TV Updates Jamie Foxx returns to Netflix Last month, Project Power was, allegedly, one of the most popular titles on Netflix. That’s based on grading Netflix’s “Top Ten”, which are in turn opaque self-reported metrics no one outside the company can verify, so it is, at best, a guess. But it seems likely people watched By Sarah • Sep 02, 2020 11:27 am
TV Updates BLACKPINK x Selena serve ALL the looks Sasha texted me this morning after watching the video for BLACKPINK and Selena Gomez’s new song “Ice Cream” writing… “This is a JAM”. It is indeed a jam. A suggestive jam, not super overtly suggestive, but it’s pretty clear what they’re getting at with these lyrics off By Lainey • Aug 28, 2020 12:49 pm
TV Updates ‘Writer’s Mutiny’ but CBS Showrunner Still Has A Job Another week, another headline – but this time, something’s missing. Spot the differences: In June, I wrote this piece about writer Craig Gore, who had been a writer on S.W.A.T and Chicago P.D. and was fired (and dropped from his agency) from an upcoming Law & By Duana • Aug 21, 2020 04:12 pm
TV Updates Netflix killed Patriot Act just in time for the election Perhaps to avoid any potential election-season controversy, Netflix has cancelled Hasan Minhaj’s late-night-style talk show, Patriot Act after six “seasons” (really, three cycles over two years). Minhaj announced the cancellation on his Twitter: https://twitter.com/hasanminhaj/status/1295726954751168517 As Cody has previously noted, Netflix does not have a By Sarah • Aug 19, 2020 02:58 pm
TV Updates Dr Aniston on the campaign The Emmys are happening a month tomorrow and voting begins on Friday for ten days, ending on August 31. You know what that means: for the next couple of weeks, nominees will be on the campaign, getting in front of as many voters as they can – and in a pandemic, By Lainey • Aug 19, 2020 11:30 am
TV Updates Dr Aniston on the campaign The Emmys are happening a month tomorrow and voting begins on Friday for ten days, ending on August 31. You know what that means: for the next couple of weeks, nominees will be on the campaign, getting in front of as many voters as they can – and in a pandemic, By Lainey • Aug 19, 2020 11:30 am
TV Updates In Lovecraft Country, monsters are real (and are racists) Misha Green’s Lovecraft Country is the latest HBO primetime Sunday night drama, and in its opening episode it, much like Watchmen last year, declares itself a major work. Created by Green, and executive produced by Jordan Peele and JJ Abrams, Lovecraft Country is a hyper-detailed portrait of 1950s America, By Sarah • Aug 17, 2020 12:02 pm
TV Updates Selena in the kitchen Selena Gomez’s new show, Selena + Chef premieres tonight on HBO Max. It’s ten episodes, each featuring Selena with a prominent chef, each of them in their respective kitchens, as Selena learns how to cook. And it’s not “learning”, as in someone who already has some basic skills By Lainey • Aug 13, 2020 10:55 am
TV Updates Sarah Cooper, quarantine queen Has anyone done better than Sarah Cooper in quarantine? Her TikTok videos mocking Trump became a viral sensation, this week she guest-hosted Jimmy Kimmel Live, and now she is getting a variety special on Netflix. Cooper didn’t exactly spring out of nowhere – she is a comedian and the author By Sarah • Aug 13, 2020 10:21 am
TV Updates Intro for August 12, 2020 Dear Gossips, When Joe Biden announced that Kamala Harris would be his running mate yesterday Maya Rudolph was in the middle of an Emmy campaign Zoom call with Entertainment Weekly and other nominees. Maya’s been nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her portrayal of Kamala By Lainey • Aug 12, 2020 09:02 am
TV Updates Keke Palmer: Recreating The View for Millennials? Yesterday Keke Palmer put out a call on Twitter that was quickly met with thousands of responses: “If I were to create a millennial “The View”, who would you want to be my co-hosts?” Now, I don’t want to brag (I kind of do) but I may have predicted By Cody • Aug 11, 2020 02:28 pm
TV Updates Horny And/Or Dirty Bachelorette Drama Is Apparently Addictive I am obsessed with the stories coming from the set of The Bachelorette. I have never watched the show, mostly because you can glean the context of every episode by osmosis, but I am damn well going to watch this season, when and if it ever makes it to air. By Duana • Aug 10, 2020 03:57 pm
TV Updates Perry Mason rests Perry Mason wrapped up its first season last night, and the end result is as conflicted as Perry has been throughout these eight episodes. There is no eleventh hour miracle, no witness breaking down on the stand (“No one confesses on the stand,” Hamilton Burger intones with an implied eyeroll By Sarah • Aug 10, 2020 12:43 pm
TV Updates What's Going on at Bon Appetit? I’ve been a fan of the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen for a while now. Like a lot of people, I first discovered the show by watching Claire try to recreate fast food snacks using gourmet techniques. I was hooked, but soon, the personalities of the onscreen talent became the By Prem • Aug 07, 2020 11:42 am
TV Updates Netflix acquires Moesha, Girlfriends, Sister Sister, and other Black-led 90s sitcoms This week the internet was delighted by the announcement that Netflix has acquired the rights to several 90s-era Black sitcoms including Sister, Sister, Girlfriends, Moesha and several others, which will drop throughout September. I share in the internet’s delight for many reasons. I consumed these shows rabidly when I By Duana • Jul 31, 2020 04:27 pm
TV Updates Welcome to Lovecraft Country HBO’s next big thing, they hope, is Lovecraft Country, a sci-fi/ horror/ adventure series based on Matt Ruff’s novel of the same name. It was developed by Underground’s Misha Green, and is produced by Jordan Peele and JJ Abrams. It has a lot going for it: prestige By Sarah • Jul 29, 2020 02:25 pm
