Going Viral
The heroes of Watchmen remind you to wash your damn hands and I remind you that I never finished recapping Watchmen (I gotta get on that …):
Who Washes The Washmen? pic.twitter.com/MfRXDGOix4
— Watchmen (@watchmen) March 27, 2020
NBC is using New Amsterdam‘s former spot to NBC News Special Report: Coronavirus Pandemic, a weekly news show covering this story.
On The Today Show, Hoda Kotb broke down in tears after her interview with Drew Brees about his $5 million donation to Lousiana. We are all Hoda:
Meanwhile, NBC’s streaming service, Peacock, was scheduled to launch beyond Comcast customers during the Olympics. They are going ahead with their launch date without the big promotional Olympics boost.
Melissa Gorga is ON IT, you guys.
The announcement of the Emmy nominations has been pushed back two weeks to July 28. At this time, the Emmys are still scheduled to take place on September 20, but we’ll see.
Grey’s Anatomy‘s season is going to end early, after 21 of 25 scheduled episodes.
Filming of The Great British Bake Off has been delayed.
ESPN is running Disney sports films on Fridays to fill the lack of actual sporting events.
Killing Eve‘s premiere has been bumped up two weeks thanks to all this chaos. See below for the trailer.
ABC is having to shift their American Idol schedule because they can’t go forward with live shows for the foreseeable future.
Boris Johnson has tested positive. (Good.) (I did not say that.)
And Evangeline Lilly’s press team have given her a stern talking to, and she’s sorry for not taking Covid-19 more seriously, you guys.
An adaptation of Macbeth is on hiatus. Meanwhile, Never Rarely Sometimes Always is the most recent movie to be released online early. You can check out the rest of the movies here.
Oh no — China has closed their movie theaters again, worried that a second wave is about to hit …
The cast of Big Mouth is doing a live table read tonight to raise money for Feeding America.
Fanatics, a company that makes MLB uniforms, has halted production of uniforms and instead is making masks and gowns for medical professionals.
Project Runway‘s Michael Costello is also converting his factory to make masks.
Schitt’s Creek‘s Emily Hampshire is going to host a weekly YouTube talk show to raise money for The Actor’s Fund.
Kim Kardashian’s shapewear company is donating $1 million to coronavirus relief efforts.
holy shit this @JoeBiden ad is good. pic.twitter.com/CAgIrt2Zua
— Florida Chris (@chrislongview) March 26, 2020
One day, when this God awful disease is in our rearview mirrors, we will look back and try to dissect what, exactly, went wrong. And while I largely blame the magical thinking dingus in the Oval Office who believes that all bad news is a Democratic plot against him for not acting sooner in a number of ways, including testing our population to isolate flare-ups before they burned out of control, I also blame the entire right-wing for their anti-government sentiment. Because they inherently distrust a strong nationalized response in a situation like this, states and cities are being left to fend for themselves. As a result, states are competing against each other as well as foreign governments for much-needed supplies. Had the federal government stepped up and coordinated efforts, and served as a unified force in procuring materials, we wouldn’t have the mayors of cities like my own facing 1000% markups on life-saving PPE.
BUT THEN YOU ADD TO THAT, the fact that President Malignant Tumor decided that the order he placed for ventilators (two months too late) was going to cost too much and that we didn’t really need that many anyway …
Cuomo says his state needs 30,000 ventilators. Trump doesn't believe him.
"I don't believe you need 40,000 or 30,000 ventilators. You go into major hospitals sometimes and they'll have two ventilators. And now … they're saying, 'Can we order 30,000?'"https://t.co/cVzh9e2wzY
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 27, 2020
ME:
I mean, even this Fox News doctor is calling out this bullshit, (and being dragged by President Dear Leader’s cult followers in the replies):
Regardless of what anyone says, ventilators are low in supply and we need as many as we can possibly get while we continue to #SlowTheSpread.
— Nicole Saphier, MD (@NBSaphierMD) March 27, 2020
But it’s fine, you guys. Teenagers are dying because they don’t have insurance, Mexicans are protesting on our borders to keep us out of their country and we only lead the world in the number of cases. EVERYTHING IS FINE.
FINALLY, AN IMPORTANT PSA: Please do not build your own bagpipes unless your plan to escape this apocalypse is to have the people you are isolating with kill you with their bare hands.
All Other TV
While Kate McKinnon is producing her own Tiger King-related limited series, this person cast an imaginary Tiger King movie, and aside from the director (who I’d replace with Danny McBride), it’s pretty great.
