This video might just kill me.
Baby otters making friends with a puppy..🦦🦦🐶 pic.twitter.com/HKQSs8qFJv
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) August 2, 2022
Here’s A BUNCH OF TV News
Jon Baptiste is leaving The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as band leader after seven years (and having won an Oscar and five Grammys in the past two). Louis Cato is the new band leader.
Stephen Colbert’s cut scenes from Severance:
I love the social media team for The Boys:
We saw your tweets, opened your emails, and read your one-star reviews. That’s why we’re making the brave choice to bring Soldier Boy back to Vought++. Films like Red Thunder will now have this content warning to properly prepare patriots before they press play! pic.twitter.com/2r6AsKVpuP
— Vought International (@VoughtIntl) August 11, 2022
Lisa Kudrow thinks that the Friends writers shouldn’t have taken on stories about people of color, because, “They have no business writing stories about the experiences of being a person of color.” She’s not wrong! White people shouldn’t do that! But maybe they could have hired some writers who weren’t white?
You might not be able to go to the Golden Girls pop-up in Beverly Hills, but you can shop the merch.
This Buzzfeed piece about the family members of victims of violent crimes whose stories have been turned into true crime miniseries and documentaries turning to TikTok to criticize the monetization of their trauma is interesting and thought-provoking.
Pajiba has a piece about how the tabloids are trying to drum up a feud between Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb over on The Today Show, and how it’s all bullshit. It’s a story about a non-story, basically. But in the Pajiba piece is this amazing tweet about Jenna Bush getting too handsy with a guest during a cooking segment, and y’all, this is hilarious. Is she drunk?
Jenna Bush was way too handsy with @HodaAndJenna contributor, Justin Sylvester. This is the daughter of a former President sexually harassing her coworker in the workplace, on TV. She should be suspended or fired. Full stop!pic.twitter.com/al072SN1rW
— Madam Vice President Harris is THEE GOAT! (@flywithkamala) August 12, 2022
Spectrum Originals is shutting down, leaving several series in limbo.
Megan Thee Stallion is Team Steve.
If soap operas did away with these “10 overdone storylines” there would be no soap operas.
Speaking of soap operas, Nancy Lee Grahn plays Alexis Davis on General Hospital and I think she’s onto something here:
Dear @FBI, I know u don't need advice from a soap star, but having been in 10 or 10k implausible storylines in my 37 yrs, may I recommend digging up Ivana. Cleary it didn't take 10 pall bearers to carry a liposuctioned 73 yr old who methinks was in her weight in classified docs.
— Nancy Lee Grahn (@NancyLeeGrahn) August 11, 2022
I mean, the man stole NUCLEAR DOCUMENTS, y’all. He is being investigated for violating the Espionage Act. THE ESPIONAGE ACT. WHAT WAS HE DOING WITH THESE DOCUMENTS, Y’ALL?
I, as ever, continue to be shocked but not surprised.
NEW via Breitbart: Trump under investigation per search warrant for:
18 USC 2071 — Concealment, removal or mutilation
18 USC 793 — Gathering, transmitting or losing defence information
18 USC 1519 — Destruction, alteration or falsification of records in Federal investigations— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) August 12, 2022
Breitbart reveals that the Former President is under investigation for violating the Espionage Act. 18 USC 793.
10 year penalties for each document.
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 12, 2022
did you know that you have rights? did you know that you can take nuclear documents home from work? pic.twitter.com/Ke0OWm8JXx
— jordan (@JordanUhl) August 12, 2022
“We lost our children and ruined our lives for those codes and he just…tweeted it out” pic.twitter.com/gGTZs0nUWV
— David Dennis Jr. (@DavidDTSS) August 12, 2022
Meanwhile, Judge Reinhart is the judge who signed off on the Mar-A-Lago search warrant, and Fox News pulled this bullshit on the same day that a lunatic attacked an FBI office. This is disgusting. They are going to get people killed.
This is disgusting misinformation and puts Judge Reinhart’s security at greater risk. Photo on top of Maxwell and Epstein is real. Photo on bottom, broadcast on Fox News highest rated prime time show, is a fake photoshop.
In any other news network, there’d be dire consequences. https://t.co/oBXBihQEik pic.twitter.com/exvvJ5bv76
— Ana Navarro-Cárdenas (@ananavarro) August 12, 2022
Olivia Newton-John will receive a state funeral in Australia.
Here’s hoping Salman Rushdie is OK after being stabbed at a public event.
Renewals
- Love, Death, and Robots has been renewed for season four on Netflix.
- Physical has been renewed for a third season on Apple TV+.
- Power Book III: Raising Kanan has been renewed for a third season on Starz.
