Wait, is there hope for more ‘Evil?’

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Before I get started on today’s TV news, for those of y’all not in the Houston area, we were hit head-on this morning by Beryl, which made landfall as a category 1 hurricane. Now, a cat 1 doesn’t sound like much — when you’re not going through it, but I can assure you, this little hurricane was Serious Business. Fortunately, my family and I are all safe and sound, our house remained intact (aside from some pesky leaks), and we only had our power flicker here and there, it never went out for longer than about 30 seconds at a time.

However, my fellow Houstonians are not as lucky: 2 million of us have lost power, and the damage from the winds is similar to what Hurricane Ike brought us 16 years ago. I don’t know what our community will need at this point, but please keep us in your thoughts in the next couple weeks as we clean up.

Here’s A BUNCH OF TV News

Katja Herbers explained that Evil was canceled thanks in large part to last year’s strikes, but points out that the show is very popular and would be a great asset for another streamer. Any takers? Netflix? You are already streaming a couple of seasons of the show — why not make some more?

Here’s the Collider piece she was responding to, if you’re interested.

And Collider drew up a list of 10 other recent canceled shows that deserved more seasons, and it’s hard to argue with it, especially their number one. JUSTICE FOR OFMD!

I spent the weekend watching America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders on Netflix, expecting to spend my time rolling my eyes into the back of my head. Instead, I found myself genuinely impressed by the bright, talented young women who try out for the squad, and ABSOLUTELY FURIOUS with the organization itself for how they treat them, physically and emotionally abuse them, and pay them practically nothing, especially compared to how much NFL players earn and how much the owners are making off of them. FURIOUS. (But also, this math in the link above is not mathing? How does $500 per game, with 16/17 games = $75,000 a year? How does $150 per game =  $22,500 a year? I know they receive extra for appearance fees, but at about $30 an appearance. This doesn’t make sense to me, thanks.)

John Cena is retiring from the WWE which is wild because I had no idea he was still working for the WWE.

The WWE has been doing a kind of crazy crossover with The Boys? Which is particularly curious since The Boys is on Prime Video and WWE is moving to Netflix? But … OK.

Weird.

Something to put in your “Yeah, No Shit, Sherlock” files: Real Housewives shows are “toxic.”

Christina Applegate would like to talk to the contestants on Love Island:

Lost‘s Hurley was originally supposed to be an unlikeable middle-aged redneck, and then he was supposed to be dropped off a cliff in the pilot but Jorge Garcia was just too damn charming and likable and the writers changed everything.

Here’s another bit of TV history I did not know: there was a live-action X-Men TV movie that predated the X-Men movies, but it was a flop, and any plans for a series based on it were scrapped.

This is a genuinely hilariously terrible Photoshop job:

Want to be on The Property Brothers? Well, it’s going to cost you around $200,000-$250,000.

Former Big Brother season two contestant Amber Daly has been arrested in Texas for property theft between $30,000 and $150,000. Girl, what did you steal?

After months of haggling, Skydance has made a deal to buy Paramount. As for what that means for you, the consumer? Promises to “rebuild” the Paramount+ platform, bundling possibilities, and … ugh … “utilizing artificial intelligence to ‘turbocharge content creation capabilities’ and lower costs.” Also, they’re not giving up on CBS, but they’re not counting on it being around forever.

What I don’t need is some Brit yammering about how she wouldn’t move back to the States, specifically a red state, if Former President Project 2025  is reelected. GOOD FOR YOU, MINNIE DRIVER, BUT THE REST OF US ARE KINDA SCREWED.

Hey, just a quick reminder that whoever ends up being the nominee for the Democrats, this is what the Republicans intend to implement if Former President Ketchup Fingers is reelected:

See that second to last item? “Eliminates federal agencies like the FDA, EPA, NOAA, and more”? Yeah, think about that while you’re hunkering down during Beryl and the rest of this insane hurricane season.

In Development

Mark Your Calendar

  • Agatha All Along will debut on Disney+ on September 18.
  • Unsolved Mysteries will return on Netflix on July 31.
  • Futurama returns on Hulu on July 29.
  • The Serpent Queen returns on Starz on July 12.
  • Elite returns on Netflix on July 26.
  • Love Is Blind: Mexico debuts on Netflix on August 1.
  • The Yara Gambirasio Case: Beyond Reasonable Doubt debuts on Netflix on July 16.
  • Cross will debut on Prime Video on November 14.
  • How To Die Alone will premiere on Hulu on September 13.
  • IF will begin streaming on Paramount+ on July 9.

R.I.P.

Jon Landau, Oscar-winning film producer who collaborated with James Cameron on Titanic and the Avatar films and former executive vice president of feature productions at 20th Century Fox where he oversaw Home Alone, Mrs. Doubtfire, Speed, Waiting to Exhale, Die Hard 2, Power Rangers, The Last of the Mohicans, and True Lies among others

“A great producer and a great human being has left us. Jon Landau believed in the dream of cinema. He believed that film is the ultimate human art form, and to make films you have to first be human yourself. He will be remembered as much for his vast generosity of spirit as for the movies themselves.” — James Cameron in a statement

See more tributes here.

Mike Heslin, Actor in The Lioness, Younger, and The Holiday Proposal Plan

Judy Belushi-Pisano, Actress, producer, and wife of John Belushi

Dawn Hollyoak, The Great British Baking Show contestant

Khyree Jackson, Minnesota Vikings player

Tony Knight, British comedian

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The Bachelorette: Jenn Trann is the latest Bachelorette to look for love in the McMansion. Break open the new box o’ wine. Season premiere. 7 p.m., ABC

All American: Homecoming: Damon is put in a difficult position. Season premiere. 7 p.m.., The CW

Shark Week: Big Shark Energy; Shark Frenzy: Mating Games; Bodies in the Water; Great White Serial Killer: Sea of Blood 7 p.m., Discovery & Max

Late Night:

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  • After Midnight: Baron Vaughn, Rory Scovel, Rhys Darby
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