Welcome to SpoOOOoOOOoOOky Season, my little spookies!

by Therese Odell, posted in watch this

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Here’s A BUNCH OF TV News

Welcome to Spooky Season, my favoritest of all the seasons. In fact, as far as I’m concerned, Spooky Season begins on September 1, though my husband heartily disagrees and refuses to celebrate with me until today, October 1. The point is, we can all unanimously agree that it is, without question, time to get your spook on. To that end, I will recommend at least one scary movie or television show every day and don’t be surprised if the are more stories about horror series and movies, because it’s my favorite genre.

For instance, here’s an article arguing that TV’s best jump scare came out 7 years ago in this limited series (which I might have to go rewatch).

Did you notice these design changes in the Xenomorphs on Alien: Earth from the Alien movies?

For my friends who are not big fans of the horror genre, this is a handy list of movies novices can handle, with a good description of what you’re signing up for.

Luigi Mangione is in Ryan Murphy’s “Maybe One Day” pile of potential subjects for his series Monster.

Last night, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel appeared on each other’s shows, and apparently, Seth Meyers was also there for good measure. They had a message for one person in particular:

As for the interviews themselves, obviously, Stephen and Jimmy had a lot to discuss. Stephen told the story of telling his staff and making the announcement on the show and to the audience that the series had been canceled. And Kimmel revealed he had to take the call from ABC about the show being pulled in the bathroom for some privacy. “I put my pants back on, and I walked out to my office, and I called in some of the executive producers. There are about nine people in there. And I said, ‘They’re pulling the show off the air.’ And I was — my wife said I was white, I was whiter than Jim Gaffigan when I came out of there.”

“Did you ever think the president of the United States would be celebrating your unemployment?” Colbert asked Kimmel during the “Late Show” portion of the evening.

“I mean that son of a bitch, you know, is really unbelievable,” Kimmel said.

“Mr. Son of a Bitch,” Colbert jokingly corrected.

“No, I never imagined that we’d ever have a president like this,” Kimmel said. “And I hope we don’t ever have another president like this again.”

You’ll notice someone missing in the pictures above: Jimmy Fallon. He recently gave an interview on CNBC and talked about trying to not be political:

“Our show has never really been that political, you know. We hit both sides equally, and we try to make everybody laugh, and that’s really the way our show works,” he said on CNBC’s Squawk on the Street. “Our monologues are kind of the same that we’ve been doing since Johnny Carson was hosting the Tonight Show. So really, I just keep my head down and make sure the jokes are funny.”

I am actually of two minds about this. On the one hand, it’s very cowardly, and it doesn’t even do anything to protect him from the President’s wrath. In the same post that he called for Seth Meyers’ show to be cancelled, President Frontotemporal Dementia demanded non-political Fallon’s show to be canceled by NBC, too. I don’t think he watches either and understands the differences between them; he’s just decided: “Late Night Bad. Must Kill,” and here we are.

But on the other hand, not every late-night show has to be overtly political. There is an entire audience, possibly even the majority of the audience, who is exhausted by the onslaught of political news and divisiveness that we are all awash in every single day. I know I’m tired of it. And maybe at the end of the day, that audience just wants some gentle comedy that doesn’t fill them with rage or dread right before they go to sleep. I’m not saying Fallon is brave, he’s not, but he is servicing a market, and I’m not mad at him for that. I just won’t watch because it’s not for me. Not everything is for me, and that’s fine, and a valuable lesson we could ALL learn in this moment of constant outrage — just because some entertainment is not for you, doesn’t mean it must be canceled.

SPEAKING OF. This is almost too on the nose: Elon Musk and a bunch of dummies on Twitter started screaming about how they are cancelling and boycotting Netflix because one of its shows, an animated series called Dead End: Paranormal Park, features a trans character. The show has been canceled since 2023. And no, the creator of the show did not celebrate Charlie Kirk’s death, everyone needs to calm the fuck down.

