‘The Boys’ has been renewed for season four, obviously.

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The Boys has, officially, been renewed for a fourth season at Prime Video. The news broke unofficially yesterday, when someone noticed a listing in Production Weekly saying that the fourth season was in “active development.” Amazon clearly wanted to make the announcement today, a Friday, as this is the day new episodes drop.

It’s no surprise the show was renewed — reportedly, viewership is up 17% from the second season, and — somewhat amazingly — was nominated for six Emmys including best drama last year.

In celebration of a fourth season, here are a bunch of Boys articles I have been sitting on all week to give all of y’all a chance to catch up with the first three insane episodes. As such, all of these links, including the headlines in some cases are spoilers.

First of all, that very first scene of the first episode features a pretty big cameo by a star who also made an appearance in a real recent superhero movie. It’s genius, and apparently, the star was very game about doing it.

But that scene is followed by one of the most hilariously gory and outrageous things ever committed to film. Yes, the set is real: it was 11 feet tall and 30 feet long. And Amazon was cool with the scene — on one condition. Here’s an Instagram shot of the actor and his body double in front of the … set.

While showrunner (and former Supernatural showrunner) Eric Kripke would love for Jared Padalecki to be on The Boys, don’t hold your breath. Look, I’d just be happy for a scene with Jensen Ackles and Jim Beaver this season.

Here’s Jensen Ackles humblebragging about having to beef up for the role of Soldier Boy.

Blondie is a fan:

And then there’s The Deep, who, despite being a rapist, is shaping up to be sympathetic this season, especially after what Homelander made him do. R.I.P. Timothy.

PETA, you’ll be surprised to hear, actually approves of that scene. No, really.

In other non-The Boys news, Chris Stirewalt, a former Fox News political editor who was fired in January 2021, has said he has been called to testify in front of the January 6th commission on Monday. He hasn’t said what he will be testifying about, but the commission has already said that on Monday they will explore how Former President Dingus spread his false election claims through the media. Get the popcorn.

And another person is mad at HBO Max’s The Staircase.

Here’s Matt James complaining that The Bachelor turned his relationship with Rachel into a circus. Oh, honey. That’s just being on The Bachelor. He also shares some much more legitimate criticisms about how the show missed an opportunity to really talk about race.

HBO has released an early image of the upcoming The Last of Us series.

British drama academy the Guildhall School has apologized to Michaela Coel and Paapa Essiedu over shockingly racist incidents that happened to them while they were students.

Bo Burnham: Inside; Summer of Soul; and The Underground Railroad are among the next round of Peabody Award winners.

Yay for Rebel Wilson!

Renewals

  • Schmigadoon! has been renewed for a second season on Apple TV+.
  • American Rust has been given a second season on Freevee after having been canceled on Showtime.

In Development

Casting News

Mark Your Calendar

  • Stranger Things returns on Netflix on July 1.
  • Paper Girls will debut on Prime Video on July 29.

  • Menudo: Forever Young will premiere on HBO Max on June 23.
  • We Hunt Together will return on Showtime on July 1.
  • Wild ‘N Out returns on VH1 on June 21.

R.I.P.

Julee Cruise, Singer on Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet

Song Hae, Korean television personality

WATCH THIS

FRIDAY

First Kill: Like Romeo and Juliet, but make it vampire. Series premiere. Netflix

Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget Tribute: Jim Carrey, Chris Rock, Jeff Ross, John Stamos and more pay tribute to the late great Bob Saget. premiere. Netflix

Peaky Blinders: The sixth and final season. Netflix

Charmed: Series finale. 7 p.m., The CW

SATURDAY

The Card Counter: Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, and Willem Defoe star in this movie I have never heard of until this moment.  7 p.m., HBO

Amy Schumer’s Parental Advisory: Amy Schumer does the stand-up thing. Netflix

Indiana Jones marathon: Cue the snakes. 12 p.m., Paramount

SUNDAY

Evil: The third season of the sexy-scary series is here! Premiere. Paramount+

Dark Winds: Zahn McClarnon stars in this new drama series produced by George R.R. Martin and Robert Redford as Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn of the Tribal Police as he investigates what appears at first to be a series of unrelated crimes. Series premiere. AMC

The 75th Annual Tony Awards: Broadway gives itself prizes. 7 p.m., CBS

Barry: HOW IS THIS THE SEASON FINALE ALREADY? 9 p.m., HBO

Becoming Elizabeth: Oh hey, it’s another retelling of the story of Elizabeth the First. Series premiere. 8 p.m., Starz

Late Night:

  • Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (Friday): Chris Martin, Bryce Dallas Howard, the Weirdos featuring Chris Martin
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!: (Friday): Jeff Bridges, Rupert Friend, Kem featuring Rick Ross
  • Watch What Happens Live (Sunday): Joel Kim Booster, Marlo Hampton

FRI. 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30
ABC NBA Playoff
(live)
CBS Come Dance With Me
(new)		 Magnum P.I.
(repeat)		 Blue Bloods
(repeat)
CW Charmed
(new)		 World’s Funniest Animals
(new)		 World’s Funniest Animals
(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 America’s Funniest Home Videos
(repeat)		 Shark Tank
(repeat)		 The Rookie
(repeat)		 News/Local
CBS NCIS: Los Angeles
(repeat)		 S.W.A.T.
(repeat)		 48 Hours News/Local
CW Whose Line Is It Anyway?
(repeat)		 Would I Lie to You?
(new)		 Masters of Illusion
(new)		 Masters of Illusion
(repeat)		 Local
FOX MLB Baseball
(live)		 News/Local
NBC Despicable Me
(new)		 Dateline
(new)		 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)		 TIME100: The World’s Most Influential People
(new)		 Abbott Elementary
(repeat)		 Abbott Elementary
(repeat)		 The $100,000 Pyramid
(repeat)
CBS 60 Minutes The 75th Annual Tony Awards
(live)
The CW Local Riverdale
(new)		 Whose Line Is It Anyway?
(repeat)		 Would I Lie to You?
(repeat)		 Local
FOX MasterChef
(repeat)		 The Simp-sons
(new)		 Bob’s Burgers
(new)		 Duncanville
(new)		 Duncanville
(new)		 Local/News
NBC Weakest Link
(repeat)		 America’s Got Talent
(repeat)		 Dancing with Myself
(repeat)

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