Also, a look back at when John Oliver introduced most of us to Joe Exotic, back in 2016 when he ran for President. (I also knew about Joe Exotic from a couple years later when my cousin fleeing with his family from Hurricane Harvey, made a stop at the zoo in Oklahoma and met the man himself. He says he is EXACTLY as he is portrayed in the documentary and a complete loon.)
Hold up, John Waters was on Law & Order: SVU last night AND I MISSED IT? Guh.
Bob and Doug MacKenzie have been immortalized in Edmonton, Canda.
Happy Anniversary, Victorious and Ariana Grande’s career!
Because you need this right now:
Alex Trebek singing Lizzo is actually exactly what we needed today pic.twitter.com/DdkbxcBegt
— Rebecca Rubin (@rebeccaarubin) March 26, 2020
Renewals
- Castlevania has been renewed for a fourth season on Netflix.
In Development
- Drake is producing 48 Laws of Power for Quibi.
- Rebuilding Notre Dame: Inside The Great Cathedral Rescue is being co-produced by BBC and PBS.
Casting News
- Kristen Bell will host #KidsTogether: The Nickelodeon Town Hall.
Mark Your Calendar
- Killing Eve has been moved up to April 12 on BBC America.
- Chrissy’s Court will debut on Quibi in April.
- The CW has moved some more dates: In the Dark returns on April 16 and Stargirl will debut on May 19.
- Will & Grace will air its second series finale on NBC on April 23.
- Crank Yankers will return on Comedy Central on April 1.
- The Real Housewives of Potomac will return on Bravo on May 3.
- Growing Up Hip Hop will return on VH1 on April 23.
- I Promise and Memory Hole are both premiering on Quibi on April 6.
- Forbidden History will return on Science Channel on April 5.
WATCH THIS
FRIDAY
Ozark: The complete third season. Netflix
Making the Cut: Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn have started their own Project Runway rip-off fashion competition. Series premiere. Amazon
Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts: Trixie Mattel is one of my favorite Drag Race stars. In this documentary, she seems to let her guard down a bit. Netflix
Steven Universe: Series finale. I’m pretty sure I’m suffering from some strong Mandela Effect on this one, but I could have sworn this already had its series finale. And yet, here we are. 6:45 p.m., Cartoon Network
SATURDAY
The Kitchen: Melissa McCarthy, Elisabeth Moss and Tiffany Haddish star in this drama (?) about three women who become criminals when their mobbed-up husbands are arrested by the FBI. It has a 24% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, just be aware. 7 p.m., HBO
Haunted Hospitals: NOT NOW, TRAVEL CHANNEL. 9 p.m., Travel Channel
A Rocky marathon: Look. You’re stuck inside all day, might as well give in. 2 p.m., AMC
A Harry Potter marathon: And if you have kids … 9:30 a.m., USA
SUNDAY
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj: Season premiere. Netflix
Call the Midwife: A diphtheria outbreak in the season premiere, which just feels … TOO SOON. 7 p.m., PBS
Our Cartoon President: I wish it were the season finale of this Presidency instead of just this show. 7:30 p.m., Showtime
The Walking Dead: The episode is entitled “Look at the Flowers.” So that can’t be good. 8 p.m., AMC
| FRI. | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
| ABC | Shark Tank (repeat) |
20/20 |
| CBS | MacGyver (new) |
Hawaii Five-0 (new) |
Blue Bloods (repeat) |
| CW | Charmed (new) |
Dynasty (new) |
Local |
| FOX | Friday Night Smackdown (new) |
Local |
| NBC | The Blacklist (new) |
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 | Shark Tank (repeat) |
American Idol (repeat) |
News/Local |
| CBS | NCIS: Los Angeles (repeat) |
SEAL Team (repeat) |
48 Hours | News/Local |
| FOX | LEGO Masters (repeat) |
9-1-1 (repeat) |
News/Local |
| NBC | Trolls | News/ Local |
Saturday Night Live (repeat) |
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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) |
American Idol (new) |
| CBS | 60 Minutes (new) |
God Friended Me (new) |
NCIS: Los Angeles (new) |
NCIS: New Orleans (new) |
| The CW | Local | Batwoman (new) |
Supergirl (new) |
Local |
| FOX | The Simp-sons (repeat) |
Out-matched (repeat) |
The Simp-sons (repeat) |
Duncan-ville (repeat) |
Bob’s Burgers (repeat) |
Family Guy (repeat) |
Local/News |
| NBC | Little Big Shots (repeat) |
The Wall (repeat) |
Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist (new) |
Good Girls (new) |