The first five minutes of ‘Stranger Things’ are here, and things are looking grim for Will

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Here’s A BUNCH OF TV News

This is a legitimately fascinating look at the sketches that did not make the 2015 episode of Saturday Night Live that President Sleepyhead hosted over great protest. One of the sketches went on to become one of the most viral bits on an entirely different series. This list is an enlightening look at both the SNL process and President CrepeySkin’s psychology.

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Netflix has released the first five minutes of the final season of Stranger Things. Basically, it’s When Will Met Vecna.

Oh, we’re gonna post through it, I see. That’s a choice.

Here is a very long piece about Pluribus, your next obsession.

Gilligan didn’t necessarily mean for Pluribus to be as timely as it is, and it’s certainly not timely in the way you would think. It’s not The Boys, a show where the satire is so direct it may not really be satire at all, or Severance, which serves as a direct commentary on work-life balance and capitalism.

The series is tackling a much broader, more intangible concept, one that often feels like it eludes all of us. Everyone struggles to be happy, even if they’re reluctant to admit it. But what if you didn’t have to struggle with that anymore? What would you choose? “If there is an element of timeliness, maybe some of it was luck, but maybe some of it was feeling what’s happened in the last however many years of America, and the world as well, becoming more factionalized.”

“There’s got to be a happy medium,” Gilligan says of the way the world turns in Pluribus versus our increasingly bleak reality. “I think everyone can agree that this isn’t working, everybody being at each other’s throats all the time. Nobody wants to live in Crazy Town.”

That’s not about who you vote for [or] what side you’re on. That’s just about basic human kindness and respect for one another. More than anything else, I just want to entertain folks. But I’d love folks to think, maybe there’s somewhere we can meet in the middle. That would be a nice takeaway. It’s a little highfalutin, but that would be great.

Those are Nick Offerman’s own muttonchops, obviously.

Jimmy Kimmel has not been canceled again; last night’s show was postponed over a “personal matter.” Hoping everything is OK!

The next project from Zach Cregger, the creator of Weapons, is up in the air at Netflix. Reportedly, one Netflix executive had suggested that the sci-fi film could be released theatrically to get Cregger to sign with them, but now Ted Sarandos, who is famously anti-theatrical release, is balking.

Timothée Chalamet chaladoesn’t have time for your little TV shows. Big talk now, pretty boy. We’ll see you in a few years.

Famous directors are asking to be on The Studio, and Seth Rogen has to be all, “Uh, no.”

Cousin Greg’s DUI charges were dropped.

Is Jennifer Lawrence OK?

Happy 50th anniversary, Paley Center! I visited the New York chapter this past summer, and while the price was a little high (I think it was $22), it’s well worth it for television superfans. Right now, for instance, you can sit behind Michael’s desk from The Office.

I adored Erika Slezak’s run on General Hospital — she was the perfect foil to Jane Elliot —  and would love to see her come back.

I  am not watching Dancing With the Stars, but 1. I love Andy Richter, and 2. I love how much his persistence on the show, despite not being any good, is making so many people SO MAD. TAKE IT ALL, BABY!

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In Development

  • How To Survive Without Me, a family drama, has been ordered at HBO Max.
  • American Blue, a cop drama, has been ordered at HBO Max.
  • Thunder Road, a NASCAR-set drama, is in the works at AMC.
  • Kelvin Yu has signed a multi-year overall deal with Sony Television.
  • Upcoming CBS drama, CIA, has lost cast, a director/producer, and now has lost its second showrunner. Production has been paused, but it is still expected to premiere midseason. We’ll see!

Casting News

Mark Your Calendar

  • Words + Music debuts on MGM+ on November 30.

  • Predators premieres on Paramount+ on December 8.

  • Love & Marriage: Huntsville will return on OWN on November 15.

  • The Family Man returns on Prime Video on November 21.

R.I.P.

Lee Tamahori, Director of Once Were Warriors, Die Another Day, xXx: State of the Union, and others

Herb Nanas, Producer, agent, and manager

Gilson Lavis, Former Squeeze drummer

WATCH THIS

FRIDAY

Plurbius: Rhea Seehorn stars as Carol, the world’s most miserable person, who must save everyone from happiness in Vince Gilligan’s strange and wonderful new series. Series premiere. Apple TV+

Happy’s Place: Emmett continues his nightly check-ins with Bobbby in the season premiere. 7 p.m., NBC

Stumble: So, remember that fun little Netflix documentary, Cheer, about the junior college cheer squad in Texas that wins all those national championships, but then the fun wore off when it was discovered that one of the most charming personalities on the squad was actually a sexual predator? Yeah, so, this new sitcom is basically that but (hopefully) minus all the sexual predation. Series premiere. 7:30 p.m., NBC

Frankenstein: Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi star in Guillermo Del Toro’s take on Mary Shelley’s classic tale. Netflix

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale: No, for real, guys. This is the last one. Peacock

Maxton Hall—The World Between Us: Season two premiere. Prime Video

Power Book IV: Force: Tommy faces new obstacles in his effort to take over Chicago. Season premiere. Starz

SATURDAY

Saturday Night Live: Nikki Glaser and sombr. 10:30 p.m., NBC

Materialists: And here is the other Pedro Pascal movie of the week. He plays a charming millionaire determined to woo a matchmaker played by Dakota Johnson. 7 p.m., HBO

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2025: Bad Company; Chubby Checker; Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper; Outkast; Soundgarden; and The White Stripes are inducted. 7 p.m., Disney+

SUNDAY

Killer Grannies: June Squibb hosts this new series about murderous little old ladies. Life goals. Series premiere. 7 p.m., Oxygen

Titanic: There was room. 8 p.m., Starz Edge

Ruby Sparks: A writer suffering from writer’s block creates a perfect female character and wills her into existence to love him in this feminist critique of the pixie dream-girl trope. 6:36 p.m., Cinemax Hits

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ABC Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
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CBS Sheriff Country
(new)		 Fire Country
(new)		 Boston Blue
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CW Penn & Teller: Fool Us
(new)		 Masters of Illusion
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FOX Doc
(repeat)		 College Football
(live)
NBC Happy’s Place
(new)		 Stumble
(new)		 Dateline

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FOX College Basketball
(live)		 College Football
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NBC College Football
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Local		 Saturday Night Live
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ABC America’s Funniest Home Videos
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CBS 60 Minutes Tracker
(new)		 The Road
(new)		 Sheriff Country
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The CW Trivial Pursuit
(new)		 Night at the Museum Local/News
FOX Football
(live)		 The OT
(live)		 Universal Basic Guys
(new)		 The Simpsons
(new)		 Krap-opolis
(new)		 Bob’s Burgers
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NBC Sunday Night Football
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