This is my fierce little friend Leilani at the No Kings protest in New York City this weekend. She understands the importance of free speech, and she fills me with hope and pride. GO LEILANI!!! 🇺🇸🚫👑
Here’s A BUNCH OF TV News
The Daytime Emmys were this weekend, and General Hospital was the big winner in soaps, taking home seven awards, including Outstanding Drama, “lead actress in a daytime drama (Nancy Lee Grahn), supporting actor (Jonathan Jackson), writing team, directing, costume design/styling and for guest performer Alley Mills.”
Live with Kelly and Mark! won Outstanding Daytime Talk Series and Drew Barrymore won Outstanding Daytime Talk Series Host. You can see all the other winners here.
Paramount is now claiming they never said that South Park‘s new seasons would be 10 episodes long, so why are y’all being so weird about the fact that the most recent episode, which sure seemed like a continuation of the previous five episodes of season 27, was actually the first episode of season 28 — meaning season 27 was only five episodes long? Never mind that it was widely reported at the time that the deal Stone and Parker made with Paramount was $1.5 billion for five 10-episode seasons. What, do you think that Paramount is trying to fulfil the contract while simultaneously reducing the number of episodes to as few as possible to avoid making the White House super angry or something? Why would you think that Paramount, which settled a lawsuit with President Diapers, fired Stephen Colbert, and is overhauling CBS News with someone who calls them biased to their faces, would want to get out of their deal with South Park who is currently portraying President Thin Skin as the tiny-dicked lover of Satan and father of his Antichrist butt baby? Don’t be so suspicious, gah.
The number of people who canceled their Disney+ and Hulu subscriptions doubled over the previous month when ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live! Something to think about, Paramount.
LOL, Lara Trump wants to sing at Turning Point USA’s protest Halftime Show, and I for one can not wait for the clips.
Just leaving this here for my Succession fans:
Jennifer Aniston has some interesting things to say about her mom.
TV Line has a list of the biggest TV deaths this year, and it’s pretty good. Spoilers, obviously.
Bowen Yang had a good reason for not being on Saturday Night Live this week (aside from that one pre-tape).
Rockmond Dunbar lost his lawsuit against Disney for firing him after he refused to get the COVID vaccine. Oh well. So sad.
If you’re not thrilled with my horror movie suggestions, here is a list of 30 horror films and where you can stream them. Entertainment Weekly also has a good list of psychological horror and where to stream them, if you’re looking for something more specific.
Cancellations
- The Kitchen has been canceled at Food Network after 40 seasons.
In Development
- The In-Claus, a holiday comedy from Phil Lord and Chris Miller, has been acquired by Netflix.
Casting News
- Nate Jackson is joining Bad Monkey on Apple TV.
- David Rhode has joined MSNBC, soon to be MSNOW.
- Cary Christopher is leaving Days of Our Lives on Peacock.
Mark Your Calendar
- Mo Amer: Wild World will debut on Netflix on October 28.
- The Big Fake premieres on Netflix on January 23.
- The Crystal Cuckoo debuts on Netflix on November 14.
- The Son of a Thousand Men premeires on Netflix on November 19.
R.I.P.
Klaus Doldinger, Composer
Sam Rivers, Bassist for Limp Bizkit
Doug Martin, Former NFL player
Jesus Montero, Former MLB player
Sir Mo, Former WWE wrestler
Duke Roufus, Former kickboxer and MMA coach
Steve Bridges, TikTok comedian
WATCH THIS
Hocus Pocus: There’s no interesting new television today (unless you like football), so I’m going to recommend some witchy Halloween viewing, from least to most horrifying. First up, welcome the Sanders sisters! 7:50 p.m., Freeform
Practical Magic: More witchy sisters, this time they’re in trouble with the cops. (And they look nothing like sisters, but I digress.) 9:15 p.m., HBO Hits
The Witch: Finally, another sister, but this time it’s her witch origin story. Would thou like to live deliciously? 6:45 p.m., HBO Drama
Late Night:
- Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Oscar Isaac, Malala Yousafzai, Audrey Hobert
- Late Night with Seth Meyers: Jesse Plemons, Erin Foster, Sara Foster
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Jeremy Renner, Karine Jean-Pierre, Laura Benanti
- The Daily Show: Sen. Bernie Sanders
- Watch What Happens Live: Kizzi Kitchener, Josh Bingham
| MON. | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
| ABC | Monday Night Football (live) |
Nashville: 9-1-1 |
| CBS | The Neighbor-hood (new) |
DMV (new) |
FBI (new) |
Monday Night Football (new) |
| CW | TV We Love (new) |
Scrabble (repeat) |
Local |
| FOX | Name That Tune (new) |
Celebrity Weakest Link (new) |
News/Local |
| NBC | The Voice (new) |
Brilliant Minds (new) |