Happy Disney+ Day to all who celebrate

by Therese Odell, posted in Uncategorized

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It’s Disney+ Day, the day when Disney releases first looks and premiere dates for upcoming series and movies, announces new series and movies, and generally tries to convince their shareholders that EVERYTHING IS FINE even though Netflix just overtook them in terms of market valuation. They’ve dumped a lot of news this morning, so I’ve tried to put each piece in the appropriate category below. In terms of other, non-title-related news, Disney is not ruling out doing more same-day releases on Disney+, unlike Warner Brothers, who seemed like they were shamed into promising to go back to theatrical-only releases.

In which Julianna Margulies explains what everyone who is honest with themselves knows: streaming is just better for the creative process than networks and their advertising requirements:

Could I ever do a network show again? The answer I finally come to, especially after doing The Morning Show, is no. I feel like I put my time in. I did a combined 13 years of network television between ER and The Good Wife. And what you see with streaming services and cable is, there’s no time issues. If an episode needs to be 52 minutes long, it is—or an hour and 10 minutes, or 48 minutes. The advertising doesn’t get in the way of the creative process, and I see the benefits of that tremendously. I know it used to drive the Kings [The Good Wife creators Robert and Michelle] nuts when we had to hand in a 43-minute cut every week, even though we shot probably an hour-and-15-minute show. It killed them, and I’d say, “What happened to that scene in the bedroom where I’m talking to myself?” And they’re like, “We didn’t have the time.”

I think you can do 10 great episodes of a show. I don’t think you can do 23 great episodes of a show. There’s always going to be a filler episode. I had it said to my face: “This episode is not going to be so great. It’s a filler. We just got to do it so we can get to sweeps.” I never want to be in that position again. 

You’ll soon be able to easily share 30-second clips of Amazon shows on your phone, which is just smart and free marketing, honestly.

Wait, is Lil Nas X really going to be on Maury next week?

Or is this all an elaborate plug for his single and video, “That’s What I Want”?

(I think you probably know.)

Dominion Voting Systems keeps suing Fox News and I am here for it.

Yes, Christopher Walken painted over an original Banksy painting on a British show called Outlaws — and Banksy was in on it the whole time.

Sadly, the death toll from Astroworld climbed to 9 yesterday, when one woman who was hospitalized passed away. A 9-year-old boy remains in a coma at this time.

The students at Dave Chappelle’s alma mater in DC want nothing to do with him.

Renewals

Disney Day:

 

In Development

Disney Day:

First, a bunch of new Marvel titles:

 

Also coming to Disney+:

 

 

Casting News

Disney Day:

  • Meet the cast of Willow: Ellie Bamber, Ruby Cruz, Amer Chadha-Patel, Dempsey Byrk, and Erin Kellyman

 

Mark Your Calendar

Disney Day:

As of today, these titles are available on Disney+:

  • Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings
  • Jungle Cruise
  • Home Sweet Home Alone
  • Olaf Presents
  • A collection of fan-favorite shorts from Walt Disney Animation Studios
  • Ciao Alberto
  • The World According to Jeff Goldblum Season 2 (Episodes 1-5)
  • Under The Helmet: The Legacy Of Boba Fett
  • The Simpsons In Plusaversary
  • Entrelazados
  • The Making of Happier than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles
  • Marvel Assembled: The Making of Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings
  • Marvel Studios Legends: Hawkeye
  • Enchanted
  • Spin
  • Fancy Nancy Season 3

Other Disney+ and Hulu news and first looks:

  • Welcome to Earth will stream on December 3.
  • Sneakerella will premiere on February 18.
  • The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder will stream in February.
  • Baymax! will premiere in summer 2022.
  • The Beatles: Get Back will stream on November 25.

  • Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild will premiere on January 28.

 

 

  • And Just Like That… will premiere on HBO on December 9.
  • Single All the Way premieres December 2 on Netflix.
  • Michael Che: Shame the Devil premieres on Netflix on November 16.
  • Life of Crime: 1984-2020 will premiere on HBO on November 30.
  • Mixtape premieres on Netflix on December 3.
  • Coins Forever will air on TV One on November 14.
  • The Last Cowboy returns on CMT today.
  • A Jenkins Family Christmas will premiere on BET+ on November 18.
  • Honeydew is now streaming on Shudder.

R.I.P.

Winter the Dolphin, Star and inspiration for Dolphin Tale and Dolphin Tale 2

Jonathan Reynolds, Playwright and screenwriter

Graeme Edge, Founding member of The Moody Blues

WATCH THIS

FRIDAY

Home Sweet Home Alone: It’s Home Alone but Culkin-less. Premiere. Disney+

Red Notice: Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot star in this action-comedy prompting the question, “Holy Hell, how much money does Netflix have?” Premiere. Netflix

Olaf Presents: In this new series, Olaf retells his favorite Disney fairy tales, with himself in the starring role. Series premiere. Disney+

Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett: This new documentary celebrates and explores the origins of the Star Wars fan favorite. Disney+

The World According to Jeff Goldblum: Season premiere. Disney+

SATURDAY

Saturday Night Live: Jonathan Majors & Taylor Swift 10:30 p.m., NBC

Carole Baskin’s Cage Fight: Carole Baskin tells her side of the story in this new docuseries. Premiere. Discovery+

Blade Runner: Black Lotus: A woman with amnesia hunts down the people responsible for her brutal past. Series premiere. 11 p.m., Adult Swim

SUNDAY

Adele One Night Only: Adele performs songs from her upcoming album and classics from her previous three albums in this special. 7:30 p.m., CBS & Paramount+

Yellowjackets: A high school soccer team’s plane crashes in the wilderness, and 25 years later, the survivors continue to struggle to put their lives back together in this new drama.  9 p.m., Showtime

Mayor of Kingstown: Jeremy Renner, Kyle Chandler, and Dianne Weist star in this new series about the powerful McLusky family, power brokers in the for-profit prison industry. Series premiere.  8 p.m., Paramount & Paramount+

Late Night:

    • Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (Friday): Taraji P. Henson, Steve Zahn, Damon Albarn
    • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: (Friday): Jeff Goldblum, Rod Stewart

FRI. 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30
ABC Shark Tank
(repeat)		 20/20
CBS S.W.A.T.
(new)		 Magnum P.I.
(new)		 Blue Bloods
(new)
CW Penn & Teller: Fool Us
(new)		 Nancy Drew
(new)		 Local
FOX Friday Night Smackdown Local
NBC Home Sweet Home
(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 College Football
(live)		 News/Local
CBS FBI
(repeat)		 FBI: Most Wanted
(repeat)		 48 Hours News/Local
FOX College Football
(live)		 News/Local
NBC La Brea
(repeat)		 Dateline
(new)		 Saturday Night Live
(repeat)		 News/
Local		 Saturday Night Live
(Jonathan Majors; Taylor Swift)

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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 Wheel of Fortune
(new)		 Supermarket Sweep
(new)		 The Rookie
(new)
CBS NFL Football 60 Minutes Adele: One Night Only
(new)		 CSI: Vegas
(repeat)

repeat

The CW Local Legends of the Hidden Temple
(new)		 Masters of Illusion
(repeat)		 Masters of Illusion
(repeat)		 Local
FOX Bob’s Burgers
(repeat)		 The Simp-sons
(repeat)		 The Simp-sons
(new)		 The Great North
(new)		 Bob’s Burgers
(new)		 Family Guy
(new)		 Local/News
NBC Sunday Night Football
(repeat)

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