Howdy friends. It’s Friday, and I have been laughing — perhaps irrationally — about this video for hours now:
RIGHT? Right.
Community is reuniting for a table read of “Cooperative Polygraphy” on the Community YouTube page at 4/5 p.m. and yes, Donald Glover will be there. If you’re interested you can submit questions ahead of time on social media by using the hashtag #AskCommunity or tagging @CommunityTV.
Tina Fey, Michael Che, Will Smith, Will Ferrell, Wanda Sykes, Stephen Colbert and Colin Quinn are joining the comedians on Feeding America Comedy Festival airing on NBC this Sunday.
Bravery and Hope: 7 Days on the Front Line, a special about the front lines of a New York hospital, will air on CBS on May 15.
AFV@Home, an America’s Funniest Home Videos special will air on May 17.
The CW will be airing Penn & Teller: Try This at Home on May 18, a quarantine-special episode filmed in the homes of Penn & Teller and their magician friends around the world.
What Happens at Home, a reality series that follows Christina Milian’s life under lockdown, is coming to Facebook Watch.
How I Met Your Mother‘s Colbie Smulders offered a quarantine-themed version of “Let’s Go to the Mall” because she loves you:
New Amsterdam‘s season finale was supposed to take place in the Dominican Republic after a hurricane, but who knows if it will ever happen now.
Apparently, the shutdown might be good for the upcoming Walking Dead movies? Sure.
Oh look, now one of Vice President Marshmallow’s aides has tested positive.
And be on guard: President Unfamiliar with the Truth and the right are already trying to plant seeds of doubt about the official death counts.
Bored in quarantine, Sarah Michelle Gellar decided to show off the fact that she is the same size she was back when she filmed Buffy:
Cord-cutting is being sped up thanks to the Rona.
Shanghai Disney’s opening day tickets sold out in hours. Disney Springs, an outdoor shopping, dining, and entertainment complex at Disney World is opening back up in a limited way on May 20. Disneyland has pushed back all reservations to July.
The New York Film Festival is still planning on being held in September but is also making contingency plans to go virtual if need be.
Wonder what flying is like right now? NOT FUN.
Unemployment is at nearly 15%, a level not seen since the Great Depression.
Good News:
Guy Fieri — who is an easy punchline — has raised over $20 million for out of work food workers and you know, bless him.
Andy Serkis is reading The Hobbit on YouTube today to raise money for relief efforts.
Netflix and creators have raised $1 million for food workers as part of their announcement that they are taking their Emmy campaigning digital and won’t be holding events where they might have otherwise been serving food.
All Other TV News
Last night, the “Restaurant Wars” episode of Top Chef Masters aired, and this writer was one of the diners who was lucky enough to participate.
A Too Hot to Handle couple got engaged over Zoom so that is definitely going to last forever.
Kaitlyn Bristowe, who was the Bachelorette in 2015, has opened up on her YouTube channel about her struggle with an addiction to Valium. (This happened before she joined The Bachelor.) In happier news, she’s apparently living with that very nice boy, Jason Tartick from Becca’s season of The Bachelorette, because true story: once you’ve appeared on one of these shows, you are no longer allowed to date anyone from the outside world.
Vanity Fair has made a Mother’s Day shopping guide based on TV’s most interesting mothers and because it is Vanity Fair, everything costs $5,000.
Get well soon, Brian May’s ass.
Renewals
- Upload has been renewed for a second season on Amazon.
In Development
- They’re making a National Treasure series over at Disney+, y’all.
- CBS has ordered The Equalizer starring Queen Latifah; Clarice, the Silence of the Lambs spinoff; and B Positive, a Chuck Lorre comedy.
- The bizarre story of Jan Broberg and her multiple kidnappings as told in the Netflix documentary Abducted in Plain Sight is being turned into a limited series by the creator of The Act.
- Six Years is being turned into a series at Netflix.chr
- All Adults Here is being developed into a series.
- The First Team is in the works at BBC from the creators of The Inbetweeners.
- Rolin Jones, Gina Mingacci, and Ray McKinnon have set a deal with AMC.
- Crunchyroll Anime has signed a deal with HBO Max.
Casting News
- We have our cast for RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars, season five.
- Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani, OneRepublic, Ellie Goulding, Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers, Sam Smith, James Taylor, Meghan Trainor, and Adrienne Warren will perform and Jim Gaffigan, Tony Hale, Ray Romano, and Lilly Singh also will be featured, and Bryan Cranston, Mario Lopez, Milo Ventimiglia, and Noah Jupe will make appearances on “Red Nose Day” on NBC.
