Sorry, Potato. But Standard Time is the best time.
Changing clocks is bad feat. Potato the Bulldog 🥺 #SaveStandardTime #DaylightSavingTime @SaveStandard pic.twitter.com/XDa3RT7aPT
— Christine So (@CSoSleepy) November 9, 2021
All Other TV News
Brian Williams is leaving NBC News after a 28-year run with the network. His show The 11th Hour with Brian Williams will come to an end on MSNBC next month, and I, for one, will miss his bitchy rejoinders.
WATCH: Brian Williams, longtime anchor and @MSNBC host, to leave NBC after nearly 3 decades.
"The 11th Hour is way bigger than any one man or woman. The truth is, our secret has always been it's always about our guests. That will never change." pic.twitter.com/9bu2SRfrT0
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 10, 2021
I wish everyone could have the blessing of working alongside a colleague who is as hilarious, as wickedly capable, as enormously generous as the great Brian Williams. It's one of the true honors of my working life to have shared a desk (and so many midnight hot dogs) with him ❤️
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) November 10, 2021
Brian Williams gave me my first break at NBC News and then championed me for years. Yes he’s a great broadcaster but more importantly he’s a good dude. He’s also very funny. I hope whatever is next includes golden technical miscues like this one https://t.co/6tZn8nLfxc
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) November 10, 2021
This is a Brian Williams appreciation tweet. We love that he does stuff like this, and for me it’s the deadpan sense of humor and dash of hopefulness with which he always does it. 🥂 https://t.co/9NnCzUMsix
— Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 (@JoyAnnReid) November 10, 2021
June 1, 1993: Brian Williams makes his NBC News debut, filling in as Today's newsreader for a week before assuming his role as a national correspondent. Within months, he would also become the anchor of the Saturday edition of Nightly News. pic.twitter.com/Ks9FrydZ7B
— Steve Kornacki (@SteveKornacki) November 10, 2021
All hail the Sexiest Man Alive:
I have mixed emotions about this. https://t.co/1RQ7VXzMpp
— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) November 10, 2021
No arguments here. https://t.co/Ad0GJBoIVa
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) November 10, 2021
Ummm…yeah. 🙄 https://t.co/UzkS7ojX03
— Jane Lynch (@janemarielynch) November 10, 2021
Fun fact: even though Yellowstone airs on Paramount Network, it streams on Peacock NOT Paramount+ because everything is sideways.
The creator of Dexter had a very different ending to the series in mind than the one that played out. So, I assume this isn’t how the new series is going to end?
And the creator of Squid Game says that they did consider a different ending — one that would have made LeBron James a lot happier, I’m thinking.
Will Smith reveals the episode of Fresh Prince when he knew the show had jumped the shark.
Dr. Oz is considering running for the Senate in Pennsylvania as a Republican, because obviously that snake oil salesman is a Republican.
Bravo has finally figured out a way to sell you all the dumb shit the Real Housewives are hawking.
Mike Judge gets it, NFTs are dumb:
This NFT will be available soon for six trillion dollars. Each. Or you can buy all four for twenty trillion. They’re worth every penny. pic.twitter.com/AgVPL72OG9
— Mike Judge (@MikeJudge) November 8, 2021
Fox News’ Outnumbered co-host and former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, is one of 10 people who were hit with subpoenas from the January 6th Committee. Better start talking, girl.
Going Viral
Last Week:
This Week:
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This is not the right direction to be going in, especially heading into the winter. The good news is, kids are being vaccinated, a pill that can treat COVID is on the horizon, and January 4 has been set as the deadline for when large companies have to ensure their employees are vaccinated or test weekly.
But people are still getting sick and dying at a rate of over 1,200 a day. And don’t kid yourself: this is a Red State problem, where people are refusing to get the vaccine just to spite a Democratic President, cheered on by right-wing media (most of whom have received the vaccine themselves). 40 percent of Republican adults remain unvaccinated, compared to 10 percent of Democratic adults.
