TV Updates Dr. Phil is inflicting Chris Harrison on us again Just three years after his long stint as the host of ABC’s The Bachelor ended, Chris Harrison is coming back to TV. After the network cut ties with him over a problematic podcast episode, which Anastasia wrote about here, he and his wife Lauren Zima are getting not one By Stephanie • Mar 07, 2024 03:39 pm
TV Updates Jerrod Carmichael's quest for love and acceptance In a new teaser for a ground-breaking HBO unscripted series starring Jerrod Carmichael, the Black comedian is on a “tumultuous quest for love, sex and truth” and can be seen navigating through complicated dynamics with his family, mostly surrounding his decision to come out as gay. The reason the By Stephanie • Mar 07, 2024 01:46 pm
TV Updates Andrew Scott won’t let up The Talented Mr. Ripley is a near perfect film. (It’s also a movie the youths [re]discover every six months or so and realize Gwyneth Paltrow used to be a great actor.) There’s no real need to remake it, except that it has been remade, so we can By Sarah • Mar 05, 2024 11:02 am
TV Updates Sydney Sweeney: The SNL “Hot Girl” Sydney Sweeney hosted Saturday Night Live this weekend and while this wasn’t the weakest episode of the season, it also wasn’t the strongest. Not that this is her fault – SNL did with Sydney what they did with Jacob Elordi: so many of the live sketches had to do By Lainey • Mar 04, 2024 10:49 am
TV Updates Revisiting Freaknik The coolest person I’ve ever known was my childhood babysitter, Karla. She was a high school student, then a college student, she drove a Mustang and her boyfriend was a lifeguard at the pool, the good pool with the jumbo Fun Dips at the snack shack—Fun Dip is By Sarah • Mar 01, 2024 03:35 pm
TV Updates Sydney Sweeney’s SNL Runway Some SNL hosts keep it really low-key during the production week. They slip in and out of 30 Rock undetected when they’re there for rehearsals or meetings or shoots and they’re not seen too often around town. Others don’t bother hiding and make the most of By Lainey • Mar 01, 2024 10:57 am
TV Updates Real Housewives: Cocaine Chaos Details from the explosive and highly-anticipated lawsuit filed by former Real Housewives of New York and Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip castmate Leah McSweeney are making headlines, and it includes several revelations that could wreak major (and further) havoc on the already-embattled Bravo brand, as well as Andy By Stephanie • Feb 28, 2024 02:15 pm
TV Updates Only Murders is committed to the bit Only Murders in the Building has always had a good cast, from central trio Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez to the bevy of classic New York actors like Nathan Lane who make up the residents of the Arconia. Season two kept the story firmly focused on the Arconia By Sarah • Feb 28, 2024 12:34 pm
TV Updates Sydney on Monday Sydney Sweeney was looking all business yesterday, Monday, in New York City. She’s in NYC because she is hosting Saturday Night Live this weekend with musical guest Kacey Musgraves. Perhaps she was heading to or from the Monday meeting? SNL has functioned pretty much in the same for over By Lainey • Feb 27, 2024 02:39 pm
TV Updates Kyle and Morgan are RHOBH official The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season finale aired this week and trying to find the right word for it is difficult, even for a writer like me whose specialty is reality TV. Between Erika Jayne’s comeback, dazzling in that outfit (it’s expensive to be meee-e-e- By Stephanie • Feb 23, 2024 02:52 pm
TV Updates Wendy Williams, in her own words An emotional teaser for an upcoming Lifetime documentary entitled Where Is Wendy Williams?, set to premiere this weekend, has been making the rounds on social media. The clip, like Wendy herself, is prompting some polarizing reactions to flow in from fans who sympathize with her current state of mind and By Stephanie • Feb 23, 2024 01:18 pm
TV Updates Intro for February 20, 2024 Dear Gossips, It’s been nearly two weeks since the release of One Day on Netflix, a series that is meant to be binged which is what I did this weekend. Those of you who’ve been visiting this site from way back might remember that I was obsessed with By Lainey • Feb 20, 2024 10:04 am
TV Updates The Girls are back (5eva) Girls 5Eva was one of those “I KNOW there’s too much TV, but you HAVE to watch this one!” shows in 2021-2022. It streamed on Peacock, which nobody watches, and even still, it managed to catch on a little bit, though ultimately, Peacock decided not to renew it By Sarah • Feb 16, 2024 03:28 pm
TV Updates A Bridgerton Valentine’s treat Bridgerton’s third season is still three months away, but Netflix hosted a Valentine’s Day panel event for it this week. Season three’s central couple of Luke Newton and Nicola Coughlan were there, as were fellow Bridgerton siblings Luke Thompson and Claudia Jessie, and Adjoa Andoh, Golda Rosheuvel, By Sarah • Feb 16, 2024 01:23 pm
TV Updates Let Kate Winslet be fun Kate Winslet is one of the most admired actors of her generation, but she has never been “above TV”, as many of her peers insisted they were, at least until the prestige revolution of the 2010s. She starred in a miniseries adaptation of Mildred Pierce all the way back in By Sarah • Feb 09, 2024 03:15 pm
TV Updates A Casual Cate Blanchett Last year around this time, Cate Blanchett was campaigning for her third Oscar as Lydia Tár. It was between her and Michelle Yeoh and it was a tight race. Michelle won the SAG but Cate won the BAFTA, Critics Choice, the Gotham, and several more. It was Michelle in the By Lainey • Feb 09, 2024 10:55 am
