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by Therese Odell, posted in Uncategorized

Here are some friendly bears. I bet you could really use some friendly bears right about now.

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I’m not going to write a whole diatribe about the god awful abortion law my state just passed and that the Supreme Court allowed to stand in the most cowardly way possible, opening the door for every red state in the country to follow suit and create their own unconstitutional laws designed to evade judicial review that will allow anyone to place a bounty on anyone who helps a woman seeking a what is a Constitutionally legal medical procedure. If you’ve read Foolish for any amount of time you should know by now that I am furious, I am sad, I am scared. And I’m also not here to try to change your mind if you disagree with me and for whatever reason believe it is acceptable to carve out this one exception to bodily autonomy.

Although, I would like someone to explain to me why it is that I can be forced to carry a pregnancy to term because it’s about “saving a life,” while I can’t be forced to donate blood or organs to save the life of someone who is already born? EXPLAIN THAT TO ME.

ANYWAY. If you’re as horrified and as livid as I am, please remember to vote the bastards out and please consider putting a little money towards one of these organizations who are going to be fighting the good fight:

And if you can’t or don’t want to donate LEST SOMEONE TRY TO PUT A $10,000 BOUNTY ON YOUR HEAD, you can also call the corporate donors behind the masterminds of this bill, and let them know what you think of it:

It’s going to be a long road and there are many obstacles and all of it is daunting. That said, if you are reading this in the comfort of a more progressive state, please do me the favor of saving your “LOL, you should leave” hot takes. It’s not helpful. More people voted for Joe Biden in Texas than in any other state save California and Florida. We have a sizeable blue population, but thanks to gerrymandering and bullshit voting laws, and thanks to two Democrats in the U.S. Senate who worship at the feet of the filibuster and some mythological belief in bipartisanship, we are trapped with dangerously terrible leadership. Your suggestions that we should pack up and leave rather than stay here and fight? It’s just adding insult to a very painful injury.

All Other TV News

The Boys has released another music video ahead of season three. This time, A-Train is rapping:

Earlier in the summer, they released Starlight’s tribute to one of her fallen fellow supes:

No release date yet, but The Boys is expected to return sometime this month. Honestly, it can’t come soon enough.

The Real Housewives of New York aired their season finale last night, and there is as yet no reunion scheduled to air. Yet. A reunion will happen, it just hasn’t happened yet. So I still have time to catch up on my recaps before it does … in theory.

Survivor was nearly filmed in either Hawaii or Georgia thanks to COVID restrictions. People are surprised by Georgia, but considering the film industry that has been established there, and the tax breaks the state offers productions, this is hardly that surprising.

Here’s the history of how Adult Swim came to be. Honestly, it was just a matter of time before someone figured out that Gen X grew up on cartoons and were a bunch of stoners and would happily watch cartoons for grown-ups in the middle of the night. It’s not some secret mystery.

This is amazing:

The Office is coming to life in “The Office Experience” in Chicago.

How the “Walker, Texas Ranger Lever” nearly bankrupted Late Night with Conan O’Brien.

I’m about to ruin your childhood:

I really didn’t see Jay Leno criticizing comedians who complain about “cancel culture” coming:

“When I do a gig in Utah and they’ll go, ‘Look, we don’t want any drug jokes, we don’t want any sex jokes.’ I go, ‘OK, I’ll take those out’ and I do something else,” he told the Los Angeles Times. “With the #MeToo movement, all of a sudden the sexist jokes everybody used to do, you can’t do anymore. So you either change with the times or you die. You adapt to the circumstances.” If Leno sees “somebody who’s really hurt by something I did, that’s not my job. The idea is to get them to laugh.”

Oh damn:

Renewals

  • Unsolved Mysteries will return for a third season this summer on Netflix.
  • Big Shot has been renewed at Disney+ for a second season.
  • Side Hustle has been renewed at Nickelodeon for a second season.

In Development

Casting News

Mark Your Calendars

  • The Wheel of Time will premiere on Amazon on November 19.
  • The Sinner returns on USA on October 13.
  • Dickinson’s third and final season will debut on Apple TV+ on November 5.

  • Doom Patrol returns on HBO Max on September 23.
  • My Son will debut on Peacock on September 15.
  • Red Notice will debut on Netflix on November 12.
  • Creepshow returns on Shudder on September 23.
  • The World’s Most Amazing Vacation Rentals will return on Netflix on September 14
  • 9/11: Inside the President’s War Room is streaming on Apple TV+ now.
  • Kacey Musgraves Star-Crossed will stream on Paramount+ on September 10.
  • Level Playing Field will debut on HBO on September 14.
  • Inside the NFL will debut on Paramount+ on September 7.
  • Untold Vol 1: Breaking Point will premiere on Netflix on September 7.
  • Hellbound will stream on Netflix soon.
  • Squid Game will debut on Netflix on September 17.
  • Baki Hanma will premiere on Netflix on September 30.

R.I.P.

Gregg Leakes, Real Housewives of Atlanta regular and husband of NeNe

Sidharth Shukla, Indian actor and reality TV star

WATCH THIS

What We Do in the Shadows: My favorite comedy about a quartet of vampires living in Staten Island is back, hooray! Season premiere. 9 p.m., FX

A.P. Bio: OK, but shouldn’t they have passed Biology by now? Season premiere. Peacock

Q-Force: Your first animated LGBTQ superhero series is here! Series premiere. Netflix

Superhost: A pair who hosts a YouTube show that stays in home rental “Superhosts” properties are hunted by their supposed host in this horror film. Shudder

Cinderella: Camila Cabello stars in this new adaptation of the classic fairy tale by the creator of Pitch Perfect. Premiere. Amazon

The D’Amelio Show: The TikTok stars would like to be your new Kardashians. Series premiere. Hulu

Late Night:

  • The Late Late Show with James Corden: Awkwafina, The Killers
THUR 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30
ABC CMA Summer Jam
(new)
CBS Big Brother
(new)		 Young Sheldon
(repeat)		 B Positive
(repeat)		 Bull
(repeat)
CW Coroner
(new)		 The Outpost
(new)		 News/Local
FOX College Football
(live)
NBC Brooklyn Nine-Nine
(new)		 Brooklyn Nine-Nine
(new)		 Law & Order: SVU
(repeat)		 Law & Order: Organized Crime
(repeat)

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