In a surprisingly responsible move on the part of Newsmax, Emerald Robinson, a White House correspondent, was taken off the air after tweeting: “Dear Christians: the vaccines contain a bioluminescent marker called LUCIFERASE so that you can be tracked. Read the last book of the New Testament to see how this ends.” She was also permanently banned from Twitter for repeatedly spreading COVID misinformation. Good.
I will not comply w/ any organization’s attempt to enforce Biden’s capricious & unscientific Medical Apartheid mandate.
I will not be forced into the injection, nor will I disclose my vaccination status.
No one should be pressured to choose between medical privacy & their job.
— Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) November 6, 2021
Dennis Prager, this fucking idiot who was very much alive in the 1980s, is out here saying that the unvaxxed are being treated like pariahs in a way that not even gay men or IV drug users were during the AIDS crisis. Unfuckingbelievable. The Wrap piece linked above takes apart this stupid, infuriating, and unbelievably offensive position piece by piece and is worth your time.
Dennis Prager: "During the AIDS crisis, can you imagine if gay men and intravenous drug users…had they been pariahs the way the non-vaccinated are? But it would've been inconceivable" pic.twitter.com/GQsOq4X63u
— Jason Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) November 8, 2021
After Big Bird tweeted that he had received the vaccine:
I got the COVID-19 vaccine today! My wing is feeling a little sore, but it'll give my body an extra protective boost that keeps me and others healthy.
Ms. @EricaRHill even said I’ve been getting vaccines since I was a little bird. I had no idea!
— Big Bird (@BigBird) November 6, 2021
… my idiot Senator, Ted Cruz, decided to get mad about it:
Government propaganda…for your 5 year old! https://t.co/lKUlomnpq1
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) November 6, 2021
Big Bird is kind, compassionate, empathetic, loving, adored, and vaccinated. Ted Cruz is . . . vaccinated.
— Mary L Trump (@MaryLTrump) November 8, 2021
Why is Ted Cruz so angry with Big Bird? It’s not like he insulted his wife or said his father killed JFK.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) November 8, 2021
"We're talking about a Muppet. Ted Cruz today has picked a fight with a Muppet," @LEBassett says about Sen. Cruz's response to Sesame Street's Big Bird getting vaccinated. "He and Big Bird have something in common in that they both fly south for the winter." pic.twitter.com/XMLGw6FHk1
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 9, 2021
STOP EMBARRASSING TEXAS, RAFAEL.
AND YOU’RE NOT HELPING MATTERS, MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY.
And then there’s Aaron Rodgers. This asshole, as I noted last week, caught COVID, and then was forced to reveal that he had lied about his vaccination status because: Joe Rogan. People have not responded kindly:
Terry Bradshaw is disappointed: “We are a divided nation politically. We are a divided nation on the COVID-19, whether or not to take the vaccine. And unfortunately, we’ve got players that pretty much think only about themselves. And I’m extremely disappointed in the actions of Aaron Rodgers.”
The moment @AaronRodgers12 lost Terry Bradshaw. “You lied to everyone.” pic.twitter.com/sJVxxTtQrU
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) November 7, 2021
Howard Stern insists this country has “no time” for anti-vaxx idiots: “We have no time for idiots in this country anymore,” the Sirius XM host said. “We don’t want you. We want you to all … either go to the hospital — stay home — die there with your COVID. Don’t take the cure but don’t clog up our hospitals with your COVID when you finally get it. Stay home. Don’t bother with science. It’s too late. Go f— yourself. We just don’t have time for you.”
And Jon Stewart had thoughts: “There is good news on the pandemic. I was talking to my Dr. Aaron … Rodgers, and it looks good. It’s almost over,” Stewart, 58, began his bit at New York City’s Alice Tully Hall. “He read something in a bathroom. I don’t remember what it was. How the f–k does a quarterback not understand the concept of protection? Prevention and protection!”
And Jeopardy! fans had jokes:
I’m beginning to think Alex Trebek cursed his Jeopardy lectern to destroy all that would follow him.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) November 5, 2021
I can’t believe Aaron Rogers hosted a game show and lied about being vaccinated! He put all of the contestants in Jeopardy
— THE WAVE SLAYER ♋️ (@Indiana_GP) November 5, 2021
Yo the pivot from smart QB who loves Jeopardy! to Joe Rogan happened with whiplash speed https://t.co/1h9NGGVgv9
— Rae Sanni (@raesanni) November 5, 2021
Thinking about the alternate universe where Mike Richards hires Rodgers to host Jeopardy instead of himself, keeps his executive producer job, then has to deal with this fallout.
