You can’t say the January 6th hearings weren’t good TV …

by Therese Odell, posted in Uncategorized

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Here’s A BUNCH OF TV News

There was a lot of complaining from some corners of the right that the January 6th Committee had hired a TV producer to help them shape a compelling narrative for American audiences. As far as I’m concerned, give that producer an Emmy and a bonus, because damn, he put on a good show.

For yesterday’s primetime hearing, between the outtakes of a sullen Former President Sore Loser refusing to say that the election is over in a speech given on January 7th …

and the original footage of his disastrous January 6 message …

to footage of Republican Sentator Josh Hawley running from the very people he had just hours earlier given a fist pump to …

to the revelation that Secret Service members protecting Former Vice President Mike Pence were calling their families because they weren’t sure they were going to survive all the while the Former Traitor-in-Chief did nothing …

to this guy …

… last night’s hearings made for riveting, persuasive, and important television. Let’s hope Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice were watching, too.

Oh, and this wasn’t a series finale for the hearings, merely a season finale. There will be more hearings in September.

AND! Steve Bannon was found guilty for refusing to comply with a Congressional subpoena from the Committee.

OAN is being dropped by Verizon, which means that the far-right looney network wil only be available on one small Alaskan cable provider. What a shame.

Please do not get into a gun fight near the set of Justified: City Primeval, thanks.

The new She-Hulk poster features a phone number that fans can call: 1-877-SHE-HULK.

Get well soon, Frank Fritz.

Renewals

Cancellations

  • Ladhood will end on BBC after three seasons.

In Development

  • Wolf Pack, a spinoff of Teen Wolf, is coming to Paramount+ and will star Sarah Michelle Geller.

Casting News

Mark Your Calendar

  • Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power will premiere on Prime Video September 2.
  • Atlanta will return for its fourth and final season on FX in September.
  • National Treasure: Edge of History will premiere on Disney+ soon.
  • Vampire Academy will premiere on Peacock on September 15.
  • Teen Wolf: The Movie will premiere on Paramount+ soon.
  • The Tidal Zone will debut on Nickelodeon and Paramount+ this fall.
  • The Dragon Prince will return on Netflix this winter.

R.I.P.

Taurean Blacque, Hill Street Blues actor

Shonka Dukureh, Actress and blues singer

Alan Grant, Award-winning Batman writer

WATCH THIS

FRIDAY

The Gray Man: Ryan Gosling stars in this spy thriller as the CIA’s top asset who reveals the agency’s biggest secrets, putting a target on his back. Premiere. Netflix

Secret Celebrity Renovation: Billy Gardell, the star of Bob ♥ Abishola, returns to Pittsburgh to renovate the home of his best friend’s mother in the season premiere. 7 p.m., CBS

Fast Times at Ridgemont High: John Hughes gets all the credit for 80s teen movies, but this is the realest. 9:15 p.m., AMC

SATURDAY

The Bob’s Burgers Movie: It’s Bob’s Burgers! But in movie form! 7 p.m., HBO

80s Comedies Marathon: National Lampoon’s Animal House; The Blues Brothers; Stripes; and Caddyshack. (Alright, Animal House was in the 70s, but close enough.) 11:30 p.m., Sundance TV

SUNDAY

Great White Battleground: Hey, it’s Shark Week. 7 p.m., Discovery

Jackass Shark Week 2.0: It’s Shark Week. 8 p.m., Discovery

Great White Open Ocean: It’s still going to be Shark Week. 9 p.m., Discovery

Late Night:

  • Watch What Happens Live (Sunday): Keke Palmer, Kandi Burruss

FRI. 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30
ABC Shark Tank
(repeat)		 20/20
CBS Secret Celebrity Renovation
(new)		 Magnum P.I.
(repeat)		 Blue Bloods
(repeat)
CW Penn & Teller: Fool Us
(repeat)		 World’s Funniest Animals
(repeat)		 World’s Funniest Animals
(repeat)		 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)		 Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
(repeat)		 Shark Tank
(repeat)		 News/Local
CBS Superstar Racing Experience
(live)		 48 Hours News/Local
CW Whose Line Is It Anyway?
(repeat)		 Would I Lie to You?
(repeat)		 Masters of Illusion
(repeat)		 Masters of Illusion
(repeat)		 Local
FOX MLB Baseball
(live)		 News/Local
NBC The Wall
(new)		 World Track & Field Championships Oregon22
(live)		 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)		 Celebrity Family Feud
(new)		 The Final Straw
(new)		 The $100,000 Pyramid
(new)
CBS 60 Minutes Big Brother
(new)		 The Equalizer
(repeat)		 NCIS: Los Angeles
(repeat)
The CW Local Riverdale
(new)		 Penn & Teller: Fool Us
(repeat)		 Local
FOX Beat Shazam
(repeat)		 The Simp-sons
(repeat)		 The Great North
(repeat)		 Bob’s Burgers
(repeat)		 Family Guy
(repeat)		 Local/News
NBC Who Do You Think You Are?
(new)		 Dancing with Myself
(repeat)		 World Track & Field Championships Oregon22
(live)

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