John Mulaney nearly hosted ‘The Daily Show.’ Thank goodness he didn’t.

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Bring out the big pointy chair: ‘House of the Dragon’ has begun production on season two

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Bust out your best chicken dance, ‘Arrested Development’ is returning to Netflix

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The giraffe was real.

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Can ‘The Last of Us’ beat The Oscars on Sunday? MAYBE! (Probably not.)

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Enjoy Jon Stewart eviscerating a gun nut’s empty arguments

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We nearly had a very different Joel on ‘The Last of Us’ and boy, it would have pissed some people off.

 

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Two popular series will end this spring: one right on time, one way past its prime.

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Pedro Pascal seduces ‘Saturday Night Live’ with his Daddy energy

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Pedro Pascal
February 4, 2023,

Here’s the thing about Pedro Pascal — currently he’s playing a pair of gruff loners in two of the biggest shows on television: The Last of Us and The Mandalorian. But Pascal’s big breakthrough role was Oberyn Martell, also known as The Red Viper, on Game of Thrones. And Oberyn Martell is the absolute opposite of Joel and Din Djarin. Oberyn is a witty, clever, sexy lothario, oozing charm and danger and seducing everyone in his path. And he seems much more what Pascal is like in real life than in either of his current roles.

Or maybe that’s just what I want to believe:

All that sexiness aside, Pascal also gives off a definite goofy energy; he seems like a guy it would be entertaining to have a beer with — until he seduces your wife. And he brought all that charisma, exuberance, and yes, sexiness with him to deliver one of the best Saturday Night Lives of the season.

Or maybe I was just blinded by the Daddiness of it all.

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Showtime just unloaded a bunch of shows. Is Showtime itself next to go?

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