In Development
- Lil Rel Howery has lined up a HBO standup comedy special.
- Quinta Brunson has signed an overall deal with Warner Bros. Television.
Casting News
- Michelle Yeoh, Stanley Tucci, Jason Alexander, Brian Cox, and Jenny Slate have been cast in the Russo Brothers’ next film at Netflix, The Electric State.
- Lucy Liu has joined the cast of A Man in Full at Netflix.
- Orlando Jones and Shannon Brown have joined Swagger on Apple TV+.
- Maria Bakalova has been added to Unfrosted at Netflix.
- Jessica Harper, John Getz, Toks Olagundoye, Isabella Briggs, and David Sullivan have been added to the cast of Fatal Attraction at Paramount+.
- Jamie Neumann and Amy Darton have been added to the cast of Invitation to a Bonfire at AMC.
Mark Your Calendar
- Dangerous Liaisons will premiere on Starz on November 6.
- Rookie: Feds debuts on ABC on September 27.
- The Gabby Petito Story will premiere on Lifetime on October 1.
- High School will premiere on Freevee on October 14.
- Gabriel Iglesias: Stadium Fluffy Live from Los Angeles will premiere on Netflix on October 18.
- 90 Day: The Single Life returns on TLC on September 12.
- The Jennifer Hudson Show will debut in syndication on September 12.
- Under Wraps 2 will debut on Disney Channel on September 25.
- Shudder begins its 61-day Halloween marathon on September 1.
- Capital One College Bowl returns on NBC on September 9.
- Ring Nation will premiere in syndication on September 26.
- Garage Rehab will premiere on HGTV on September 8.
- Let’s Get Physical will debut on Lifetime on October 15 and The Disappearance of Cari Farver will debut on October 8.
- Rise will debut on Hulu and ESPN+ on August 18.
- Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20 will air on ABC on August 23.
- Escape from Kabul will premiere on HBO on September 21.
R.I.P.
Anne Heche, Emmy-winning actress
A statement from her family: “We have lost a bright light, a kind and most joyful soul, a loving mother, and a loyal friend. Anne will be deeply missed but she lives on through her beautiful sons, her iconic body of work, and her passionate advocacy. Her bravery for always standing in her truth, spreading her message of love and acceptance, will continue to have a lasting impact.”
WATCH THIS
FRIDAY
Day Shift: Jamie Foxx stars in this film about a pool cleaner who is secretly a vampire hunter. Premiere Netflix
Never Have I Ever: Season three. Netflix
13: The Musical: A film version of the Broadway musical, the first ever to feature an entire cast of teenagers. Premiere. Netflix
RuPaul’s Celebrity Drag Race: Stars compete for charity and for the title of America’s Next Celebrity Drag Superstar. Season premiere. 7 p.m., VH1
SATURDAY`
South Park: The 25th Anniversary Concert: Matt Stone and Trey Parker celebrate the 25th anniversary of their subversive little cartoon with a concert in Colorado, featuring Primus and Ween. 9 p.m., Comedy Central
Preseason Football: Saints at Texans. Yay. 7 p.m., ABC
SUNDAY
Westworld: Season finale. 8 p.m., HBO
Evil: Season finale. Paramount+
Tales of the Walking Dead: Terry Crews stars as a man searching for his wife in this first installment of the new Walking Dead anthology series. Series premiere. 8 p.m, AMC, AMC+
Power Book III: Raq expands her empire in the second season premiere. 8 p.m., Starz
FRI. | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
ABC | Shark Tank (repeat) |
20/20 |
CBS | Secret Celebrity Renovation (new) |
Blue Bloods (repeat) |
Blue Bloods (repeat) |
CW | Killer Camp (repeat) |
Dynasty (new) |
Local |
FOX | Friday Night Smackdown | Local |
NBC | American Ninja Warrior (repeat) |
Dateline |
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ABC | Preseason NFL Football (live) |
News/Local |
CBS | NCIS (repeat) |
NCIS: Hawai’i | 48 Hours | News/Local |
CW | Great Chocolate Showdown (repeat) |
Masters of Illusion (new) |
Masters of Illusion (repeat) |
Local |
FOX | MLB Baseball (live) |
News/Local |
NBC | The Wall (repeat) |
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) |
Celebrity Family Feud (new) |
The $100,000 Pyramid (new) |
The Final Straw (new) |
CBS | 60 Minutes | Big Brother (new) |
The Equalizer (repeat) |
NCIS: Los Angeles (repeat) |
The CW | Local | World’s Funniest Animals (repeat) |
World’s Funniest Animals (repeat) |
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) |
Password (repeat) |
America’s Got Talent (repeat) |