I imagine every time this man gives an interview, the producers of The Witcher have to go pour themselves a heavy drink.

This is a pretty on-the-nose assessment of what made Game of Thrones successful and how other fantasy series miss the mark. 

Give me another season of Platonic, please.

Give me all of the more seasons of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, please. 

Wheel of Fortune had its first million-dollar winner.

Soap fans can buy tickets to the Daytime Emmy Awards this year. 

I mean, this is real insider stuff, but SNL has hired seven new writers for the 51st season, if you’re interested.

WHAT’S YOUR PROBLEM WITH CAROL BURNETT, LORNE? 

Kate Gosselin would like your attention and sympathy.

Renewals

  • Lioness has been renewed for a third season on Paramount+.
  • Rock the Block has been renewed for a seventh season on HGTV.
  • When Hope Calls has been renewed for a third season on Great American Family.

In Development

Casting News

Mark Your Calendars

  • Frankenstein debuts on Netflix on November 7.
  •  Grey’s Anatomy returns on ABC on October 9.
  • 9-1-1: Nashville premieres on ABC on October 9.
  • The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Titans returns on Shudder and AMC+ on October 7.
  • Mr. Scorsese debuts on Apple TV+ on October 17.
  • Hunted by My Husband: The Untold Story of the DC Sniper debuts on ID on October 28.
  • Married At First Sight returns on Peacock on October 23.
  • Family Guy “A Little Fright Music” will debut on Hulu on October 7.
  • Hazbin Hotel returns on Prime Video on October 29.
  • R.L. Stine’s Pumpkinhead premieres on Tubi on October 17.
  • Hollywood Hustler: Glitz, Glam, Scam premieres on Prime Video on October 17.
  • Love+War will debut on National Geographic on November 6 and Disney+ and Hulu on November 7.

R.I.P.

Joshua Allen, Season 4’s winner of So You Think You Can Dance. This one is a heartbreaker; he was so young and talented, and friends with his runner-up tWitch, who passed away three years ago.

Michèle Burke, First woman to win an Oscar in the makeup category

Samuel M. Sherman, Writer, producer, and marketing creative who worked on low-budget films

Renato Casaro, Italian movie poster designer

WATCH THIS

WEDNESDAY

Shifting Gears: Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, and Debbe Dunning guest star for a Home Improvement mini-reunion. Season premiere. 7 p.m., ABC

Abbott Elementary: New faces and big changes await in the new school year. Season premiere. 7:30 p.m., ABC

Chicago Med: A family of survivors from a house fire arrive at Gaffney. Season premiere. 7 p.m., NBC

Chicago Fire: A new member of the team creates tension in the season premiere. 8 p.m., NBC

Chicago P.D.: Voight teams up to take a killer off the streets. Season premiere. 9 p.m., NBC

Love is Blind: Good luck and Godspeed, citizens of Denver. Season premiere. Netflix

Play Dirty: Mark Wahlberg and LaKeith Stanfield star in this film as a pair of criminal partners who have a shot at the biggest heist of their career. Premiere. Prime Video

Halloween marathon: Get the season started with the 1978 classic, and a bunch of subpar sequels. 6 p.m., AMC

Late Night:

  • Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Blood Orange, co-host Doja Cat
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers: Reneé Rapp, Christian Slater
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Julia Roberts, Sam Smith
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live: Emily Blunt, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Geese, Big Daddy Kane
  • The Daily Show: Benny Safdie, host Ronny Chieng
  • Watch What Happens Live: Mariah Carey

WEDS. 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30
ABC Shifting Gears
(new)		 Abbott Elementary
(new)		 The Golden Bachelor
(new)		 Shark Tank
(new)
CBS Survivor
(new)		 The Amazing Race
(new)
CW Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent
(new)		 Wild Cards
(repeat)		 Local
FOX The Floor
(new)		 99 to Beat
(new)		 News/Local
NBC Chicago Med
(new)		 Chicago Fire
(new)		 Chicago P.D.
(new)

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