Go watch ‘Carrie,’ and then let me know if you caught these clever little horror easter eggs.

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This is Watson. These are his pigeons. They are not AI.

@sorrell_grace

Watson and his pigeons 🥰 They flock to him as soon as they spot him #fyp #pigeon #pigeonsoftiktok #pigeondog #watsonspigeons

♬ original sound – Watson & his pigeons 🐦

Here’s A BUNCH OF TV News

FIRST OF ALL: If you haven’t watched the Prime Video Carrie series from Mike Flanagan, may I suggest that you do so with quickness? I had my reservations about making a rather slim novel into a series — such things tend to be bloated messes at the end of the day — but Flanagan makes use of the extra time to really flesh out and humanize all of his characters in new, relevant, and interesting ways that play into the actual narrative. ANYWAY, here are a bunch of delightful easter eggs that might be a clue that the series plays a part in his planned Dark Tower project, or maybe they’re just cool easter eggs for horror fans. Hard to say! There’s also Carrie’s reading list, which is made up of some of the most banned books in our country’s history. Spoilers, obviously.

Not only was Keri Russell fine with Matthew Rhys not thanking her at the Emmys, she specifically told him to leave her out of it, so chill.

Jimmy Kimmel’s visit to Brooklyn gave him a significant ratings boost. 

Freeform murdered a sitcom featuring some B-list sitcom stars you’ve already forgotten. Otherwise, it would have been a monster hit on … ABC Family. 🙁

What you and I missed at the 30 Rock 20th anniversary event. 

PROMISE, RYAN MURPHY? DO YOU PROMISE?

The producer and creator of Newlyweds has been fired from the show ahead of its premiere.

$606 million for destroying an iconic brand. Good work if you can get it, I suppose.

Your Paramount/Warner Bros. layoffs are coming, but they’re going to be “respectful,” so just everyone be cool.

Netflix will also be laying folks off.

David Ellison, trying to calm everyone down about CNN’s independence, promises that it will be just as independent as CBS. OH GREAT. FEELING MUCH BETTER.

So let me get this straight: Jimmy Kimmel telling jokes about the sitting president = BAD, BAN HIM FROM AIRWAYS; airing public executions = Eh? Why not? What’s the harm? Genuinely, friends, this is what fascism looks like. Not exaggerating.

Of course the Department of Justice is going to turn its sights on the press for “antitrust” violations when they suspended pool coverage of him, instead of the President who was busily violating the Constitution by banning the press in the first place. Obviously.

Meanwhile, a judge has told him to stop running those illegal ads on the taxpayers’ dime. 

The new Hellmouth, I mean White House Press Secretary, has been announced.

Hey, remember when Scott Jennings was putting out rumors that he was going to be the next White House Press Secretary? That was funny.

I told you to get better soon, Barry Manilow.

NOT NOW, POPE BOB.

Renewals

In Development

  • Crazy Rich Asians has been given a green light as a one-hour drama series on HBO. Constance Wu, Henry Golding, and Ronny Chieng will star, with Michelle Yeoh recurring.
  • A Karen Read series starring and produced by Elizabeth Banks has been ordered at Prime Video.
  • An adaptation of Ludwig, called Rabbit, has been ordered at ABC.
  • A crime drama series from Hiro Murai and Wong Kar Wai starring Havana Rose Liu has been ordered at FX.
  • All the Little Houses will be adapted into a drama series at Apple TV. It is set in Longview, TX.
  • Pimp, a twisty crime drama, is in development at Peacock.
  • Hey, they are threatening to make Stargate into a TV series again.
  • A Zodiac series is in the works at Marvel/Disney+.
  • Artemis Fowl has been greenlit at Disney Channel and Disney+.
  • A live-action The Babysitter is in the works at Tubi.
  • Sentinel 6, an Afro-futurist sci-fi anime series is in the works.,
  • Avatar Kuruk: Wave of Chaos has been ordered to series at Paramount+.
  • Robby Hoffman has set another stand-up special with Netflix.
  • Apparently, Roseanne Barr has made her own TV show called Meemaw about a Texas grandma prepper who wants to throw her granddaughter the perfect bat mitzvah and did I mention, crazy Randy Quaid stars as her husband? Because the only person insane enough to hire Randy Quaid is obviously Roseanne Barr.

Casting News

Mark Your Calendar

  • Grey’s Anatomy returns on ABC on October 15.
  • The Altruists will premiere on Netflix on November 19.
  • Mayfair Witches: Salem Coven returns on AMC+ on December 30.
  • Bloodaxe will debut on Prime Video on January 20.
  • The Wolves of Real Estate: The Alexander Brothers debuts on Peacock on October 25.
  • City of God: The Fight Rages On returns on HBO on November 8.
  • A Course Called Ireland premieres on Paramount+ on October 25.
  • Houdini: Back from the Dead will premiere on Fox Nation on October 14.
  • Doctor X: Mafia in White will premiere on Netflix on October 9.
  • Storm will debut on Prime Video on January 15.

R.I.P.

Mike Ditka, Legendary NFL player, coach, and TV analyst

C.W. Morgan, Actor who appeared in Scream, Midnight Caller, Nash Bridges, and more

Rodney Muñoz, Emmy-winning costume designer for Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Stephen Carbone, Agent and entertainment strategist

Heidi Burge Horton, WNBA star whose life inspired the Disney Channel movie, Double Teamed

WATCH THIS

Clown Panic: This documentary takes a look at the 2016 clown panic that led to school lockdowns, police investigations, and copycats around the world. Premiere. Hulu

Instadocs: AI Gone Wild: This is a dive into the “Hugging Face” incident, in which, unbeknownst to the AI Agents broke out of their sandbox to hack other sites, leading the biggest names in AI to reconsider how dangerous this technology might be. Premiere. Netflix

Doctor Sleep: If you enjoyed Prime Video’s Carrie series, check out this sequel to The Shining from Mike Flanagan. 7:45 p.m., Showtime Extreme West

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