It’s Friday, y’all.
"Bishop to fuck you, Janice"
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— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) March 2, 2021
All Other TV News
I don’t care about the royal family. I think the whole institution is outdated and stupid and I don’t understand why the British people insist on keeping them around but that’s their business, I guess. All that said, I just set the DVR to record Oprah’s interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry because I do love gossip and messiness.
Exhibit A in which Meghan Markle makes being a royal sound like being a prisoner.
#EXCLUSIVE: In this extended first clip from @Oprah's interview with Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex says what it means to be able to speak for herself.
It comes one year after the couple left England and stepped back from full-time royal life.#OprahMeghanHarry pic.twitter.com/o3AdxpmLrh
— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) March 5, 2021
I totally see why people in the United Kingdom are COMPLETELY LOSING THEIR MINDS over this interview.
And now Markle’s former Suits co-star is coming out and defending her, calling the way the royal family is treating her is “obscene.” Strong words, Patrick Adams!
Oh? Is Fox News going to be the “opposition” to President Biden? How is this news, exactly?
WandaVision keeps on crashing Disney+ because y’all just can’t wait to watch.
PLEASE DO NOT PUT TVS INTO CARS.
Netflix’s new true-crime documentary, Murder Among the Mormons, was the inspiration for a Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode 16 years ago, and one Stephen Colbert starred in it. Another fun fact about Murder Among the Mormons (which will definitely be my true-crime-binge-while-folding-laundry this weekend): it was directed by the same person who directed Napoleon Dynamite.
Be forewarned: this Price is Right clip will physically hurt you.
Michael Che made a joke about Israel not vaccinating its Palestinian residents on Saturday Night Live two weeks ago, and people are still really mad about it (even though there might be some truth to it).
Going Viral
We are still holding pretty steady at about 65,000 new cases of COVID-19 a day and at the still way-too-high rate of about 2,000 deaths a day. But we are now averaging 2 million vaccine doses a day, which is fantastic news. Unfortunately, there are still wide racial disparities in who is receiving the vaccine which we need to fix.
The Senate is closer to passing a $1.9 trillion COVID relief package. LET’S GO.
Governor Gavin Newsom is outlining new requirements to loosening restrictions in California, tied to vaccination rates which is, you know, GOOD.
THIS ISN’T HARD TO UNDERSTAND, GOVERNOR GREG. Friends, I understand that restaurants are having a particularly hard time of it right now, but even though restrictions are about to be thrown out the window, please carefully consider eating somewhere that does not require masks and has returned to 100% capacity.
Jimmy Kimmel Live: Coronaversary Show will air on March 11 on ABC, commemorating Tom and Rita Day.
Paramount is moving up the premiere date for A Quiet Place Part II, from September to May, suggesting that they are optimistic we will be emerging from this pandemic by then.
The Bachelor/Bachelorette is not the only production that has taken over a hotel for filming.
Universal Studios Hollywood is inching towards reopening.
Terrible human being finds new way to be terrible.
Erica Faye Watson, a Chicago comedian and radio personality, has died from COVID-19 complications.
Renewals
- Dear… has been renewed for a second season at Apple TV+.
Cancellations
- Pose‘s upcoming third season (see below) will be its last.
In Development
- Teddy and the Guardians of the Night is being developed at Netflix.
- Hellsing is being turned into a film at Amazon.
- The German Girl is being adapted for television.
- Detransition, Baby is being adapted for television.
- David Beckham is talking to Disney+ about doing a show in which he mentors a youth soccer team.
- Dakota and Elle Fanning have created their own production company and have signed a deal with Civic Center Media in affiliation with MRC Television.
Casting News
- Here’s some good casting: Edie Falco is your new Hilary Clinton in Impeachment: American Crime Story on FX.
- Jeanne Tripplehorn is joining the cast of The Terminal List on Amazon.
- Saycon Sengbloh has been cast in The Wonder Years reboot at ABC.
- Katy Sullivan is joining the cast of the Dexter revival on Showtime.
- Sarah Niles will be joining Ted Lasso on Apple TV+.
- Chelsea Harris is joining the cast of Snowpiercer on TNT.
- Elsa Pataky and Luke Bracey will star in Interceptor on Netflix.
- Mika Abdalla and Jake Short are going to star in Sex Appeal on Hulu.
- Eoin Macken, Jack Martin, Jon Seda, and Lily Santiago are joining NBC’s pilot La Brea.
- Dallas Roberts, Clea Lewis, and Nicole Chanel Williams are joining American Rust on Showtime.
- Jeff Schine is joining the cast of Long Slow Exhale on Spectrum.
