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Here’s Houston’s ABC 13 Travis Herzog trying to report on our record-breaking heat and the impact it’s having on our electrical grid when … right on cue … the power goes out in the studio. Twice. Can someone please check on Ted Cruz’s whereabouts?
That moment you're on live TV talking about the hot weather in Texas that could lead to rolling blackouts…and then the power goes out. 😳 pic.twitter.com/R2lkgxyKHi
— Travis Herzog (@TravisABC13) July 13, 2022
I kid you not…it just happened AGAIN during my 5PM broadcast.
Maybe it's just my electrifying personality, maybe not. But this time I was fully expecting Ashton Kutcher to come around the corner and say, “You’ve been PUNKED!”
A quick explanation… (1/3) pic.twitter.com/GC0GzAqK0B
— Travis Herzog (@TravisABC13) July 13, 2022
The weather video wall behind me and the rest of our production equipment are always on backup power, so here I am again as a silhouette on live TV. 😳🤣
At least the A/C stayed on.
— Travis Herzog (@TravisABC13) July 13, 2022
Hey, here’s the cast of House of the Dragon talking about what to expect for the upcoming Game of Thrones prequel. It sounds like it’s going to be a racially-diverse indictment of the patriarchy and I AM HERE FOR IT.
Emma D’Arcy, who plays Princess Rhaenyra, explains here how her character is defined by her opposition to gender norms. And here Milly Alcock, who plays young Rhaenyra, compares her character to Arya Stark.
Ryan Condal and Miguel Sapochnik, the guys creating House of the Dragon, have made it known it was important to them to create a Westeros that wasn’t quite as white as the one in Game of Thrones: “It was very important for Miguel and I to create a show that was not another bunch of white people on the screen. We wanted to find a way to put diversity in the show, but we didn’t want to do it in a way that felt like it was an afterthought or, worse, tokenism.” They made it work by making the House of Velaryon Black conquerors who came to Westeros from the west, an idea that came from Martin himself. Good.
It really sounds like Regé-Jean Page is done with Bridgerton, guys. He’s encouraging the show to recast him, which, let’s be honest, ain’t gonna happen. I can see them continue to write around his character, but there’s no way they are going to recast the hottest character in the series. Either this is some clever negotiating on his part or he’s decided he’s too big for the Netflix series. Stay tuned, I guess.
Production on Jersey Shore 2.0 has been shut down for undisclosed reasons. Hmm …
Another day, another instance of Fox News being the fucking worst.
Oh, The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City are definitely going to include Jen Shah pleading guilty next season, don’t you even worry about it.
Netflix’s Tumdum virtual fan event will take place on September 24.
Penn Badgley is a creepy masturbator. LISTEN, I AM JUST REPORTING WHAT THE STORY SAYS.
“When all the molesting stuff gets talked about,” Iler told us, “and people always say to me, did anything happen like that on your set? And I’m like, you think Tony Sirico was standing around, if there were people eyeing me the wrong way, like ‘Oh, Rob looks really cute today,’ Tony Sirico is just gonna stand there and not do anything?”
“Once we did the second or third episode, Tony Sirico just came over to me and said ‘Hey, uh, if anyone ever… bothers you, or anybody says anything, you tell Uncle Tony, okay?’ And that’s how I felt in f*cking school too. Like I was 13 years old and I was like oh, this kid thinks he’s gonna mouth off to me? I’ll have Tony Sirico come down. No matter how old you are, you see somebody that has like black hair here, and silver hair on the sides — and just the way he always had a handkerchief in his pocket — you go like this dude will f*ck you up.”
Tom Brady doesn’t want to be Former President Ding Dong’s friend anymore.
A former Love is Blind contestant is suing Netflix over work conditions. He claims production denied the contestants food and water, paid them under minimum wage, and emotionally manipulated them. So … it’s a reality show.
Renewals
- The Bear has been renewed for a second season on Hulu. You should go watch it immediately.
- The Hardy Boys has likely been renewed for a third season on Hulu.
In Development
- Criminal Minds is being rebooted at Paramount+.
- Ferrari, a series about Enzo Ferrari, has been ordered at Apple TV+.
- RapCaviar Presents, a docuseries, has been ordered at Hulu.
- Dinner with the Parents has been ordered at FreeVee.
- My Therapist Says is being adapted into a TV series.
- Freedom by Jonathan Franzen is being adapted into a TV series.
- Running Out of Time is being adapted at Peacock.
- Killer Camp is being adapted at Prime Video. (It had previously also been adapted at The CW.)
- Maternal, a medical thriller, has been greenlit at ITV.
- Phoebe Robinson and Jonathan Groff have extended their overall deal with ABC Signature.
Casting News
- Alfonso Ribiero is joining Tyra Banks as host of Dancing with the Stars on ABC.
- Diane Lane will co-star in A Man in Full on Netflix.
- Jeff Goldblum will replace Hugh Grant in Kaos on Netflix.
- Freida Pinto is set to star as Huma Abedin in Both/And which is being adapted into a TV series.
- Idina Menzel and Sarah Sherman will star in You Are SO Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah! on Netflix.
- Alice Eve has joined the cast of The Lovers on Hulu.
- Brooke D’Orsay and Jonathan Bennett will star in Wedding of a Lifetime at Hallmark.
- Joel Gretsch and Gustaf Skarsgård have joined Ben Affleck’s Nike film on Prime Video.
- Sharon D Clarke, Thomas Flynn, and Malcolm Atobrah have joined the cast of Red, White & Royal Blue on Prime Video.
Mark Your Calendars
- The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power premieres on September 2.
- Tales of The Walking Dead premieres on AMC on August 14.
- The Handmaid’s Tale returns on Hulu on September 14.
- American Gigolo premieres on Showtime on September 9.
- Beavis & Butthead returns on Paramount+ on August 4.
- Chucky will debut on USA and Syfy on October 5.
- The Bad Seed Returns will premiere on Lifetime on September 5.
- 13: The Musical will premiere on Netflix on August 12.
- Family or Fiancé will return on OWN on August 6.
- Mija will stream on Disney+ later this year.
- Kleo debuts on Netflix on August 19.
- Drifting Home will premiere on Netflix on September 16.
- Archer will return on FX on August 24.
- Gutsy will premiere on Apple TV+ on September 9.
- The Grammy Awards will air on CBS on February 5.
- 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After? will return on TLC on August 28.
- The Women’s Cup will begin streaming on Paramount+ on August 14.
- Best in Dough will premiere on Hulu on September 19.
- Good Sex will premiere on Discovery+ on September 19.
- Confess, Fletch will premiere on Showtime on October 28.
- Whitney Cummings: Jokes will debut on Netflix on July 26.
R.I.P.
Mark Fleischman, Former owner of Studio 54
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