The CW has just canceled a couple of your favorite shows. Here’s why there might be a lot more to come . . .

by Therese Odell, posted in Uncategorized

Well, that’s a chipmunk, not a squirrel, but yes:

All Other TV News

The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, a.k.a. “Nerd Prom,” was held this weekend with the President in attendance for the first time in six years and President Biden joked, “which is understandable: we had a horrible plague and then two years of COVID.” Biden made plenty of jokes about Former President No Sense of Humor, the coup attempt and Fox News, and, most importantly and refreshingly after the previous administration, HIMSELF. He joked about himself!

James Corden and Billy Eichner recorded sketches:

I’m just mad I didn’t win the “Telling Us What is Happening on the Bachelor” award.

Trevor Noah hosted the evening, and made some sharp jokes about CBS, Fox News, President Biden and, got in this zinger: “I’ve actually been a little worried about tonight. What if I make a really mean joke about Kellyanne Conway, and then her husband rushes up on the stage and thanks me?”

Noah ended his remarks with a somber reminder to the journalists in attendance that they have a job to do protecting democracy from the threat of autocracy. I can only hope everyone there really heard him and took these words to heart:

Uh oh: the book that HBO Max’s Tokyo Vice is based on is just packed with lies. Allegedly.

Sam Raimi, director of the upcoming Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, notes that WandaVision did influence the upcoming movie, but admits that he didn’t watch the entire series, just a few important moments. SAM! GO BACK AND WATCH THE WHOLE THING! IT’S GENUINELY WORTH YOUR TIME! Signed, someone who doesn’t bother with the Marvel movies.

Christina Ricci is out here commenting on all those Yellowjackets fan theories. Spoilers afoot for those who have not watched the series.

This is a very long essay arguing that Supernatural was better when it was a monster-of-the-week show instead of the fantasy epic it became, and I’m not disagreeing.

Angela Kang is no longer the showrunner of The Walking Dead Daryl spinoff in yet even more drama surrounding this series.

MTV’s Cribs was just chock-full of lies. Except Redman. He told the damn truth.

Here’s a real headline: Megan Fox and MGK Blood Drinking Ritual Draws Warning From Vampires.

Greta Van Susteren is in talks to join Newsmax, so yeah, that checks out.

In news that surprises exactly no one who has been paying attention, The New York Times has determined that Tucker Carlson has created maybe “the most racist show in the history of cable news.”

Sean Hannity would like to remind you that he’s not a journalist. Yeah, no shit.

Laura Ingraham is maybe the most tone-deaf person of the week:

Renewals

Cancellations

  • Batwoman has been canceled after three seasons on The CW.

These developments are interesting because for many years The CW was a pretty safe network to be on, with a very low cancellation rate even for shows that had low ratings. Here’s what to note: The CW is owned jointly by Paramount and Warner Bros. — which, of course, is now Warner Bros. Discovery, having been bought by Discovery. And it’s becoming clear that the Discovery folks are taking a more brutal approach to projects now that they are in charge. Between this and the announcement that they were killing all of the scripted projects on TBS and TNT, I’m concerned that Warner Bros. Discovery has made tightening the belt a priority. It’s worth keeping an eye on as The CW is pretty consistently a money loser. And I wonder if The CW as a whole might be in danger in the near future. Bottom line: I’d be worried if I were on The CW right about now.

  • Space Force has been canceled at Netflix after two seasons.

In Development

Casting News

Mark Your Calendar

  • Legendary returns on HBO Max on May 19.
  • Dateline: The Last Day will debut on Peacock on June 14.

R.I.P.

Naomi Judd, Country legend, mother of Wynonna and Ashley. She died one day before being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Jossar Jinaro, Actress on ER, Passions, and Judging Amy and producer, filmmaker, and SAG activist

Joanna Barnes, Actress from The Parent Trap and many other film and TV credits

Ric Parnell, Actor and drummer who played the drummer in Spinal Tap

Neal Adams, Comic book artist who revitalized Batman and Joker

Regine, Creator of the discotheque, nightclub impresario, actress, and singer

Robert “Razerguy” Krakoff, Razer co-founder and inventor of the first gaming mouse

WATCH THIS

Lil’ Jon Wants to Do What?: Lil’ John redecorates people’s homes in this new series that sounds like it was envisioned in a fever dream. Or created by a 30 Rock writer. Series premiere. 9 p.m., HGTV

E! Live from the Red Carpet: The Met Gala: “Gilded Glamour” is the theme of the night, so prepare for LOTS of gold ridiculousness on Anna Wintour’s biggest night. 5 p.m., E!

The Endgame: An escape plan goes “haywire” in the season (series?) finale. 9 p.m., NBC

Late Night:

  • Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Norman Reedus, Paula Pell, Beeple, the Linda Lindas
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers: Laura Linney, Melanie Lynskey, Geoffrey Zakarian, Kristina Schiano
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Jon Bernthal, Alton Brown
  • The Late Late Show with James Corden: Dakota Fanning, Jamie Bell, T-Pain
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live: Tom Cruise, Iliza Shlesinger, Parquet Courts
  • The Daily Show: TBA
  • Watch What Happens Live: Vanessa Bayer, Paige DeSorbo

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