- Andrea Martin, Robert Ri’chard, Juani Feliz, Kate Rockwell, and Sullivan Jones are joining Harlem on Amazon.
- Timothy Spall will co-star in Magpie Murders on PBS and BritBox.
Mark Your Calendar
- Made for Love will debut on HBO Max in April.
- United States of Al will premiere on CBS on April 1.
- The Woman in the Window will debut on Netflix on May 14.
- America’s Most Wanted debuts on Fox on March 15.
- Creepshow returns on Shudder on April 1.
- Prank Encounters returns on Netflix on April 1.
- Nate Bargatze: The Greatest Average American will premiere on Netflix on March 18.
- Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula will debut on Shudder on April 1.
- The Pole will premiere on Syfy on March 17.
- Worn Stories will debut on Netflix on April 1.
- Helpsters will premiere on Apple TV+ today.
- Doug Unplugs will premiere on Apple TV+ on April 2.
- The Banishing will premiere on Shudder on April 15.
- Ghostwriter returns on Apple TV+ on April 1.
- In Search of Darkness: Part II premieres on Shudder on April 26.
- Formula 1: Drive to Survive returns on Netflix on March 19.
- Pose returns on FX on May 1.
- It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown will premiere on Apple TV+ on March 26.
- Fatherhood will premiere on Netflix on June 18.
- Super Soul returns on Discovery+ on March 6.
- Gold Rush: Dave Turin’s Lost Mine returns on Discovery+ on March 19.
- The Summoner will debut on Syfy on March 17.
- The Power will debut on Shudder on April 8.
- The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs will return on Shudder on April 16.
- 2021 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards will premiere on Shudder on April 18.
- Boys from County Hell will premiere on Shudder on April 22.
- Deadhouse Dark will premiere on Shudder on April 29.
R.I.P.
Lance Waldroup, Bootlegger featured on the Discovery series Moonshiners
Roger Englander, Emmy-winning director and producer
Joan Weldon, Stage and film actress
Josh Humiston, Music agent and partner at Agency for the Performing Arts (APA)
WATCH THIS
FRIDAY
WandaVision: Season? Series? finale. Disney+
Wynonna Earp: Waverly and Nicole celebrate their engagement in the first of the final six episodes. Winter premiere. 9 p.m., Syfy
Raya and the Last Dragon: The last living dragon is sought by a lone warrior, to help her protect humanity from a dangerous threat in this new Disney film. Premiere — though at an extra cost. It will be available to all Disney+ subscribers without an additional fee in June. Disney+
SATURDAY
Rocky marathon: YO! 7 p.m., HBO
A Face in the Crowd: Andy Griffith plays a megalomaniacal TV personality who rides his folksy persona to the highest levers of power in this prescient 1957 film. 4:45 p.m., TCM
SUNDAY
Oprah With Meghan and Harry: Oprah sits down with Meghan and Harry in their first televised interview since their engagement and I can’t wait. 7 p.m., CBS
Good Girls: The pressure is on the ladies in the fourth season premiere. 9 p.m., NBC
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?: Thomas Middleditch joins the hot seat in the season premiere. 9 p.m., ABC
The 26th Annual Critics Choice Awards: Taye Diggs hosts the awards ceremony no one cares about. 6 p.m., The CW
Married to Medicine: The ladies are back in a world changed by COVID and the social justice movements of the past summer. Premiere. 8 p.m., Bravo
Late Night:
- Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (Friday): Queen Latifah, Paris Hilton, The Network
- Watch What Happens Live (Sunday): Kenya Moore, Dr. Jackie
FRI. | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
ABC | Shark Tank (new) |
20/20 |
CBS | MacGyver (new) |
Magnum P.I. (new) |
Blue Bloods (new) |
CW | Whose Line Is It Anyway? (repeat) |
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (repeat) |
Penn & Teller: Fool Us (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) |
Bull (repeat) |
48 Hours | News/Local |
FOX | 9-1-1 (repeat) |
Name That Tune (repeat) |
News/Local |
NBC | The Voice (repeat) |
Debris (repeat) |
Saturday Night Live (repeat) |
News/ Local |
Saturday Night Live (XXX) |
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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) |
The Rookie (new) |
CBS | 60 Minutes | Oprah with Meghan and Harry: A Primetime Special (new) |
The Neighborhood (repeat) |
The CW | Critics Choice Awards | Local |
FOX | Cherries Wild (new) |
Bless the Harts (repeat) |
The Simp-sons (new) |
The Great North (new) |
Bob’s Burgers (new) |
Family Guy (new) |
Local/News |
NBC | The Voice (repeat) |
Ellen’s Game of Games (new) |
Good Girls (new) |