A belated Happy Father’s Day to all my foolish dads out there! Hope you had a great weekend!
This is Barron and his son, Carlos. Carlos just came home from an exhausting first day of puppy school. Barron is really proud of him. 13/10 Happy Father's Day, Barron
PolUGHtics
First and foremost, for those of you who showed up this weekend in the massive No Kings protests around the country: thank you. It was so powerful to see millions of Americans standing up to this authoritarian regime and the violence they’ve inflicted on our people, our democracy, and our country.
There were a bunch of celebrities at the protests, particularly in Los Angeles unsurprisingly, but that’s not what’s important. What is important is that folks of all ages and races were fired up enough to show up and make themselves heard. And I hope this energy carries through to the midterms next year, and we can flip the House, maybe the Senate (though unlikely), and hold this asshole to real account.
The protests were planned to coincide with President Donny Dementia’s big birthday parade in Washington D.C., a parade that was supposed to project military prowess and might and domination. Instead, this became the most iconic image sound of the entire thing. VOLUME UP:
@saribethrose Speak loudly in incoherent sentences and carry a squeaky tank through a nonexistent crowd at your birthday parade. #trump #maga #trumpparade #nokings
His huge crowds didn’t show up, the Army didn’t walk in step, and President Sleepy Time himself seemed bored and miserable.
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Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social) 2025-06-14T22:28:40.682Z
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Happy birthday, asshole!
Unfortunately, this wasn’t the only political news from the weekend. In Minnesota, state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were fatally shot in their home, and state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette were shot and wounded in theirs. Both politicians are Democrats. The police quickly had a suspect, Vance Boelter, and caught him last night. In his car, the police found a list of around 70 targets, all of whom were Democrats and people associated with abortion care. And yet, despite all of this, right-wing folks immediately began claiming the assassin was a liberal or a Democrat for reasons too stupid to repeat. In reality, Boetler is a Republican, an evangelical, and his roommate confirmed that he was a Trump voter.
This is just the latest in a spate of acts of political violence that have boiled up to the surface in recent months, including the arson of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s home during Passover, and the assassination of Israeli embassy employees Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim in Washington, DC last month. Things feel particularly frayed and fraught, and unfortunately for all of us, we lack the kind of leadership that could — or would — turn the temperature down.
@babynezza para mi gente ❤️ i stand with you
@babynezza i love you guys stay safe out there
As Nezza herself pointed out, she sang the official version of the anthem, commissioned by the State Department in 1945:
In 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt commissioned Clotilde Arias, a Peruvian immigrant, to create an official Spanish translation of the Star-Spangled Banner. This was part of Roosevelt’s “Good Neighbor Policy” aimed at strengthening ties with Latin America during World War II. The translation, titled “El Pendón Estrellado,” was intended to be singable and accessible to Spanish-speaking populations.
Here’s A BUNCH OF TV News
Threads is making it easier to avoid spoilers. Bravo!
This Daily Show crew member who won a Pedro Pascal lookalike contest yesterday in New York looks so much like Pedro Pascal, that I was convinced it WAS Pedro Pascal for an embarrassingly long time.
Eric Kripke had to fight to keep The Deep’s … um, “special” relationship with sea creatures in The Boys because Amazon thought it went too far. In retrospect, it is one of the tamest things on the show.
Jeff Probst out here being shady about The Traitors: “So I’ve been really happy to see this proliferation of shows that don’t have a casting department. They just rely on other shows. It’s a smart way to produce, but it also shows how difficult it is to do. It’s very hard to find great people — very hard. And that’s why I take a lot of pride in being a part of a show that finds the very best people. I’ll say it again, no show touches ours in terms of casting — none.”
When frustrated with cliffhangers on Severance, Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard would send Adam Scott harassing voice mails like: “Hey, Adam. Kristen just fell out of a two-story window. I bet you’d like to know how she’s doing. I’ll tell you next week!” or “Hey, just curious, are you guys shooting this one minute per week? Why is it taking so fucking long?” If I had Adam Scott’s number, I’d do the same.
Henry Winkler is a mensch. Maybe America’s greatest mensch.
Happy Pride, Bianca Kane Montgomery!
RuPaul’s Drag Race all-star queen Ginger Minj has gone public with her autism diagnosis, and is embracing it as her superpower.
Craig Kilborn came home last week. Did you catch it?
LOVE IS DEAD, and honestly, didn’t live very long at all.
Hoping Erin Moriarty is getting the medical treatment make her feel healthy and strong.
Renewals
- LEGO Masters has been renewed for a sixth season on Fox.
- Tucci in Italy has been renewed for a second season on Nat Geo, thank goodness. Shoulda kept him, CNN.
Cancellations
- XXX
In Development
- Damage, a drama set in the world of E-Sports, has been ordered at HBO.
- Miss Austen Returns has been ordered at BBC One (and possibly PBS).
- Off Fairfax, a “provocative pop culture conspiracy comedy,” is in the works at Amazon MGM.
Casting News
- Nick Cannon is replacing Will Arnett as host of LEGO Masters on Fox.
- Sarah Paulson is returning to American Horror Story on FX. Maybe.
Mark Your Calendar
- Squid Game returns on Netflix on June 27.
- Chad Powers will premiere on Hulu on September 30.
- Hotel Costiera will premiere on Prime Video on September 24.
- Untamed premieres on Netflix on July 17.
- The Madame Blanc Mysteries returns on Acorn TV on July 7.
- Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch will return on Discovery and Max on June 18.
- All the Sharks premieres on Netflix on July 4.
- American Love Story will debut on FX in February.
- A Minecraft Movie will debut on Max on June 20.
- The Woman in the Yard will premiere on Peacock on June 27.
- Digman! returns on Comedy Central on July 9.
- Diary of a Ditched Girl will premiere on Netflix on September 11.
- Outrageous will premiere on BritBox on June 18.
- Lie Detector: Truth or Deception will debut on A&E on July 10.
- Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League will debut on Max on July 3.
R.I.P.
Lauren Miller, Executive who worked on The Real Housewives of New York and The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City
Betsy Gay, Actress in the “Little Rascals” movies
Norma Swenson, Feminist author of Our Bodies, Ourselves
WATCH THIS
Love Me: Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun star in this post-apocalyptic love story about a weather buoy and a satellite? Yeah, I don’t know either. Paramount+
Walking with Dinosaurs: A reimagining of the beloved BBC docuseries that makes dinosaurs’ stories personal. Series premiere. 7 p.m., PBS
Superbad: OK, so maybe not everything in here has aged great. But it’s still really funny. 7 p.m., MGM+ Hits
Late Night:
- Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Javier Bardem, Carrie Coon, John Crist
- Late Night with Seth Meyers: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barry Diller
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Mariska Hargitay, Sen. Tammy Duckworth
- Jimmy Kimmel Live: Steve Martin, Zach Cherry, Alison Brown, Tim O’Brien
- The Daily Show: John Mulaney, host Jon Stewart
- Watch What Happens Live: Rainbeau De Roos, Anthony Iracane
| MON. | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
| ABC | NBA Finals Game 5 (live) |
| CBS | The Neighbor-hood (repeat) |
The Neighbor-hood (repeat) |
FBI (repeat) |
FBI: Most Wanted (repeat) |
| CW | Wild Cards (repeat) |
Sherlock & Daughter (repeat) |
Local |
| FOX | LEGO Masters (new) |
The Quiz With Balls (new) |
News/Local |
| NBC | American Ninja Warrior (new) |
Yes, Chef! (new) |
“Nick Cannon is replacing Will Arnett as host of LEGO Masters on Fox.”
Boooooooo! Will Arnett is perfect!