George R.R. Martin had a LOT of things to say about the Game of Thrones prequel: 1. There will be Starks and direwolves. 2. Also, White Walkers. 3. But no Lannisters. 4. There are more than seven kingdoms — like 100 kingdoms. 5. It probably won’t be called “The Long Night,” but maybe “The Longest Night”?
Related wig news: Naomi Watts might be wearing a wig in the prequel.
It’s the end of an era: Sarah Paulson will not star in American Horror Story: 1984. Paulson might have a cameo in the season, that has not been ruled out yet, but it feels like a shift for the anthology series in which Paulson has had a significant role for eight seasons. FX has renewed the series through season 10 which should air on FX in 2020, but between Paulson and Evan Peters not being a part of this season, and Ryan Murphy focusing his attention on his Netflix projects, it certainly feels like this could be the beginning of the end. (Frankly, I think last season should have been its last season, but no one asked me.)
Netflix is saying that some 40 million households have watched Stranger Things since it debuted on Thursday — I happen to know that Foolish Headquarters has watched it twice, which makes me wonder how a “household” is counted.
Speaking of Stranger Things, did y’all catch the Queer Eye cameo? Here’s how you can stream and download all those cultural references in the series if you, unlike some of us, weren’t alive in the 80s and actively experiencing them in real time. Actor Noah Schnapp discusses the ambiguity about his character. Also, HUGE SPOILER, here’s how XXXX might still be alive.
WarnerMedia has finally named its streaming service: HBO Max.
Welcome to Love Island, America. (Personally, I have plenty of this nonsense when I’m forced to deal with Bachelor in Paradise every year, so I’ll pass, thanks.)
The contestant on The Bachelorette who only went on the show because he wanted to become famous wants y’all to stop being so mean to him, guys.
The Hulu P.R. team was working overtime over the holiday weekend: there are exactly one bajillion stories about Veronica Mars out there as of yesterday afternoon. Here is Kristin Bell talking about how she’d do Veronica Mars forever: “I told [series creator] Rob Thomas that I will do Veronica Mars until it’s Murder, She Wrote,” is the quote here. Here is a gallery of pics from the upcoming season. And here’s a heads-up on what happened in the novelizations that I was not aware even existed.
We were promised a scene in Big Little Lies in which Reese Witherspoon would hurl an ice cream cone at the back of Meryl Streep’s head. But for some baffling reason, it never made the final cut.
Streep promises it will be in the DVD extras, but I don’t know, we’ve been burned once, Meryl.
Renewals
- The Society has been renewed at Netflix for a second season.
In Development
- Red Notice, a heist film starring Ryan Reynolds, Dwayne Johnson, and Gal Gadot, has been bought by Netflix.
- The Fugitive is being developed by Quibi.
- The writer of Girls Trip, Tracy Oliver, has a new series produced by Amy Poehler in development at Amazon.
- Sitting in Limbo, an immigration drama, is being made for BBC.
- Punchline a current events game show of some sort is returning to Fox stations on July 15.
- Major Crimes, a crime anthology, is in the works.
- The Cuphead Show has been ordered by Netflix.
Casting News
- Marilyn Manson is going to be in The Stand miniseries for CBS All Access.
- Ryan Destiny is headed to grown-ish on Freeform.
- Amy Farrington is joining S.W.A.T. on CBS.
- Juan Antonio and Shawntay Dalon are joining the cast of Good Trouble on Freeform.
- Colin Donnell will return to Chicago Med for Connor Rhodes’ exit.
Mark Your Calendars
- Queer Eye returns on Netflix on July 19. DON’T CRY.
- My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres will premiere on HBO on July 10.
- Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood will return on VH1 on August 5.
- Squidbillies returns on Adult Swim on August 11.
- Adam Ruins Everything will return on TruTV on August 13.
R.I.P.
Ross Perot, Presidential candidate and eccentric billionaire
Eddie Jones, Actor in Lois & Clark, the Dark Shadows reboot, The Equalizer, Judging Amy among many others
Richmond Shepard, Mime
WATCH THIS
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: “Hurricane Camille.” 8 p.m., Bravo
The 90th Annual MLB All Star Game: Sports. 6:30 p.m., Fox
Love Island: Sex sports. Series premiere. 7 p.m., CBS
Bring the Funny: Comedy sports. Series premiere. 9 p.m., NBC
Aziz Ansari: Right Now: I don’t have a sports for this. Premiere. Netflix
Late Night:
- Jimmy Kimmel Live: Donald Glover, Beth Stelling
- Conan: Tig Notaro, Becky Lucas
- Watch What Happens Live: Tinsley Mortimer, Camille Grammer
| TUES. | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
| ABC | The Conners (repeat) |
American Housewife (repeat) |
Modern Family (repeat) |
The Goldbergs (repeat) |
Modern Family (repeat) |
black-ish (repeat) |
| CBS | Love Island (new) |
The Big Bang Theory (repeat) |
Man on the Moon (new) |
| CW | The Flash (repeat) |
The 100 (new) |
Local |
| FOX | MLB All Star Game (live) |
News/Local |
| NBC | America’s Got Talent (new) |
Bring the Funny (new) |
Speaking of GoT, did you see the ruling from Judge John B. Owens, US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit?
The defendant “would like us to read Dabit without considering its clarification in Troice. But we will not render Troice meaningless the way that Game of Thrones rendered the entire Night King storyline meaningless in its final season.”
Yep — my husband, an attorney, sent me that one. Hilarious!
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The Society has been renewed at Netflix for a second season. – This is great news! This show is better than it had any right to be