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President Loser bars the press again; in other news, it’s a day that ends in ‘Y’

Therese Odell
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Here’s A BUNCH OF TV News

President Tyrant is now saying that he can ban news media outlets for not meeting “minimum requirements of professionalism.” And who determines what that professional standard is? The White House, uh duh. Oh, and they banned Politico today.

And he’s mad at Chuck Lorre.

And he’s mad about Jessica Tarlov existing, again, lol.

Meanwhile, over at Fox News, their other anchors are calling Sesame Street “political,” I guess because it teaches empathy? Unclear.

The Kennedy Center may be closed because of an 80-year-old toddler’s temper tantrum, but they are still going to hold the Kennedy Center Honors; it will just be held at the Capital One Arena. Because he may shut down the building out of petulance, but he’s not going to give up the power to give his friends shiny prizes.

The head of CNN is sticking around for the meantime.

In the wake of Disney wringing their hands about the economics of late night in the midst of a negotiation with Jimmy Kimmel over renewing his show, LateNighter takes a look at the Jimmy Kimmel Live! numbers, and they are … not as cut and dry as Disney is making them out to be. For instance: while overall viewers at that hour have declined, Kimmel is capturing a much larger number of those who remain. Additionally, the show has been performing at higher levels since last year’s removal incident, and his last two renewals happened when he had a smaller audience. This is a long way to go to say Jimmy Kimmel Live! is coming off a particularly strong year when late-night audiences are declining, but Disney is facing the reality of the trajectory of network television in general. I suspect the two sides will eventually come to an agreement for another year or two with a cheaper production budget, but I guess we’ll see.

Jeremy Strong doesn’t care if you think he’s insufferable on set.

This list of pilot episodes that become better on a rewatch resonates with me because, and I can’t believe I’m going to admit this, but two of my all-time-favorite-comedies-maybe-my-favorite-comedies-of-all-time, 30 Rock and Arrested Development, didn’t hit with me upon the first viewing of the first episodes. (But I hard disagree with Fleabag. That was great from the get-go.)

We won’t see the U.K.’s Celebrity Traitors for a little while, but I need to know, do they tell the contestants how the game is played before filming begins? 

Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes have taken a big step to making it official.

Former Survivor contestant Jaime Dugan has disappeared with her 16-year-old son in the midst of her divorce from her husband, fellow Survivor star Erik Huffman.

Get better, Constance Zimmer, and stay strong. Oh, and fuck cancer.

HEY. TODAY’S THE LAST DAY TO CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION, OR REGISTER IN TEXAS. I won’t harass you about this again after today … but I will begin harassing you about voting, so settle in. LET’S GOOOOOOOO.

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Renewals

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R.I.P.

Reggie McFadden, Actor and comedian on In Living Color and Def Comedy Jam

Marjoe Gortner, Childhood preacher turned actor who appeared in When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder? among other films, and Police Story, Airwolf, T.J. Hooker, Street Hawk, Otherworld, The A Team, Fantasy Island, and Falcon Crest

Mary Louise Weller, Actress in Animal House who also appeared on Baretta, Kojak, Starsky & Hutch, Supertrain, Vegas, Fantasy Island, CHiPs, and Quincy, M.E.

Jerry Golod, Producer on Tales From the Darkside, Adderly, Return to Green Acres, and a rebooted Land of the Lost

J. Todd Anderson, Storyboard artist on all of the Coen Brothers’ movies, beginning with Raising Arizona, as well as many other films including Twister, The Addams Family, and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. He also directed two films, The Naked Man and My Mummy, and appeared in Fargo, Leatherheads, The Nice Guys, and American Violence, among others

Jenise Maria Garland, Wife of Grey’s Anatomy star Isaiah Washington

Ronnie “Big Black” Washington, Member of Howard Stern’s Wack Packers

Sass Jordan, Canadian singer

Brooke Eby, TikTok creator who documented her battle with ALS

WATCH THIS

FBI: The team discovers a murdered victim was a witness to the execution of a person involved in a top-secret project in the season premiere. 7 p.m., CBS

CIA: The team enlists the help of FBI‘s Stuart Scola. Season premiere. 8 p.m., CBS

Harlan Coben’s Final Twist: The Betsy Faria case is explored again. (But if you want an entertaining depiction, check out The Thing About Pam starring Reneé Zellewegger, over on Peacock.) Season premiere. 9 p.m., CBS

Private Eyes West Coast: Jason Priestly and Cindy Sampson star in this new series as a couple who thought they had retired from the private investigation life, only to be dragged back in. Series premiere. 7 p.m., The CW

Law & Order: Toronto:  Graff and Batemen investigate the murder of an outspoken leader of an encampment. Season premiere. 8 p.m., The CW

Sweet Deceit: Trick or Treat: Food Network gets its own Is It Cake? Series premiere. 9 p.m., Food Network

Family Guy: Happy Hell-o-ween: Brian and Stewie find themselves in Hell, where they annoy the Devil himself. Premiere. Hulu

Ghostbusters: The much-maligned all-women Ghostbusters is actually pretty entertaining and got a bad rap from a bunch of neck beards. And did you know the creator of Widow’s Bay wrote it? It’s true. 6 p.m., Syfy

Late Night:

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CBS FBI
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CW Private Eyes West Coast
(new)		 Law & Order: Toronto
(new)		 Local
FOX Name That Tune
(new)		 Celebrity Weakest Link
(new)		 News/Local
NBC The Voice
(new)		 Line of Fire
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