Are you ready for ‘Shadow and Bone,’ your next big fantasy binge?

by Therese Odell, posted in Uncategorized

It’s a Friday and I’m not crying, you’re crying, you big stupid sap.

One of my family’s dear friends has retired from working with the Houston Zoo’s great apes, specifically the orangutans, and has moved to the East Coast. However, she comes back to town a couple of times a year and pays a visit to her ape friends, and based on the beautiful Facebook photos she posted this week, they not only recognize and remember her, but they are also genuinely happy to see her. It’s just the sweetest.

All Other TV News

Netflix is hoping Shadow and Bone will be their next big epic fantasy hit, but it, like Game of Thrones, is its own complicated universe that can seem a little daunting to enter. Here’s a little primer Vanity Fair’s Joanna Robinson wrote up for what you can expect from the series based on the popular novels.

The Flight Attendant has had a showrunner shakeup, which is a shame as the first season was a perfect little romp.

ABC managed to sell all of its commercial spots for the Oscars, which seems optimistic.

An update on the series based on Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite: it will not be a remake of the film, but set in the movie’s universe.

Being the Ricardos dropped plans to film at the Chateau Marmont because the hotel has been accused of being just awful to its employees, with allegations of racial and sexual abuse and leaving their employees without adequate health care during the pandemic.

I May Destroy You and Unorthodox were the big TV winners at the Spirit Awards last night.

ATX has announced their first titles that will attend the festival, including Ziwe on Showtime, and Amazon’s Small Axe. Also on hand, the upcoming Fox series, HouseBroken, and a reunion of MTV’s Faking It. Additionally, they will have an Oz retrospective, and they will honor Michael J. Fox. You can buy passes and find out more information here.

Alright nerds: we’re going to start getting a bunch of filming updates for House of Dragon and I’m going to be posting them. Sorry not sorry. First up: looks like House Velaryon will be involved in the new series.

I mean on the scale of not being accused of being a murderer by the President of the United States to being accused of a murderer by the President of the United States, I’m thinking not being accused of being a murderer by the President of the United States makes one’s job easier.

NO ONE WANTS THIS, CAITLYN. NO MORE CELEBRITY POLITICIANS. 

Going Viral

What a difference a year and an election make.

A C.D.C. panel is set to vote today on the pause on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. I’m sure they’ll put it back online, at least I hope so. That said, the demand for vaccines seems to be falling and some mass vaccination sites across the country are closing.

The Smithsonian museums and National Portrait Gallery will reopen early next month.

New York Comic Con will be in person this October, with very limited attendance.

It looks like if you are from out of state, but can prove you are fully vaccinated, you might be able to go to California’s theme parks? Maybe? But the theme parks themselves seem to still be limiting visitors to state residents? It’s confusing. Bottom line: I wouldn’t be buying a ticket to Disneyland if you live in Texas for the next month or so.

The Bite, a satirical comedy about a strain of COVID that turns people into zombies, will premiere on Spectrum on May 21. Or as the trailer itself says, “too soon.”

Renewals

In Development

Casting News

  • Richard Lewis is going to be in an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm after all.

Mark Your Calendar

  • Fathom will premiere on Apple TV+ on June 25.
  • 90 Day: Foody Call will debut on Discovery+ on May 29.
  • Stuck with You will return on ALLBLK on May 6.
  • The Pursuit of Love will debut on BBC soon.

R.I.P.

Shock G, Rapper for Digital Underground and Tupac producer

Les McKeown, Singer for the Bay City Rollers

Arthur T. Birsh, Publisher of Playbill

WATCH THIS

FRIDAY

Shadow and Bone: A young woman with extraordinary powers could change the fate of her world in this new fantasy series. Premiere. Netflix

RuPaul’s Drag Race: The 13th season winner is chosen. Season finale. 7 p.m., VH1

Mortal Kombat: The video game comes to life in this feature film about an MMA fighter who seeks out the Earth’s greatest fighters to take on a dangerous threat. Premiere. HBO Max

Black Lady Sketch Show: Season premiere. 10 p.m., HBO

SATURDAY

No Country for Old Men: I’d make an argument that this is the Cohen Brothers’ greatest drama. Their greatest comedy is obviously Raising Arizona. SORRY, BIG LEBOWSKI, BUT WE ALL KNOW IT’S TRUE. 5:55 p.m., The Movie Channel

My Husband’s Killer Girlfriend: Something about a nanny and an ex-husband’s new girlfriend and mental patients and being framed for a crime and this just seems messy. 7 p.m., Lifetime

SUNDAY

The Oscars: I have never been less interested in an Academy Awards Ceremony in my life. Seriously though, does anyone care this year? 7 p.m., ABC; Red carpet coverage begins at noon on ABC

Murderous History: This new true-crime series looks at historical murders and how they were solved long before DNA, profiling, and even fingerprinting. Series premiere. 8 p.m., Smithsonian Channel

Biography: “Rowdy” Roddy Piper: Honestly, if they just spent the entire hour talking about his performance in They Live, I would be thrilled. 7 p.m., A&E

Late Night:

  • Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (Friday): Anna Kendrick, Wayne Federman, Masked Wolf

FRI. 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30
ABC Shark Tank
(new)		 20/20
CBS MacGyver
(repeat)		 Magnum P.I.
(repeat)		 Blue Bloods
(repeat)
CW Whose Line Is It Anyway?
(new)		 Whose Line Is It Anyway?
(new)		 Penn & Teller: Fool Us
(repeat)		 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 NBA Basketball
(live)		 News/Local
CBS FBI
(repeat)		 S.W.A.T.
(repeat)		 48 Hours News/Local
FOX The Masked Singer
(repeat)		 Game of Talents
(repeat)		 News/Local
NBC Ellen’s Game of Games
(repeat)		 Law and Order: SVU
(repeat)		 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 The Oscars
(live)
CBS 60 Minutes NCIS: Los Angeles
(new)		 NCIS: New Orleans
(new)
The CW Local World’s Funniest Animals
(repeat)		 World’s Funniest Animals
(repeat)		 Masters of Illusion
(repeat)		 Masters of Illusion
(repeat)		 Local
FOX The Simp-sons
(repeat)		 Bless the Harts
(repeat)		 The Simp-sons
(repeat)		 The Great North
(repeat)		 Bob’s Burgers
(repeat)		 Family Guy
(repeat)		 Local/News
NBC Ellen’s Game of Games
(repeat)		 The Fate of the Furious

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