The original ending for ‘Lost’ would have been cooler (but still would have confused people)

by Therese Odell, posted in watch this

Not his fault. Door too small.

Here’s A BUNCH OF TV News

Lost originally was going to end with a fight on an erupting volcano — a volcano that had been alluded to throughout the series — but they didn’t have the budget to make it happen. Frankly, I think a volcano is a much better ending than the bathtub plug nonsense, but if I’m honest with myself, I have to acknowledge that the special effects would have probably been terrible and distracting. OH WELL.

Speaking of alternate endings, Squid Game originally had a much happier, much more closed ending, one that wouldn’t be so easy to add a second season to.

Last night saw the series finale of the batshit insane Riverdale — at least for those of you who don’t have AT&T and therefore have had The CW blacked out for you for weeks now as they are in a dispute with Nexstar over carriage fees. ~shakes fist~ If you want to know how it all ended, the link has all of your spoilers. And I have to say, it was going to be hard to do, but they managed to outbonkers themselves, one last time.

Yesterday also saw the much-ballyhooed — but brief — return of Samantha on And Just Like That … if you want to know what happened there.

I’m not going to spend any time on last night’s Republican primary debate, because yawn. I will note that Former President Couldn’t Be Bothered claims that his interview with Tucker Carlson on Twitter had 180 million views, but as anyone with half a brain cell knows, what counts as a “view” on Twitter is pretty much anything, including posts you scroll past. So.

The only other thing that I will add is that Marjorie Taylor Greene, Dummy, Jr., and Matt Gaetz tried to go to the Fox News spin room following the debate to speak as Former President Beanbrain’s surrogates, but they weren’t allowed in and they were SO MAD ABOUT IT. But honestly, if he can’t be fucked to attend Fox News’ debate, why should Fox News allow his people to come into the media spin room for some unearned publicity?

So there’s this TV writer, Patty Lin, who has written a memoir, and in it, she talks about her time at Friends in the late years, and how dispiriting it was when the stars would deliberately tank jokes they didn’t like or advocate that their characters wouldn’t say certain lines. But it’s hard for me to feel sorry for the writer here? Because the actors had been doing this a lot longer than she had, she admits she’s not a comedy writer, and they clearly knew what worked and had been working to make them the biggest show on TV? I don’t know, but this is hardly the sob story I think she thinks it is.

Craig Mazin is cool with you doing a spinoff of The Last of Us — it just better not suck.

They’re going to add a CNN hub to Max with a 24/7 live stream of the network. And frankly, I wish other streamers would do this, and by “other streamers” I mean Peacock. Just add MSNBC to Peacock already, it would save us all a lot of time and aggravation.

Reportedly, Mark Thompson, the man with the most generic name ever the former head of The New York Times and the BBC, is being considered as Chris Licht’s replacement at CNN.

Keep this man far from Drew Barrymore, for chrissakes.

Renewals

  • Everyone Else Burns has been renewed for a second season on Channel 4.
  • It sounds like The Acolyte might have been renewed at Disney+ for a second season.
  • It’s also possible that The Buccaneers might have been renewed for a second season on Apple TV+ before the premiere.

In Development

Casting News

Mark Your Calendars

  • The Morning Show returns on Apple TV+ on September 13.
  • The Kardashians returns on Hulu on September 28.
  • Society of the Snow is coming to Netflix soon.
  • Bosch: Legacy returns on Freevee on October 20.
  • Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test returns on Fox on September 25.
  • Never Let Him Go will debut on Hulu on September 6.
  • Wilderness will premiere on Prime Video on September 15.
  • The D’Amelio Show returns on Hulu on September 20.
  • The Saint of Second Chances premieres on Netflix on September 19.
  • Flora and Son will debut on Apple TV+ on September 29.

R.I.P.

Hersha Parady, Actress who played Alice Garvey on Little House on the Prairie

Terry Funk, WWE Hall of Famer

WATCH THIS

And Just Like That … : Season finale. Max

Miley Cyrus: Endless Summer Vacation (Backyard Sessions): Miley Cyrus performs from her new album and gives exclusive interviews in this new special. 9 p.m., ABC

Ragnarok: Third and final season. Netflix

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