Trampoline! pic.twitter.com/PL3Zdic5sj
— WholesomeMemes (@WholesomeMeme) September 17, 2021
All Other TV News
Hello, friends. The Emmys are this weekend, which means the broadcast fall TV season begins on Monday which means the opportunity for you to force me to hate-blog one broadcast show this fall is about to come to an end. Here’s the poll. You know what to do.
Priyanka Chopra is sorry about the whole The Activist thing:
— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) September 16, 2021
Usher remains silent while a nation waits with bated breath.
Starz’s wrestling drama Heels is receiving TERRIFIC reviews, but not many folks have seen it (probably because not that many people have Starz). Starz has made the first three episodes of Heels available for free on YouTube, Facebook, and streaming on Amazon, Apple, ATT, Century Link, Charter, Comcast, Cox, Dish, Dtv, Google, Roku, Sling, Verizon and Vubiquity. Go watch it, folks:
LeVar Burton now says he doesn’t want to host Jeopardy! anymore. It’s disappointing, how this all shook out, but I hope his own game show works out, and we can all move on.
“When you set your sights on something, they say be careful of what you wish for. Because what I found out is that it wasn't the thing that I wanted after all.”@levarburton opens up about his “Jeopardy!” saga and the new game show he's cooking up. pic.twitter.com/IPywwJGNFi
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) September 17, 2021
You can no longer subscribe to HBO Max through Amazon, but those of you who used Prime Video Channels for HBO Max can now get a 50% discount on an HBO Max subscription. Act fast, though, the deal ends on September 26.
BREAKING: People prefer watching TV in their homes to commuting to work.
Pre-Covid, office workers used commutes to decompress after a stressful day. Now we’re immersing ourselves in TV drama to detach from job dramas. https://t.co/e9IZsmAsJJ
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) September 15, 2021
Jeff Tweedy covering the Ted Lasso theme song is a single circle on the sad dad Venn diagram.
More evidence that they are actually filming House of the Dragon. Tons of pictures here, and look! A Targaryen! But I’m not sure what is going on with Laenor Velaryon’s hair here. Hmm.
🚨 | AS FILMAGENS NÃO PARAM!
Novas imagens de Milly Alcock, a jovem Rhaenyra Targaryen ao lado de Laenor Velaryon. Seu futuro marido na série. OLHEM ESSE FIGURINO. pic.twitter.com/Vvdl4bYEyq— Portal House of the Dragon Brasil (@PortalHOTD) September 16, 2021
God bless the Fox News chyron writer who did this:
This is a real caption.
If the shoe fits…. pic.twitter.com/xlqdiunaiq
— Ana Navarro-Cárdenas (@ananavarro) September 17, 2021
Take care of yourself, Wendy Williams.
For those of you outside the Houston area, 1. We were hit by a hurricane this week — I don’t mean to be condescending, you might have already known that, but no one I spoke to in Savannah, Georgia, where I happened to be at the time, knew anything about it, and 2. A guy wandered out into the storm dressed as Michael Meyers from Halloween:
He was cited by the police for disorderly conduct.
Bottom line, nice try, dude, but you’re no Hurricane Ike Bear:
Every time a hurricane approaches our area, I wonder if hurricane Ike Bear will emerge from his hibernation pic.twitter.com/13JS3pUBZV
— Raheel Ramzanali (@The_Raheel) August 25, 2020
In Development
- Career Opportunities In Murder & Mayhem, a drama pilot starring Mandy Patinkin, Violett Beane, Lauren Patten, Hugo Diego Garcia, Angela Zhou, and Rahul Kohli, has been greenlit at Hulu.
- Jigsaw, a heist drama starring Giancarlo Esposito, Paz Vega, Rufus Sewell, Tati Gabrielle, Peter Mark Kendall, Rosaline Elbay, Jai Courtney, and Niousha Noor, has been ordered at Netflix.
- Skymed, a medical drama, has been ordered at Paramount+.
Casting News
- Patrice Covington, Lea Robinson, Andia Winslow, Rae Gray, and Lil Frex have joined A League of Their Own on Amazon.
Mark Your Calendar
- Succession returns on HBO on October 17.
- You returns on Netflix on October 15.
- The Humans will premiere on Showtime on November 24.
- Big Sky will return on ABC on September 30.
- Legends of Tomorrow returns on The CW on October 13.
- Legacies will return on The CW on October 14.
- Another Life will return on Netflix on October 14.
- Ten Year Old Tom will debut on HBO Max on September 30.
- Operation Hyacinth will premiere on Netflix on October 13.
- Swallow will premiere on Netflix on October 1.
- Create the Escape will stream on Peacock beginning on October 7.
- Seinfeld comes to Netflix on October 1.
- How to With John Wilson will return on HBO on November 26.
- Twenties will return on BET on October 13.
- True Story will premiere on Netflix on November 24.
- Cracking the Code will debut on The Golf Channel on September 20.
R.I.P.
Freddie Combs, Former X-Factor contestant
Joel Rapp, Film and TV writer, and television executive who had writing and co-writing credits on more than 250 sitcoms. He also became known as “Mr. Mother Earth, Plant Man to the Stars,” and appeared on Live with Regis and Kathie Lee as their gardening expert a number of times.
Jane Powell, MGM musical star who starred in Royal Wedding and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers among many others
WATCH THIS
FRIDAY
Sex Education: Third season of the cheeky British dramedy. Netflix
Chicago Party Aunt: This animated comedy is based on a Twitter account, and counts among its voice actors RuPaul? OK. Premiere. Netflix
Terms of Endearment: A Houston classic. 6:45 Starz Encore
SATURDAY
Mortal Kombat: The critics weren’t impressed with this video game adaptation, but over on Rotten Tomatoes, the fans have given it an 86% approval rating, so. 7 p.m., HBO
2021 Creative Emmy Awards: For you real TV nerds out there. 7 p.m., FXX
Rambo marathon: I mean, I guess. 6 p.m., Sundance TV
SUNDAY
73rd Primetime Emmy Awards: TV prize time. 7 p.m., CBS
Muhammad Ali: Ken Burns explores the life story of one of the greatest American athletes of all time, who challenged our racial and religious prejudices. Premiere. 7 p.m., PBS
The Circus: This is back. Season premiere. 7 p.m., Showtime
Late Night:
- Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (Friday): Jennifer Aniston, Amandla Stenberg, a performance from “Wicked”
FRI. | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
ABC | Corazón de América – Celebrating Hispanic Culture | 20/20 |
CBS | Big Brother (new) |
The Greatest #AtHome Videos (new) |
Blue Bloods (repeat) |
CW | Burden of Truth (new) |
Dynasty (new) |
Local |
FOX | Friday Night Smackdown | Local |
NBC | American Ninja Warrior (repeat) |
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 | College Football (live) |
News/Local |
CBS | SWAT (repeat) |
NCIS: New Orleans | 48 Hours | News/Local |
FOX | MLB Baseball (live) |
News/Local |
NBC | Family Game Fight! (repeat) |
America’s Got Talent (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 | America’s Funniest Home Videos (repeat) |
Celebrity Family Feud (new) |
The Chase (new) |
To Tell the Truth (new) |
CBS | NFL Football | The Primetime Emmys (new) |
The CW | Local | Penn & Teller: Fool Us (repeat) |
Wellington Paranormal (new) |
Wellington Paranormal (repeat) |
Local |
FOX | The Great North (repeat) |
The Simp-sons (repeat) |
Fantasy Island (new) |
The Masked Singer & Alter Ego Sneak Peek (repeat) |
Family Guy (repeat) |
Local/News |
NBC | Sunday Night Football (repeat) |