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Checkmate, Elon.

Therese Odell
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Because there is nothing cuter than Keanu Reeves.

Here’s A BUNCH OF TV News

Bob ♥ Abishola‘s cast is being mostly reduced to “recurring” instead of “starring,” with the exception of Bob (Billy Gardell) and Abishola (Folake Olowofoyeku). This is a creative way to try to reduce costs, and it will be interesting to see if other network shows follow suit. Can’t imagine SAG is going to be thrilled about this, though.

Some Emmy business: Kieran Culkin has been submitted for consideration in the Lead Actor category for his role as Roman Roy on Succession (he’d previously been in the Supporting Actor category). Similarly, Sarah Snook has been submitted for Lead Actress for her role as Shiv Roy on Succession. HMM. DOES IT MEAN SOMETHING?

Meanwhile, Yellowjackets‘ Liv Hewson, who identifies as non-binary, will not be submitting themselves for consideration at all, because of the gendered categories:

“There’s not a place for me in the acting categories. It would be inaccurate for me to submit myself as an actress. It neither makes sense for me to be lumped in with the boys. It’s quite straightforward and not that loaded. I can’t submit myself for this because there’s no space for me.”

The Television Academy has announced the recipients of the 16th Television Academy Honors, and among them is the wonderful HBO series, We’re Here. That show, in which drag queens go to small towns in (mostly) red states and help transform LGBTQ folks and allies into drag queens for a performance in the community, is needed now more than ever.

Ghosted, the Chris Evans and Ana de Armas spy comedy, is Apple TV+’s biggest movie to date.

And over on Netflix, The Night Agent has become the most popular series to date, bypassing Bridgerton. 

Why are the Ted Lasso season three episodes so long? Because … why not?

Vince Gilligan originally wanted Saul to kill Carol Burnett, but Bob Odenkirk wasn’t having it.

Patti LuPone does not want Kim Kardashian on American Horror Story. PREACH, MOMMA.

Nate Silver has been fired at ABC News; sad trombone.

The other story I missed while I was gone is about Elon Musk’s continued attempt to destroy Twitter. The TL;DR: A few months ago, Elon created “Twitter Blue,” a subscription service that would give anyone who paid $11 a month a blue checkmark, just like all the fancy celebrities, politicians and journalists on the site. (Nevermind that the checkmark was never really a “status” symbol, as much as it was a means of security to prove the blue checkmark’s identity. If you’re not famous, and no one is going to try to impersonate you, you don’t really need a checkmark, you know?) Most Twitter users who aren’t weirdo Elon fanboys were like, “LOL, NO THANKS, I’LL KEEP MY $11.”

So then, Elon stripped all the legacy checkmarks of their blue checks on April 20, under the very flawed assumption that they would all choose to pay for Twitter Blue? So as to get their blue checkmarks back which now were devalued as a mark of status or proof of identity now that anyone can just buy one? And so the legacy checkmarks were all like, “LOL, NO THANKS!” (Literally — 24 hours after the checkmarks were removed, there was a net 28 signups among legacy bluechecks — TWENTY-EIGHT.) 

And so a day later Elon started forcing the checkmarks on celebrities who had over one million followers? Because he realized that the value of Twitter Blue is dependent on its cachet, and if all the celebrities reject it, it loses its cachet? But they didn’t want the checkmarks back? And some of the celebrities were dead like Chadwick Boseman and Anthony Bourdain? And the ones who are alive are actually pretty pissed at the implication that they are endorsing Twitter Blue? Which is literally fraud?

And Bella Ramsey, she’s just out, because fuck you, Elon.

You’ll also not be surprised to learn that some accounts that have paid for Twitter Blue are impersonating real accounts and posting offensive stuff. BECAUSE THAT WAS THE POINT OF THE CHECKMARK, TO VERIFY ACCOUNTS REALLY WERE WHO THEY SAID THEY WERE, YOU HALFWIT.

Oh, and after NPR, PBS and other sites left Twitter over being labeled “government-funded,” or “state-affiliated,” Twitter has also dropped the offending tags on all media accounts. Including Russia’s RT and Sputnik and China’s Xinhua. (Which might have been the plan all along, frankly.)

Tucker Carlson has reacted to his firing with a bizarre rambling video that says a bunch of buzzwords but means nothing.

Bill Hader is open to playing Stefon again.

Rosie O’Donnell and Meghan McCain might not agree on much, but they both hated being on the show and they both, interestingly, claim Whoopi Goldberg prevented them from discussing the Bill Cosby rape cases while on The View. So that’s something.

Lisa Vanderpump calls Scandaval a “producer’s dream.” No lies detected.

Matthew Perry is going to leave Keanu out of it in the future editions of his memoir.

The WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers will be negotiating through the weekend to try to avoid a strike. Keep your fingers crossed.

Love to Richard Lewis as he retires from stand-up.

Renewals

Cancellations

In Development

Casting News

Mark Your Calendars

R.I.P.

Jerry Springer, Sensationalistic talk show host and daytime TV personality

Rasheeda “Koko Da Doll” Williams, Trans woman featured in the documentary Kokomo City

Ron Faber, Award-winning stage actor who appeared in The Exorcist

Robert Patrick, Off-Broadway playwright

Herb Lazarus, Longtime TV executive

WATCH THIS

Love & Death: Oh, hey, it’s another version of the Candy Montgomery story, which Jessica Biel already did over on Hulu? But you know what? Sure. Series premiere. HBO Max

Sweet Tooth: Season two. Netflix

Firefly Lane: Season two and series finale.  Netflix

The Last Last Late Late Show with James Corden: Bye. Series finale. 9 p.m., CBS

The 2023 NFL Draft: I don’t know, people seem to care, so. 7 p.m., ABC

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