Welcome to 2024. Brace for impact.

by Therese Odell, posted in watch this

~takes a deep cleansing breath~

Hello. Happy New Year. Welcome to 2024.

I’m trying to be optimistic about the upcoming 365 days around the sun, but I have to be honest with you: it’s really hard because I’m old enough to remember the last two Leap/Presidential Election Years. 2016 was a goddamned nightmare between losing Prince, David Bowie, Geroge Michael, and Princess Leia and then having the first female President stolen from us by a racist, fascist, rapey, dumb TV game show host. But 2016 was a fucking WALK IN THE PARK compared to 2020, which featured that now racist, fascist, rapey, dumb TV game show host in charge of the country at the same time it was hit by an unprecedented-in-my-lifetime pandemic that isolated all of us, threw our society into chaos, left us without toilet paper for some reason, and found millions dead around the world; AND a contentious Presidential election that yay! ended with President Biden elected alongside the first female Vice President, Kamala Harris, but boo! which nearly unraveled in the stupidest and most incompetent coup attempt ever.

Now, I have enjoyed a relatively peaceful three years with President Biden at the helm of this country, quietly navigating us into better economic and health conditions, all the while ignoring the clown show coming from the Republican side in an attempt to distract him. I didn’t have to write about politics as much in the past three years in part because there wasn’t a President in office who was constantly screaming about how he was going to dismantle the First Amendment and using Hitler-esque language to describe the free press, and I’d really rather not go back to that, please and thank you.

So I have my eye on you 2024. And that’s why this is the energy with which I’m coming into the new year:

@nflonfox

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Here’s A BUNCH OF TV News

Here’s Anderson Cooper becoming increasingly drunk last night:

This is a good starter list of the shows to look forward to in 2024.

You have until the 29th to enjoy Prime Video without ads — or without paying $2.99 a month more to avoid the ads. (But if you do want to pay extra to avoid ads, you can sign up for it here. You won’t be charged until the policy goes into effect on the 29th. You can cancel at any time.)

The story of Mayim Bialik being fired from Jeopardy! is more complicated than just “because of the writers’ strike” — though that is a huge part of the equation. Jeopardy! is part of the Network Television Code, which means that while the writers were striking, other staff and crew were not, and the show could go on (like with soap operas, and other daytime shows). Thus, when she stood with the writers, she made Ken Jennings look like a scab — even though Alex Trebek continued his hosting duties during previous strikes without anyone being upset about that. But also, she might be back for Celebrity Jeopardy!?

Actor Dominic West made a bad toilet pun and now he and Prince Harry are on the outs.

Boardwalk Empire allegedly didn’t cast the wonderful Colman Domingo because he was too dark-skinned, so that’s just Boardwalk Empire‘s loss.

The New York Times is suing Open A.I. GOOD.

I know Chris Harrison is convinced that someone out there wants to hear more from him, but I can assure him, they do not.

Speaking of someone no one wants to ever hear from again, contrary to what she seems to think …

Jessica Chastain will not be starring in Netflix’s adaptation of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, so please stop harassing her about it.

Oh, let’s not be defending Tom Cruise, Hannah Waddingham. For one thing, he’s a multi-millionaire superstar actor who doesn’t need to be defended. But for another, he’s the face of a weird alien cult who disappears people, so, you know…

Y’all need to leave Beverly Hills 90210‘s Ian Ziering alone!

That one time Taylor Swift was on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Happy Do Whatever You’d Like With the Original Mickey Mouse Day!

Love is dead.

Or maybe not!

Renewals

Cancellations

  • Bunk’d will end on Disney Channel with season seven.

In Development

Casting News

  • Snoop Dogg will be giving reports on the Paris Olympics for NBC and Peacock, so maybe I’ll have to cover the Olympics again, dammit.
  • Brian Gaskill has joined the cast of The Young and the Restless on CBS.
  • Sean Astin will return on The Conners on ABC (and on The CW somehow, too?).
  • Kapil Talwalkar has left Night Court on NBC.

Mark Your Calendar

  • Grey’s Anatomy returns on ABC on March 14.
  • 9-1-1 returns on ABC on March 14.
  • Vanderpump Villa debuts on Hulu this spring.
  • Break Point returns on Netflix on January 10.
  • Doctor Slump debuts on Netflix on January 27.
  • From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke returns on Netflix in 2024.

R.I.P.

Tom Smothers, Comedian, folk singer, activist, one half of the wonderful Smothers Brothers, and co-host of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.

Tom Wilkinson, Two-time Oscar-nominated actor who appeared in The Ful Monty, Shakespeare in Love, Michael Clayton, Batman Begins, Mission Impossible — Ghost Protocol, and countless others

Richard Romanus, Actor known for his roles in The Sopranos and Mean Streets

Lee Sun-Kyun, Korean actor who starred in Parasite

David Leland, Actor, writer, and Emmy-winning director of Band of Brothers, who is credited with starting the careers of Pierce Brosnan and Tim Roth

Shecky Greene, Legendary comedian who guest-starred in “Mad About You, Northern Exposure, Roseanne, The Law & Harry McGraw, Laverne & Shirley, Love, America Style among others”

Bobby Rivers, TV host of Top 5 and Watch Bobby Rivers, and film critic

Mbongeni Ngema, Creator of the musical Sarafina!, and vocal arranger of The Lion King

Casey Kramer, Actress in a number of TV shows and movies, including “Falcon Crest, McBride, Criminal Minds, Dexter, Southland, The Young and the Restless, Transparent, Behind the Candelabra, Lethal Weapon, and Baskets”

David Kernan, British actor and Tony nominee

Matt Napolitano, Anchor and reporter for Fox News Audio

Adam Petlin, Longtime head of Chicago bureau operations of Fox News

John Pilger, Australian documentarian and investigative journalist

Maurice Hines, Legendary tap dancer

Lewis “Lew” Rothman, Entertainment executive

Bram Inscore, Songwriter and music producer

Gil de Ferran, Race car legend

Narayanan Vijayaraj Alagarswami, Indian actor and political leader

WATCH THIS

Changemakers: This new docuseries explores eight everyday people trying to make the world a better place. Series premiere. Paramount+

Bitconned: The rise and fall of Centra Tech, a bitcoin scam in the early days of the business that entangled the likes of DJ Khaled and Floyd Mayweather. Premiere Netflix

You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment: Sets of identical twins alter their diets for two months to explore health changes and how various foods affect the body. Premiere. Netflix

135th Rose Parade: The flower parade is back to get you through your hangover. 10 a.m., ABC, NBC, Peacock

2023 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony: The ceremony moves from HBO to ABC and Disney+ for the first time. Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott, Chaka Khan, and Willie Nelson are among the class being inaugurated. 7 p.m., ABC

America’s Got Talent: Fantasy League: The judges select a roster of their favorite acts whom they guide through the competition in this new series. Series premiere. 7 p.m., NBC

M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television: A look back at the television classic, including interviews with the original cast. 7 p.m., Fox

MON. 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30
ABC 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
(live)
CBS NCIS
(repeat)		 NCIS
(repeat)		 NCIS
(repeat)
CW Penn & Teller: Fool Us
(repeat)		 Masters of Illusion
(repeat)		 World’s Funniest Animals
(repeat)		 Local
FOX M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television
(new)		 News/Local
NBC America’s Got Talent: Fantasy League
(new)		 The Irrational
(new)

One thought on “Welcome to 2024. Brace for impact.”

  1. Happy New Year, T! Your commentary was a buoy and a comfort during our Orangest Timeline. 2024 is going to be a RIDE–I roll with you, friend. <3

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