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Here’s A BUNCH OF TV News
Happy 35th anniversary, Twin Peaks, the show that changed everything! Without you, our TV landscape would look very different (and so much more boring).
Twin Peaks fans overindex among TV writers, who have smuggled its sensibility and paranormal intrigue into everything from The X-Files and Lost to Stranger Things. “Probably 99.99 percent of the work that I’ve done since then is rooted in the filmmakers being fans of Twin Peaks and of David Lynch,” says Amick, who went on to star in Riverdale. Today’s Severance obsessives trading wild theories on Reddit are the heirs of the early adopters who dissected Twin Peaks on Usenet.
Variety lists their favorite Twin Peaks moments, and I’m not here to argue. (Spoilers abound.)
This is a nice little love letter to soap operas and how while unquestionably they are melodramatic, their form also helps explore our humanity and how morally complex we can all be.
Say a little prayer for the finance anchors on cable news these days.
Right after that ER reunion, we now have this Happy Days reunion — the first of its kind in “50 years.” (I mean, not really though, because Ron Howard didn’t leave the show until 1979.)
Craig Mazin won’t be around for any of your The Last of Us spinoff series, so don’t ask.
Charlie Booker hasn’t watched Severance (but he should).
Elton John and Madonna kissed and made up backstage at this week’s SNL. (Who WASN’T at this week’s SNL?)
Saturday Night Live and Andrea Mitchell will be honored at the Peabody Awards this year. Maybe alert the Nobel committee, too, for bringing peace between Madonna and Elton John.
Tina Fey checked with Lorne Michaels to make sure Jon Hamm wasn’t a “dick” before casting him in 30 Rock, which, fair.
Former Bachelor Clayton Echard is sad that his ex Gabby Windey called him “toe-looking” and I am trying not to laugh.
#MeToo
Russell Brand has been formally charged by the London police with one count of rape, one count of indecent assault, one count of oral rape and two counts of sexual assault. Brand is denying the allegations, and claims that he’s being targeted only because he’s speaking out against “the deep state.”
Outtakes from Arthur will be handed over in a civil lawsuit a woman has brought against Brand for allegedly sexually assaulting her.
This Onion story is from 2023.
The Tate brothers are under investigation by the feds. GOOD.
Jean-Claude Van Damme is being accused of having sex with trafficked women in Romania, which sounds about right.
Taxi Driver and Mean Streets screenwriter Paul Schrader is being sued by his former assistant for sexually harassing her and then refusing to honor the confidential settlement they agreed upon. Schrader denies the allegations.
Oh lord, in the wake of Bill Murray unexpectedly — some might say nonconsensually — kissing Naomi Watts on Watch What Happens Live! because he thought it would be funny, he was reflecting back on the time they had to shut down a whole ass movie because he nonconsensually kissed a crew member because he thought it would be funny. He felt he was “barbecued” in the incident. HEY. BILL. MAYBE STOP KISSING PEOPLE WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT.
James Bond agrees that James Bond is sexist.
Kim Delaney and her husband will not be facing charges for their recent assault arrests.
Let’s hope Bianca Censori is someplace safe and far away from that lunatic.
According to her husband Tracy Letts, Carrie Coon declined to return as Proxima Midnight in Avengers: Endgame because Marvel refused to pay her more than they did for Avengers: Infinity War, despite it being wildly successful. Marvel allegedly told her she should just be honored to be a part of the Marvel Universe. According to Letts: “We would’ve made a bigger deal out of this, but it would have involved us watching the movies, and we weren’t going to do that.” LOL, and here I thought I couldn’t love Coon or Letts more.
Renewals
- The Bold and the Beautiful has been renewed for three more seasons on CBS, taking it through season 41.
In Development
- A reality competition based on Monopoly has been ordered at Netflix.
Casting News
- CCH Pounder has joined the cast of Cape Fear at Apple TV+.
- Zac Looker, Jessica Belkin, and Logan Shroyer have been added to Elle on Prime Video.
Mark Your Calendars
- Wear Whatever The F You Want debuts on Prime Video on April 29.
- Unseen returns on Netflix May 2.
- Forget You Not will debut on Netflix on May 23.
- Nonna will premiere on Netflix on May 9.
- Mike Birbiglia: The Good Life will premiere on Netflix on May 26.
- Football Parents debuts on Netflix on May 16.
- Gremlins: The Wild Batch returns on Max on April 10.
R.I.P.
Guillermo del Bosque, TelevisaUnivision producer
WATCH THIS
The Handmaid’s Tale: The final chapter of the critically-acclaimed series THAT FEELS REALLY TOO CLOSE TO HOME RIGHT NOW. Season premiere. Hulu
Spy High: Four-part documentary about Blake Robbins, a high school student who filed a lawsuit against his school, alleging they spied on him when he was accused of selling drugs. Premiere. Prime Video
The Player: Enjoying ‘The Studio’? Give this a spin. 7 p.m., HBO
Late Night:
- Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Gigi Hadid, Triple H, CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso
- Late Night with Seth Meyers: Walton Goggins, Sadie Sink, Rachel Kaly
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Woody Harrelson, Michael Lewis
- After Midnight: Jon Lovett, Jared Goldstein
- Jimmy Kimmel Live: David Alan Grier, Meghann Fahy, Malcolm Todd, Jimmy Vivino, Cleto and the Cletones
- The Daily Show: Mallory McMorrow, host Desi Lydic
- Watch What Happens Live: Maren Morris, Elisabeth Moss
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Bad Romance (new) |
| CBS | FBI (new) |
FBI: International (new) |
FBI: Most Wanted (new) |
| CW | WWE NXT (new) |
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| FOX | The Cleaning Lady (new) |
Alert: Missing Persons Unit (new) |
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| NBC | St. Denis Medical (repeat) |
Night Court (repeat) |
The Voice (repeat) |