Is Gayle King the next victim of CBS’s kowtowing to President Racist?

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Here’s A BUNCH OF TV News

Pamela Anderson is not interested in attacking Meghan Markle, because she’s a class act.

I’m with Jamie Lee Curtis on this (while also acknowledging that they clearly want attention on their relationship — if there is one — as a means to promote Naked Gun).

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Say hi to Howdy, Roku’s ad-free streaming service that will only charge you $2.99 a month. And that’s not an introductory offer — it’s going to be $2.99 for the foreseeable future (until it’s not).

Fox One, a direct-to-consumer streaming service offering Fox products, will launch on August 21 for $19.99 a month. 

HBO Max is still sorry.

Taylor Kitsch is not in the huddle for the Friday Night Lights reboot, which I had completely forgotten about.

Speaking of NBC reboots … there’s a Grimm reboot in the works? Really? Since when?

The new King of the Hill paid tribute to their late co-stars, Jonathan Joss, Johnny Hardwick, and Chuck Mangione.

Reneé Rapp and Christopher Meloni are going to have to duke it out. 

Looks like Carole Radziwill and Andy Cohen have made nice. 

Someone has the knives out for Gayle King at CBS Mornings. According to a report at Page Six (so take it with a grain of salt), King and her producer have alienated “audiences” (read: someone at CBS News) with their “progressive and provocative bookings” and “agenda” — though they had to go all the way back to March to point to an interview with Bob the Drag Queen as evidence of this “agenda.” Someone is also resentful that many of the anchors at CBS Mornings are Black and blaming the show’s declining ratings on this fact, when the truth is ratings are down everywhere —  across the board. This entire piece feels very calculated by someone who wants to push King out and is using the promise Skydance made to the Administration to eliminate their “DEI” policies as a pretext to do so. We’ll see what happens.

So of course President Diapers is out here gloating.

He’s also put himself in charge of a task force overseeing the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles so that should go well. Oh! And he also fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics when the job numbers took a precipitous turn downwards thanks to his shitty economic policies and it made him big mad. And I definitely trust that this administration will hire someone who will give us the unvarnished truth about the state of our economy and job markets and be completely unafraid to speak truth to power, right?

They are trying SO HARD to make this Mr. Show sketch happen:

Heads up: The Daily Show won’t be back until Monday, September 8. I feel like we’re going to need them between now and then.

Someone please take the Nair away from Brandi.

The USDA is blasting: “You’ll never be happy!” “You’re back to being a hack!” “You gaslighted me!” “Life with you is joyless!” “You hated me!” “Every day I wake up and hope you’re dead!” from drones to scare wolves away from cow herds. So that’s pretty funny.

News I can use.

BRING MORGAN BACK. 

#MeToo

Gary Busey pleaded guilty to one count of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact last week related to an incident with a fan at a fan convention in 2022. Other charges of criminal sexual contact were dropped as part of a plea agreement.

Shannon Sharpe has been dropped by ESPN after settling a $50 million lawsuit with a woman who alleged he had raped her.

Jay Blades, a British TV host, has been charged with two counts of rape.

The Denise Richards/Aaron Phypers divorce just keeps becoming uglier.  (It might not be a great idea for her to rejoin The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in the midst of all this. I hope she’s talking to her lawyers.)

Olympian Sha’Carri Richardson was arrested for domestic violence after an incident in the Seattle airport.

That time a 31-year-old Woody Allen attempted to humiliate a 17-year-old Twiggy and it backfired:

As if moving a convicted sex trafficker to a cushier minimum security prison (where sex monsters aren’t technically allowed to be) after she spoke privately to his Justice Department/former personal lawyer wasn’t enough, and as if having the FBI redact his name from the Epstein files “numerous times” wasn’t enough, and as if admitting ON CAMERA that Epstein “stole” young women from Mar-A-Lago, including one of Epstein’s most famous victims, Virigina Giuffre, wasn’t enough, this man is really out here “SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING” pardoning fellow sex monster Sean Combs? You know what? Do it. Can’t see how it could possibly go wrong for him. Also, protect the VICTIMS and release the UNREDACTED files.

If you or someone you know has experienced sexual assault, you can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673), which routes the caller to their nearest sexual assault service provider. You can also search for your local center here. 

In Development

  • Killer Class, a drama series based on a true story about high school students cracking cold cases, is in the works at ABC.
  • King & Conqueror has landed a U.S. home at Prime Video.
  • Possible Love, a Korean relationship drama, is in the works at Netflix.

Casting News

Mark Your Calendars

  • Are You My First? premieres on Hulu on August 18. The premiere episode will also air on ABC on August 18.
  • Invasion returns on Apple TV+ on August 22.
  • Let the Devil In premieres on MGM+ on August 31.
  • Jay Kelly will debut on Netflix on December 5.
  • Mountain Men returns on History on September 3.
  • Shipwreck Hunters Australia returns on Disney+ on August 27.
  • Electric Bloom premieres on Disney+ on September 17.
  • Fame and Fentanyl will debut on A&E on August 25.
  • TMZ Presents: The Real Hulk Hogan debuts on Fox on August 12.

R.I.P.

Jane Morgan, Singer and actress who held the record for female singers appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show (50 times). She was best known for her song “Fascination,” and married to Hollywood producer and manager Jerry Weintraub

Byron Barnett, Veteran Boston 7News reporter

Terry Reid, Musician who worked with Cream, Jethro Tull, Fleetwood Mac, and the Rolling Stones, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Graham Nash and others

James Whale, British TV and radio host

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SEC: Any Given Saturday: Because some of you guys like college football. Series premiere. Netflix

Capturing Their Killer: The Girls on the High Bridge: This three-part documentary explores the Delphi murders, in which two young girls were murdered in Indiana by a murderer who was captured on one of the victim’s phones, and yet went uncaught for years. Premiere. Hulu

Late Night:

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One thought on “Is Gayle King the next victim of CBS’s kowtowing to President Racist?”

  1. Peacock also sent out a $3 across the board price increase email at 3:30 this morning. Trying to be slick. These streamers are too high!

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