TV Updates Loving ‘The Baby-Sitters Club’ is Absolutely Right Even though 2020 (and Twitter) keeps showing us that there are infinite ways to be an asshole online, a very grown woman saying, “I’m nervous about the upcoming Netflix series The Baby-Sitters Club” was absolutely going to be a contender for the prize. So I didn’t. I waited By Duana • Jul 10, 2020 03:30 pm
TV Updates What should Keke Palmer do next? Page Six is reporting Keke’s Palmer’s latest gig as co-host of Strahan, Sara & Keke has come to an end. Sources say ABC has no plans to resume production on the Good Morning America spinoff, after it was put on hiatus to make room for pandemic news programming By Cody • Jul 10, 2020 02:23 pm
TV Updates Oscar and Michelle’s Marriage Story There is going to be SO MUCH breakup media coming out of this pandemic. And there will be some romantic stories to be told, but I predict the vibe of post-pandemic storytelling will be overwhelmingly about the meltdown, not the meet cute. Case in point: Oscar Isaac and Michelle Williams By Sarah • Jul 10, 2020 11:29 am
TV Updates The Quibi Experiment, Three Months Later Here’s a real question for us to ponder in the summer of nothing better to do: Which is going worse, the first months of Apple TV+ or the first months of Quibi? Both are enormously expensive streaming ventures, both had flashy launches touting impressive rosters of A List talent, By Sarah • Jul 07, 2020 12:03 pm
TV Updates For Your Consideration: Maitreyi Ramakrishnan Looks like that Team Paxton vs. Team Ben cliffhanger won’t go answered. Mindy Kaling’s Netflix series, Never Have I Ever officially got the green light for season 2. It’s no surprise, considering the teen dramedy became the most streamed title in many countries around the world almost By Cody • Jul 03, 2020 11:24 am
TV Updates Kelly Clarkson wins an Emmy There are few people in Hollywood like Kelly Clarkson. Think about it. How many celebrities are as universally beloved as Kelly Clarkson? My favourite celebrity may not be your favourite celebrity. You fave is probably not mine. But when Kelly Clarkson comes up, no one is like… nah, I don’ By Lainey • Jun 29, 2020 10:08 am
TV Updates Homecoming Is For Right Now Every time I’m on a Zoom call, in an effort to counteract the general awkwardness that is people who are often having their only human interaction for the week, there’s some small talk about what people are watching – that happens regardless of whether it’s a TV industry By Duana • Jun 26, 2020 04:03 pm
TV Updates #BlackAF renewed #BlackAF has been renewed for a second season. This is such great news for me, I was confused when Lainey told me cause my biased mind had already renewed it before it was actually real. I made my allegiances to this extremely messy show back in April, here. Now that By Melayna • Jun 26, 2020 02:26 pm
TV Updates THR’s TV Drama Actresses Roundtable 2020 Voting for this year’s Emmy nominees starts July 2nd and that means the stars are (virtually) out campaigning. One of the big stops is always The Hollywood Reporter’s roundtable series; this year’s drama actress roundtable includes Janelle Monáe (Homecoming), Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show), Reese Witherspoon (The By Cody • Jun 26, 2020 01:15 pm
TV Updates Sandra & Sharon fangirl each other One of the unexpected stars to emerge from this past award season which culminated with Parasite’s win for Best Picture at the Oscars was Sharon Choi, Director Bong Joon-ho’s interpreter. We all fell in love with her. And she was on stage with the Parasite team multiple times By Lainey • Jun 25, 2020 02:59 pm
TV Updates Love Is Blind: Lauren & Cameron vs. Mark & Jessica This week, Ellen Digital Network announced a new reality competition series, Game Night, which will feature the show’s hosts, Love Is Blind alums Cameron Hamilton and Lauren Speed Hamilton pitted against famous couples in a series of virtual games. This is the second time the Ellen DeGeneres content house By Cody • Jun 25, 2020 12:13 pm
TV Updates Jenny Slate and Kristen Bell give up their seat You’d be hard pressed to find somebody in my age group who doesn’t love Big Mouth or has at least sampled the Netflix hit since it entered the cultural zeitgeist on arrival in 2017 — because it’s hilarious. The animated series, which follows 7th graders as they navigate By Cody • Jun 25, 2020 11:06 am
TV Updates Savannah Guthrie’s Hair and Makeup Even though restrictions are lifting after months of pandemic lockdown – and many would say they shouldn’t be lifting at all considering the outbreaks and surges and an anticipated second wave – many people are still working from home, including broadcasters. I’m still working from home and there are no By Lainey • Jun 25, 2020 10:05 am
TV Updates Perry Mason is of our time The first episode of HBO’s rebooted Perry Mason aired on the weekend, and it is a cynical show for a cynical time. Set during the week between Christmas and New Year’s, in that liminal space where nothing feels real and everything is possible, a young boy, Charlie, is By Sarah • Jun 24, 2020 11:45 am
TV Updates Tina Fey’s Intent As I wrote yesterday in my apology post, in this moment, power structures are being challenged, everyone is being challenged, and those of us who have been complicit and complacent are facing a reckoning – and that’s a good thing. Institutionalised racism and misogyny is being confronted. This is happening By Lainey • Jun 23, 2020 10:06 am
TV Updates Soaps Return with ‘Sexy’ Spousal Stand-Ins Look, joy comes in unexpected places, and life holds many surprises, and in the midst of our pandemic/revolution/global reckoning, the one sentence I didn’t expect to say was “I might have to start watching The Bold And The Beautiful”. I’ve never been a soap watcher, and By Duana • Jun 19, 2020 01:55 pm
