Welcome to Tuesday! Here’s a Burmese Mountain Dog puppy meeting a lemon for the first time, just fucking because.
The Bold and the Beautiful is going back into production, hooray for them! And I hope this means my own story, General Hospital, won’t be far behind! But what, exactly, does a socially distant soap opera look like? Unless you have fast and accurate testing, are you really going to be able to do love scenes?
Oh wait, SNL already thought about this:
Honestly, I didn’t care for this sketch at the time because it seemed so ridiculous BUT LOOK AT US NOW.
Univision has announced that sports and scripted series will also return soon.
Instead of doing in person “For Your Consideration” events ahead of the Emmy nominations, National Geographic is doing a podcast. Because everyone loves podcasts, that’s just science.
I’m not going to say more, except link this article and tell you that if you haven’t watched Years and Years, it’s on HBO Max. Go do it.
Trump: If we stop testing right now, we’d have very few cases, if any pic.twitter.com/ipdOf7Yrgi
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) June 15, 2020
YEP. THAT IS DEFINITELY HOW IT WORKS. COVID MIRACULOUSLY DISAPPEARS IF WE JUST STOPPED TESTING FOR IT.
Star Wars Celebration has been canceled, and will return in 2022.
The protests continue. A protestor was shot in Albuquerque yesterday by a right-wing counter-protestor. And President LAW & ORDER! signed a meaningless executive order in the ultimate display of virtue signaling.
Michael Strahan’s got something to say: namely, that he felt he couldn’t speak up.
Netflix has pledged to give $5 million to Black creators, youth organizations and businesses.
Dragnet is the reason police procedurals are police fantasies. Know your TV history!
A former casting producer on The Bachelor/Bachelorette has some thoughts on the series’ history of white-washing and basically says “too little, too late” in a blistering open letter to the show.
Krista Vernoff is the showrunner of Grey’s Anatomy and Station 19:
When I was 18, I was pulled over for drunk driving. When the Police Officer asked me to blow into the breathalyzer, I pretended to have asthma and insisted I couldn’t blow hard enough to get a reading.
— Krista Vernoff (@KristaVernoff) June 15, 2020
When I was 19, I got angry at a girl for flirting with my sister’s boyfriend and drunkenly attacked her in the middle of a party. I swung a gallon jug of water, full force, at her head. The police were never called.
— Krista Vernoff (@KristaVernoff) June 15, 2020
The cop pulled me aside and said, “You don’t punch people in front of cops,” then laughed and said that if I ever joined the police force he’d like to have me as a partner. I was sent into my apartment and told to stay there.
— Krista Vernoff (@KristaVernoff) June 15, 2020
If I had been shot in the back by police after the shoplifting incident – in which I knowingly and willfully and soberly and in broad daylight RAN FROM THE COPS – would you say I deserved it?
— Krista Vernoff (@KristaVernoff) June 15, 2020
Defunding the police is not about “living in a lawless society.” It’s about the fact that in this country, we’re not supposed to get shot by police for getting drunk.
— Krista Vernoff (@KristaVernoff) June 15, 2020
The system that lets me live and murders Rayshard Brooks is a broken system that must change. Stop defending it. Demand the change. #BlackLivesMatter #WhitePrivilege #DefundPolice
— Krista Vernoff (@KristaVernoff) June 15, 2020
Fox News is still doing this bullshit:
From last night's Hannity.
Chyron: TENSIONS HIGH AFTER ATLANTA POLICE SHOOTING
B-roll: Minneapolis, May 28.
Completely and inexcusably deceptive. pic.twitter.com/xO6dRtbRHy
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) June 16, 2020
Black Women and the Ballot, three short radio plays — one of which will feature Phylicia Rashad — will be on YouTube on June 19.
All Other TV News
Jimmy Kimmel is going to be your host for the Emmys — in the event that they happen. I GUESS WE’LL SEE.
Kaitlyn Bristowe is going to be on the Dancing With the Stars cast this season, after claiming that Bachelor producer Mike Fleiss prevented her from being on it earlier. Mike Fleiss sounds like a real asshole, you guys.
ABC News has landed the first interview with that coward John War Walrus Bolton on his book tour. Ok.
Kit Harington thinks Jon Snow is happy now, though his metaphor about leaving the heaviness that his big cloak represents behind as he goes north of the Wall makes no sense since … he needs a big cloak when north of the Wall. But whatever. He’s doing his best to make lemonade so I’ll give it to him.
This is a good explainer for all the drama going on over at Batwoman, if you’re interested.
This is a good time to remind everyone that Georgia is still trying to implement draconian abortion laws and that maybe while productions are halted, Hollywood could come up with a plan B in the event they have to boycott their backwards asses.
Renewals
- Manifest will be back for season three. NEEDS MORE CGI WOLVES.
- For Life has been renewed at ABC for a second season.
- The Sinner has been renewed for a fourth season at USA. (GOOD. Now, can season three come to Netflix already? I somehow didn’t record all of it, and would like to watch it now please and thank you.)
Cancellations
- Indebted has been canceled after one season at NBC. Bluff City Law and Sunnyside have also officially been canceled.
- The Baker and the Beauty has been canceled at ABC after one season to absolutely no one’s surprise.
In Development
- The novel His & Hers will be turned into a series.
- Reality series Instant Family and The Rev have been ordered by USA.
- James May ‘Oh Cook!’ is in development at Amazon.
- The Ancestor has been bought by HBO Max.
- Middlemost Post has been greenlit at Nickelodeon.
- Devil May Care has been ordered by Syfy’s animation block, TZGZ. They have also greenlit three pilots.
- Tehran, an espionage thriller, is being co-produced by Apple TV+.
- Anthony, a drama based on the racist murder of a man in Liverpool, has been ordered at BBC.
Mark Your Calendars
- Search Party returns on HBO Max on June 25.
- Nobody Knows I’m Here will debut on Netflix on June 24. (Oh hai, Jorge Garcia!)
- SharkFest will begin on National Geographic and Nat Geo WILD on July 12.
- Pit Bulls & Parolees will return on Animal Planet on July 25.
- CMA Best of Fest will air on ABC on July 9.
- The Great American Groom-A-Long will premiere on Animal Planet on June 20.
- Disney Fam Jam will return on Disney Channel on June 21.
WATCH THIS
Let it Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992: Filmmaker John Ridley’s documentary looks at the decade that led up to the Rodney King riots of 1992. Hey, this also came out in 2017. Huh. 7 p.m., ABC
One Day at a Time: “The Politics Episode.” Because every. single. day. in 2020 is “The Politics Episode.” 8:30 p.m., Pop TV5
Frontline: The Virus: What Went Wrong?: A: Donald Trump. 8:30 p.m., PBS
Late Night:
- Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Gwyneth Paltrow, Zachary Quinto, Alec Benjamin
- Late Night with Seth Meyers: Sen. Bernie Sanders, Black Pumas
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Hasan Minhaj, Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
- The Late Late Show with James Corden: Kevin Bacon, Rita Wilson
- Jimmy Kimmel Live: Mark Ruffalo
- The Daily Show: The Daily Social Distancing Show
- Watch What Happens Live: Jimmy Buffett, Debra Messing
| TUES. | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
| ABC | Let it Fall: 1982-1992 | The Genetic Detective (new) |
| CBS | NCIS (repeat) |
FBI (repeat) |
FBI: Most Wanted (repeat) |
| CW | Stargirl (new) |
Marina Franklin: Single Black Female | Local |
| FOX | Hell’s Kitchen (repeat) |
Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back (repeat) |
News/Local |
| NBC | America’s Got Talent (new) |
World of Dance (new) |