As I was drafting this, Trump announced that he will be signing an executive order to keep families together. We have no real details how it will work, or if the children who have already been taken away will be reunited with their parents. There is also the issue that the order might end up being illegal as it will butt up against his zero-tolerance policy that calls for all migrants to be arrested if they cross illegally, because children can’t legally be kept in prisons.
I won’t even get into all the lies he told in his statements to the press this morning, like the fact that children had been separated from their parents under the previous administration (they weren’t — those were kids who came over here by themselves, or were taken from human smugglers) but suffice to say, he’s been forced to do this by GOP congress members who recognized they were on the losing side of this issue ahead of the midterms.
My worry is that there will be so much that happens between now and November that by Election Day we are going to forget how we felt this morning when we learned out country had set up baby jails so they could rip babies and toddlers away from their mothers. Never forget this. Never stop being outraged. Vote these fuckers out in November or they will be emboldened to do this again.
Keep watching, it’s a situation that is developing rapidly.
I was going to post my Anthony Bourdain tribute on my regular “Watch This” post, but it felt wrong. So, anyway.
Alia Shawkat wishes she had done more in that Arrested Development interview, but I am here to tell her she did just fine and shouldn’t second guess herself.
Please note: this ad first aired on Fox & Friends, and it is fantastic:
Pose very nearly included a Donald Trump played by James Van Der Beek but then the election happened.
Greg Berlanti signed a deal with Warner Brothers that is Ryan Murphy-sized.
Full Frontal saw a number of advertisers hit the pause button this week in response to the cuntraversy, but there were no full-scale withdrawals by any of them.
ABC is really sorry about that Quantico episode in which Indian terrorists plan an attack in Manhattan with the intention to pin it on Pakistan.
Stranger Things is getting the novelization treatment.
Killing Eve shows that a “strong female protagonist” doesn’t have to equal masculine.
Buffy v. Buffy. (I’m Team Buffy.)
Saved by the Bell is now a restaurant.
Y’all need to leave Kim Kardashian alone. She did a good thing by advocating for Alice Marie Johnson’s pardon.
Nathan Fielder warns that the Emmys are very vulnerable to election hacking and gives a very detailed step-by-step instructions on how one might go about doing that, and suggests that if another show other than Nathan For You wins Outstanding Variety Sketch Series the FBI should do a thorough investigation.
Fox News contributor Charles Krauthammer announced that his cancer has returned and he only has “a few weeks” to live. Our sincere condolences.
Alan O’Neill, Actor best known for Sons of Anarchy
David Lavin, Executive at CBS Studios
Alan Silverbach, Pioneer in international TV distribution
Peter Stringfellow, Nightclub owner and producer
FRIDAY
Sense8: A final goodbye. Netflix
The Staircase: Your new true crime obsession. Netflix
Alex Strangelove: A teenager questions his sexuality after meeting a charming gay kid in this original film. Netflix
Just Another Immigrant: Romesh Ranganathan moves to America with his family in this new comedic docuseries. 8 p.m., Showtime
SATURDAY
American Made: This is that weird movie starring Tom Cruise where he’s recruited by the CIA to run drugs or something? Anyway. 7 p.m., HBO
Big Hero 6: Series premiere. 8 a.m., Disney
The Crossing: ABC burns off the final two episodes. Series finale. 7 p.m., ABC
SUNDAY
Claws: The women struggle to remain hopeful under their new Russian regime. Season premiere. 8 p.m., TNT
The Tony Awards: Broadway stuff. 7 p.m., CBS
Fear the Walking Dead: Morgan tries to do the right thing in the mid-season finale. 8 p.m., AMC
Late Night: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: (Friday): Penelope Cruz, David Koechner, Interpol Jimmy Kimmel Live (Friday): Billy Bob Thornton, Hannibal Buress, Aloe Blacc
| FRI. | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
| ABC | NBA Finals (live) |
| CBS | Undercover Boss: Celebrity Edition (new) |
Hawaii Five-0 (repeat) |
Blue Bloods (repeat) |
| CW | My Last Days (new) |
Life Sentence (new) |
Local |
| FOX | Phenoms (new) |
Local |
| NBC | American Ninja Warrior (repeat) |
Dateline (new) |
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| SAT. | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 | 11:00 | 11:30 |
| ABC | High School Football All-Star Game (live) |
News/Local |
| CBS | Ransom (new) |
48 Hours (repeat) |
48 Hours (repeat) |
News/Local |
| FOX | MLB Baseball (live) |
News/Local |
| NBC | Taken (new) |
Dateline (repeat) |
News/Local | Saturday Night Live (repeat) |
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| SUN. | 6:00 | 6:30 | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
| ABC | America’s Funniest Home Videos (repeat) |
Celebrity Family Feud (new) |
The $100,000 Pyramid (new) |
To Tell the Truth (new) |
| CBS | 60 Minutes (new) |
The Tony Awards (live) |
| FOX | One Strange Rock (repeat) |
The Simpsons (repeat) |
Bob’s Burgers (repeat) |
Family Guy (repeat) |
(repeat) | Local/News |
| NBC | Dateline (new) |
Stanley Cup Final (live) |