- Jonathan Banks is joining the cast of F is for Family on Netflix.
Mark Your Calendar
- The Old Guard, starring Charlize Theron as an immortal warrior, will premiere on Netflix on July 10, and I am here for it:
They’ve been amongst us all along, living in the shadows. pic.twitter.com/V5XIgs6zLo
— The Old Guard (@oldguardmovie) May 7, 2020
- Taylor Swift City Of Lover Concert will air on ABC on May 17, immediately following the American Idol finale.
- The Wonderful World of Disney: Thor: The Dark World will air on ABC on May 27.
- The Wonderful World of Disney: Up will air on ABC on June 3.
- The Wonderful World of Disney: Big Hero 6 will air on ABC on June 10.
- Scandal will begin streaming on Hulu on May 20.
- I May Destroy You will premiere on HBO on June 7.
- Boyz in the Wood will debut on Amazon on August 7.
- Yvonne Orji: Momma, I Made It! will premiere on HBO on June 6.
- Renovation Island will debut on HGTV on June 7.
- Agatha Christie’s Partners in Crime will return on Ovation on June 13.
- Victory in Europe: 75th Anniversary will air on Smithsonian Channel tonight.
WATCH THIS
FRIDAY
Dead to Me: Season two of the darkly funny, sweetly sad little dramedy. Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini can do now wrong. Netflix
The Eddy: This new series from the director of La La Land follows a jazz club owner in Paris. Series premiere. Netflix
Solar Opposites: The creators of Rick & Morty are behind this new alien animated series. Series premiere. Hulu
MacGyver: The Codex is about to detonate a weapon of mass destruction, y’all. Season finale. 7 p.m., CBS
Magnum P.I.: Magnum races to keep Higgins in the country in the two-hour season finale. 8 p.m., CBS
Dynasty: Fallon has a surprise bachelorette party. Sure this will go well. Season finale. 8 p.m., The CW
SATURDAY
Downton Abbey: It’s the movie! 7 p.m., HBO
Beetlejuice & Halloween: Why not celebrate Halloween in May? 7 p.m., IFC
Repo Man: Plate. Shrimp. Plate of shrimp. 8 p.m., IndiePlex
SUNDAY
The Disney Family Singalong: Volume II: Donald Glover, Billy Eichner, Shakira, and Idina Menzel lead the singalong. 6 p.m., ABC
Feeding America: Comedy Festival: Eddie Murphy and Adam Sandler are just a couple of the comedians headlining this fundraiser. 6 p.m., NBC
I Know This Much is True: Mark Ruffalo stars as both twins in this new drama. Limited series premiere. 8 p.m., HBO
Call Your Mother: This documentary explores the relationships between famous comedians and their mothers, including Louis Anderson, David Spade, and Awkwafina. 9 p.m., Comedy Central
The Rookie: Season finale. 9 p.m., ABC
Late Night:
- Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (Friday): Mark Ruffalo, Guy Raz, Miranda Lambert
- Watch What Happens Live (Sunday): Sheree Whitfield, Michael Rapaport
| FRI. | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
| ABC | Shark Tank (repeat) |
20/20 |
| CBS | MacGyver (new) |
Magnum P.I. (new) |
Magnum P.I. (new) |
| CW | Masters of Illusion (new) |
Dynasty (new) |
Local |
| FOX | Friday Night Smackdown | Local |
| NBC | The Blacklist (new) |
Dateline |
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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: New Orleans (repeat) |
S.W.A.T. (repeat) |
48 Hours | News/Local |
| FOX | WWE’s Greatest Ladder Matches (new) |
News/Local |
| NBC | Dateline | Saturday Night Live (repeat) |
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 | Disney Family Singalong: Volume II (new) |
American Idol (new) |
The Rookie (new) |
| CBS | 60 Minutes | Forrest Gump |
| The CW | Local | Batwoman (new) |
Supergirl (new) |
Local |
| FOX | The Simp-sons (repeat) |
Bob’s Burgers (repeat) |
The Simp-sons (new) |
Duncan-ville (new) |
Bob’s Burgers (new) |
Family Guy (new) |
Local/News |
| NBC | Feeding America: Comedy Festival (new) |
Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist (repeat) |
Good Girls (repeat) |