal and John Goodman will provide voices.
- The Whole Truth, a series hosted by The View’s Sunny Hostin, has been ordered at Investigation Discovery.
- Stockholm, originally an Israeli series, is being adapted for the US.
- River of No Return is coming to Discovery.
- Uncharted has been ordered by Discovery and Science.
- Auntie Claus and Julie and the Phantoms have been ordered by Netflix as part of their overall deal with Kenny Ortega.
- Jonathan I. Kidd and Sonya Winton-Odamtten have signed a deal with HBO.
Casting News
- Sara Gilbert is leaving The Talk at the end of the season.
- Emma Corrin is your new Princess Di.
- Richard E. Grant and Sally Field are joining Dispatches from Elsewhere on AMC.
- Marla Maples will appear in The Righteous Gemstones on HBO.
- Camilla Mendes will star in Windfall on Netflix.
- Julia Pace Mitchell and Angell Conwell will return to The Young and the Restless for the Kristoff St. John tribute episode.
Mark Your Calendars
- Chambers will debut on Netflix on April 26 and it looks terrifying, y’all.
- Lucifer debuts on Netflix on May 8, and they are going ALL IN on the sexy Satan angle:
- Our Cartoon President returns on Showtime on May 12.
- The Weekly, a series about The New York Times following a particular story each week, will debut on FX on June 2 and on Hulu June 3.
R.I.P.
Alexia Valiente, ABC News producer
Charles Van Doren, Contestant in the center of the Quiz Show scandal
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You vs. Wild: Bear Grylls does the choose-your-own-adventure thing in this new series. Netflix
The Silence: Monsters attack people if they make noise in this movie that is not, somehow, A Quiet Place. Netflix
Schitt’s Creek: Season finale. 9 p.m., Pop
Game of Thrones marathon: Season three. 12 p.m., HBO2
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