— ben (@VT_Ben) November 5, 2021
Aaron Rodgers wants to host Jeopardy and wouldn’t get one question right in the Biology category
— 6lack Star (@ThePosse_) (@Jaywop6) November 5, 2021
Okay, I see why Aaron Rodgers was into Jeopardy….dude seems to love Just Asking Questions huh
— Matt Brown (@MattBrownEP) November 5, 2021
But don’t worry, the NFL has taken decisive action against Rodgers for flouting their COVID policies and fined him … $14,650. That’ll learn him.
After it was reported that Emilio Estevez wasn’t returning to the cast of The Mighty Ducks because he was an anti-vaxxer, Estevez put out a statement saying that it was actually over creative differences and contract disputes. He vehemently denied being anti-vaxx and claims that he suffered from long-haul COVID.
A White House official who traveled to Glasgow with President Biden has tested positive.
A Broadway show had to cancel several performances because of breakthrough cases.
The USC-Cal game had to be rescheduled after a bunch of Cal players have tested positive.
I’d say these last two stories are ironic, but honestly, IT’S JUST HOW SCIENCE WORKS.
Renewals
- Moonshine has been renewed for a second season on CBC.
Cancellations
- Search Party will end on HBO Max after this upcoming fifth season (see below).
- NBC is replacing Home Sweet Home with The Wall on Friday nights, suggesting Home Sweet Home might be canceled.
In Development
- The Best of Us, a 9/11 drama starring Jeremy Strong, is in the works.
- Not only is a new Friday Night Lights movie in the works, there’s also a new series coming? Possibly?
- Monster High is being turned into a TV movie at Nickelodeon.
- Time To Hunt, a Korean Netflix movie, is being remade by Netflix in English.
- Cult Justice, a true-crime series from Tenga, Law & Crime Productions, and Cineflix Rights, is being developed.
- Coyotes, a French drama, has been ordered at Netflix.
- An untitled Russian drama starring Alexander Petrov has been greenlit at Netflix.
- Hirokazu Kore-eda has signed a deal with Netflix for two projects.
Casting News
- Kim Cattrall has joined Queer As Folk on Peacock.
- Ben Kingsley, Rob Delaney, Rachel Bloom, Mark Heap, Peter Serafinowicz, Patti LuPone have joined The School for Good and Evil on Netflix.
- Aneesha Joshi is joining the cast of The Resident on Fox.
- Robbie Magasiva, Andrew Creer, Tessa de Josselin, Kekoa Scott Kekumano, Koa Tom, Rachel Ogechi Kanu, Z’aree Pu’ukani Loganbill, Ethan Rich, and George Mason have been cast in HBO Max’s lifeguard drama Ke Nui Road.
- Iñaki Godoy, Mackenyu, Emily Rudd, Jacob Romero Gibson, and Taz Skylar are set to star in Netflix’s live-action adaptation of One Piece.
- Peter Greene, Ayomide Adegun, and Jeremy Bobb have joined the cast of The Continental on Starz.
- Brandon Jay McLaren, DeVaughn Nixon, and Tiffany Lonsdale are joining Snowfall on FX.
- Deborah Ayorinde and Hugh Quarshie are set to star in Riches on ITV and Amazon.
Mark Your Calendars
- Being the Ricardos will debut in theaters on December 10 before premiering on Amazon on December 21.
- 9-1-1 Lone Star returns on Fox on January 3.
- F Is for Family returns on Netflix on November 25.
- Ten Weeks debuts on Roku on November 11.
- Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A will premiere on Paramount+ on November 18.
- Man in the Arena: Tom Brady will debut on ESPN+ on November 16.
- ‘Twas The Fight Before Christmas will debut on Apple TV+ on November 26.
- VH1 Family Reunion: Love & Hip Hop Edition will return on VH1 on December 13.
- Aggretsuko returns on Netflix on December 16.
