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Here’s A BUNCH OF TV News
So how’s the Freedom 250 celebration going? Yeah, about what I expected. Happy birthday, America! Hope you like crap!
@nowthisimpact Even Fox News couldn’t hide the sparse attendance at Trump’s long-promised ‘Great American State Fair.’
@citycast_dc Thursday was the opening of the Great American State Fair, a 16-day exhibition on the National Mall that runs from June 25 – July 10. It is one of the keystone events for Freedom 250. We had to go check it out for ourselves and were blown away by just how empty it was. Read more via the link in bio. Reporting by Kaela Cote-Stemmerman.
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CNN is bracing for impact. CNN head Mark Thompson has told Paramount that he would not share duties with someone else (~ahem~ Bari Weiss), and Anderson Cooper is reportedly unwilling to work under Weiss.
No, Alan Dershowitz, you may not sue CNN.
Comcast is splitting into two separate companies, with NBCUniversal and all its iterations, including NBC, NBC News, Bravo, Peacock, Universal Pictures, Telemundo, and Sky, into one company, with its cable and tech side becoming another.
President Obama tried to give Larry David notes on his new show, Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness, but David brushed him off, leaving President Obama feeling defensive. All this checks out.
Bill Maher got his Kennedy Center Mark Twain prize.
Love Island‘s Alannah Keyser is really sorry for singing that slur. Meanwhile, over on Love Island U.K., a contestant has been removed, this time for a “stabbing incident.” YIKES.
Here’s who won at the BET Awards last night.
I know we all thought we were done with talking about the Kevin Hart Roast, but Trevor Noah makes an excellent point that is worth paying attention to: “I felt like it was weird that all the Black comedians who came on stage told jokes about the people who were there, but then a lot of the white comedians who came on told jokes about Black people,” Noah explained. “I was like, ‘Wait, wait, wait. I thought it was The Roast of Kevin Hart.”
President Dinglefart is attacking Fox News hosts again.
Tom Hardy thinks he is a rapper now.
What? Why? Absolutely no one asked for this.
Canada is joining the Eurovision Song Contest (despite not being a European nation).
My sympathy to former NFL star Chris Johnson and his family. And fuck ALS.
True story: Mel Brooks and I share a birthday (well, not the same day, we’re a few years apart). Happy 100th, Mel! You’re a national treasure!
Renewals
- Every Year After has been renewed at Prime Video for a second season.
- The Monster of Florence has been renewed for a second season on Netflix.
Cancellations
- Building the Band has been canceled at Netflix after one season.
- The Weekend: Primetime has been canceled at MS Now after three years.
In Development
- An untitled spy thriller starring Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour has been given a straight-to-series order at Netflix.
- Young Americans, a political teen drama, has been given a pilot order at Hulu.
- The Heist Brothers, an animated comedy, is in the works at Adult Swim.
- A series about the life of Jesus Christ is in the works at BBC.
- Josh Griffith, the head writer of The Young and the Restless, is stepping down.
Casting News
- John Oliver will, in fact, guest star on General Hospital on ABC. This is in addition to a guest role on Days of Our Lives on Peacock.
- Alex Witt is leaving MS Now at the end of the year after working for the network since 1999.
Mark Your Calendar
- The Love Hypothesis premieres on Prime Video on September 23.
- Lee Cronin’s The Mummy will begin streaming on HBO Max on July 3 and premieres on HBO on July 4.
- Descendants: Wicked Wonderland premieres on Disney Channel on July 16 and on Disney+ on July 17.
- The Doll premieres on Netflix on September 16.
- Kaulitz & Kaulitz returns on Netflix on July 23.
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 will debut on Netflix this fall.
- S.W.A.T. Exiles will premiere on Starz on September 25.
- The Last Sunrise will premiere on Prime Video on August 26.
- Novak Djokovic: The Wolf in Winter will premiere on Prime Video on August 20.
- Maxton Hall – The World Between Us will return on Prime Video in December.
R.I.P.
Penelope Keith, British actor known for The Good Life and To the Manor Born
Kyra Samson, Production coordinator on Jeopardy!, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,
Luis De la Rosa, Mexican animator who worked on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, and My Little Pony: The Movie
Tony Brown, Host and producer of the public affairs series, Tony Brown’s Journal
Joe Doering, Wrestling star
Akihiro Miwa, Japanese singer and voice actor
K. Bhagyaraj, Indian filmmaker
Doug Goldstein, Longtime manager of Guns N’ Roses
Khadijah Farrakhan, Wife of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan
WATCH THIS
Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness: A two-hour special celebrating the things that make America great, from baseball to rock-and-roll, Hollywood, and road trips. Premiere. 7 p.m., ABC
Adventure Time: Side Quests: Finn and Jake once again embark on an adventure in this new companion piece to the beloved animated series. Series premiere. Hulu & Disney+
Declarations: Black Americans and the Revolutionary War: A look at the heroic enslaved and free Black Americans who fought in the American Revolution. 9 p.m., PBS
World Cup: Now we’re in the real nitty-gritty: the round of 32, where teams will begin to be eliminated. Check out Netherlands vs. Morocco. 8 p.m., Fox
| MON. | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
| ABC | Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness (new) |
Celebrity Family Feud (repeat) |
| CBS | The Neighbor-hood (repeat) |
The Neighbor-hood (repeat) |
FBI (repeat) |
CIA (repeat) |
| CW | Penn & Teller: Fool Us (repeat) |
Penn & Teller: Fool Us (repeat) |
Local |
| FOX | World Cup (live) |
News/Local |
| NBC | St. Denis Medical (repeat) |
St. Denis Medical (repeat) |
American Ninja Warrior (new) |
Happy (not 100th) birthday
Happy Birthday Therese!