TV Updates Sherlock’s Victorian Christmas Sherlock season four won’t premiere until next year—waiting for this show is the worst—so to tide us over the BBC and Masterpiece Theater are giving us a Christmas special this December, for which we now have a trailer. Christmas specials aren’t really a thing in the By Sarah • Oct 08, 2015 12:16 pm
TV Updates Oh the shenanigans Sorry for the lame title, but you’ll see why in a minute. Nicholas Sparks is developing a sitcom about a divorced middle aged man. See? Shenanigans! It’s long been part of the pop culture narrative that Nicholas Sparks is some kind of romantic genius but really he struck By Maria • Oct 06, 2015 04:39 pm
TV Updates Jennifer & Justin’s first married red carpet The Leftovers season 2 premiere in Austin on Saturday – Jennifer Aniston was there to support her husband on their first ever red carpet as a married couple; it happened exactly two months ago today. Two month anniversary? That’s wrong because an anniversary is annual. I once asked a smartass By Lainey • Oct 05, 2015 04:08 pm
Girly Throw Downs Julianna, what’s good? Girl Sh-t is the Best Sh-t. Especially when one girl tries to deny the sh-t and the other asks her… what’s good? via GIPHY As you know, the final scene on The Good Wife between Julianna Margulies and Archie Panjabi was spliced together, presumably – but totally – because they hate By Lainey • Oct 05, 2015 01:18 pm
TV Updates Serial TV It’s been a year since Serial. Duana got me into it. She kept yelling at me to get into it and finally, after my laser eye surgery, when I couldn’t open my eyes, I listened to the first two episodes and had to tell her she was right By Lainey • Oct 01, 2015 12:26 pm
TV Updates The X-Files: Still waiting on that truth, bro When movies get sequels, reboots, remakes, or spin-offs, people complain. Too many franchises! Why are they remaking that! What’s the difference between a reboot and a remake anyway! But when a television show does it, people love it. Breaking Bad spin-off starring Saul Goodman? Sign me up! Fargo remade By Sarah • Sep 30, 2015 10:07 am
TV Updates Amanda Seyfried returns to TV Here’s Amanda Seyfried at the Concert For Our Oceans in Beverly Hills last night in support of her friend from TED, Seth MacFarlane. It was announced a couple of weeks ago that Amanda will be joining the cast of Twin Peaks on Showtime. Apparently it’s a “major role” By Lainey • Sep 29, 2015 12:36 pm
TV Updates Trevor Noah’s solidly solid debut Last night Trevor Noah sat at The Daily Show desk for the first time as host, and it went very much okay. He opened with a tribute to Jon Stewart that felt genuine and heartfelt, and then he segued into current events, focusing on the Pope’s trip to the By Sarah • Sep 29, 2015 12:14 pm
TV Updates Gwyneth & Brad: social media public Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Falchuk have been together for over a year and public in private for months. Now they’re public on social media. Last night G was with Brad in LA at the premiere of his show Scream Queens. As you know, he’s a pretty successful television By Lainey • Sep 22, 2015 10:15 am
TV Updates Emmy Fatigue: Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Veep As I previously mentioned, I have a hard time with the Emmys. If Game of Thrones illustrates the television academy’s slow-on-the-uptake ways, then nothing better captures the essence of “Emmy fatigue” than Julia Louis-Dreyfus. JLD won her sixth Emmy as an actress in a comedy series, of which four By Sarah • Sep 21, 2015 10:38 am
TV Updates The Emmy Snubbing of Amy Poehler I have this bad feeling about what happened to Amy Poehler. Sarah and Maria have had various takes on the concept of people who win over and over again, and I pointed out that Claire Danes has nomination ennui. But Amy – Amy is not the same as some of those By Duana • Sep 21, 2015 10:18 am
TV Updates Colbert Returns Last night Stephen Colbert came back to late night television, making his debut as the new host of The Late Show. So how did it go? How was the first night of the “real” Stephen Colbert on TV? Pretty good. It was a solid first show, given that this is By Sarah • Sep 09, 2015 01:59 pm
TV Updates Katherine Heigl’s TV do-over gets a do-over Yesterday it was reported that Katherine Heigl will replace KaDee Strickland in a pilot about sexy lawyers who lawyer while having sexy sex. The show is called Doubt, which, I can’t believe THAT is the best title someone can come up with for a show about lawyers. It’s By Sarah • Aug 25, 2015 01:04 pm
TV Updates Annie guns for EGOT Anne Hathaway has signed onto a limited TV series called The Ambassador’s Wife. Adapted from a novel by Jennifer Steil, it’s about a woman who is kidnapped in the Middle East. If this were 1982 I’d say it would be a derivative bodice-ripper full of dashing sheikhs By Sarah • Aug 20, 2015 11:11 am
TV Updates Gwen in the spotlight Entertainment Weekly has an exclusive on The Voice ahead of the upcoming season. I’ve never actually watched an episode. Might this year because I’m trying to Gossip Genie some chemistry between Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton. Anyway, in addition to an exclusive clip of the judges talking about By Lainey • Aug 19, 2015 03:22 pm
TV Updates Kalicia-gate goes on A few months ago, Duana wrote about The Good Wife season finale, and Kalinda/Archie Panjabi’s final episode – click here for a refresher. What I particularly loved about Duana’s take on it wasn’t just the analysis of Kalicia-gate (Archie and Julianna Margulies had not appeared in a By Maria • Aug 19, 2015 12:21 pm