- Centaurworld returns on Netflix on December 7.
- Aranyak will debut on Netflix on December 10.
- JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean will debut on Netflix on December 1.
- The Hungry and the Hairy will debut on Netflix on December 11.
- Angele will premiere on Netflix on November 26.
- The Orbital Children will premiere on Netflix on January 28.
- Rebelde will debut on Netflix on January 5.
- Search Party will return on HBO Max on January 7.
- Flip or Flop returns on HGTV on December 9.
R.I.P.
Just a few tributes to actor Dean Stockwell who passed yesterday:
Scott Bakula, his co-star on Quantum Leap, released a statement:
I met Dean at his audition for Quantum Leap in 1988. He had agreed to ‘read’ for the Network, I was already cast. We connected immediately and my career and my life were changed that day in Brandon Tartikoff’s office. How lucky were we to get him? A few months later he would be nominated for an Academy Award for his role in Married to the Mob, but he was stuck with us. Serendipity? All I know is, he never tried to get out or complain, he loved the role and the show and the rest was history.
He became a dear friend and a mentor and we grew very close over the next five, very intense years. Dean was such a passionate man…about life, his work, his art (he was an amazing artist!), his family, all kinds of causes, people, music, the planet, cigars, golf, and on and on! Having been a famous child actor, he had a soft spot for every young actor who came on our set. He was very protective of their rights and safety and always checked in with them to make sure that they were ok. His big hearted response to the kids made all of us take notice and be better guardians ourselves.
In spite of having a career that came and went several times during his seventy plus years in the business, he was always grateful and delighted to have the chance to keep working. The only time he ever complained was when we called him on the golf course and told him we were ready for him to come to work! He used to announce his presence on the sound stage (if we hadn’t already caught a whiff of cigar smoke trailing in behind him), with a bellowed, “The fun starts now!” Truer words were never spoken.
I loved him dearly and was honored to know him. He made me a better human being…
Dean. My oldest friend. A godfather-figure to my daughter, Amber. Brilliant artist. Loving dad. We met on the set of The Boy With Green Hair, stayed close til his last breath.
Rest easy now, brother. Give Dennis a hug from me when you see him on the other side. #DeanStockwell pic.twitter.com/BmotHFEmp0
— Russ Tamblyn (@RussTamblyn) November 9, 2021
🎶 In Dreams 🎶 The late Dean Stockwell in David Lynch’s BLUE VELVET (1986) 💙🎙 pic.twitter.com/H3wZmmyvMC
— Criterion Collection (@Criterion) November 9, 2021
WATCH THIS
The 55th Annual CMAs: Luke Bryan hosts; Gabby Barrett, Dierks Bentley featuring Breland and Hardy, Luke Bryan, Jennifer Hudson, Thomas Rhett, Keith Urban, and Zac Brown Band perform. 7 p.m., ABC
Gentefied: Season two. Netflix
Animal: This stunningly shot nature show is narrated by a bunch of stars including Andy Serkis, Anthony Mackie, Bryan Cranston, David Harbour, Pedro Pascal, Rashida Jones, Rebel Wilson, and Uzo. Series premiere. Aduba Netflix
Late Night:
- Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Will Ferrell, Lucy Hale, Dusty Slay
- Late Night with Seth Meyers: Gayle King, David Copperfield, Aurora, Elmo Lovano
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Aubrey Plaza, Bruce Springsteen
- The Late Late Show with James Corden: Dwayne Johnson, Avril Lavigne
- Jimmy Kimmel Live: Ryan Reynolds, “Science Bob” Pflugfelder, Ryan Hurd & Maren Morris
- The Daily Show: Bad Bunny
- Watch What Happens Live: Lindsay Hubbard, Luke Gulbranson, Andrea Denver
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ABC | The 55th Annual CMA Awards |
CBS | Survivor (new) |
Tough as Nails (new) |
CSI: Vegas (new) |
CW | DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (new) |
Batwoman (new) |
Local |
FOX | The Masked Singer (new) |
Alter Ego (new) |
News/Local |
NBC | Chicago Med (new) |
Chicago Fire (new) |
Chicago P.D. (new) |