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
TV Updates Love, Victor Switches Up the Formula Back when the trailer came out for Love, Victor, the spinoff TV show from Love, Simon, I wondered how the show’s creators planned to differentiate the show from the movie. Yesterday, the first season of the show was released on Hulu, and it’s not what I was expecting. By Prem • Jun 18, 2020 12:04 pm
Break Ups Too Hot To Handle: A Storm is Brewing Lainey has been posting frequently about Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas’s relationship during quarantine. They’re among the many who have developed new relationships amidst a global pandemic. But there have also been many break-ups, like Jessie J and Channing Tatum or Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock. Circumstances By Prem • Jun 17, 2020 11:18 am
TV Updates Lemon, It’s Wednesday My apology to the first person on Twitter pointed out that “Quibi is a 30 Rock joke come to life” but it been said so many times, over so many months, by so many people, that I can’t find the original post. As Quibi continues to take hits (on By Maria • Jun 17, 2020 09:47 am
TV Updates Garcelle’s a Diamond in the Bravo Rough Over the last week, our site manager Emily and I have been talking offline about the Vanderpump Rules firing of Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute for their treatment of former cast-adjacent friend Faith, who slept with their castmate Jax Taylor while he was dating their friend Brittany (pronounced Brittaaaaaaattttnny). I’ By Maria • Jun 12, 2020 01:54 pm
TV Updates Cancelling copaganda Alongside demonstrations about police brutality is the curious case of “copaganda”, or Hollywood’s close, cozy relationship with policing as an institution—one that is overwhelming centered on white cops and always portrays police as the unquestioned good guys in every scenario—and how to move forward with cop shows By Sarah • Jun 11, 2020 11:54 am
Quiveration Omar and Ander get tested If you watch Elite, you know exactly who I’m talking about here because I’ve just referred to the names of the characters and not the actors. Omar on Elite is played by Omar Ayuso. Ander is played by Aron Piper. They are, spoiler alert, but not really, my By Lainey • Jun 04, 2020 01:31 pm
TV Updates At least Perry Mason still looks good There’s a lot going on right now, and it feels frivolous to write about the trailer for an HBO series—it IS frivolous—but I’ve run the gamut this past weekend from determined to uplifted to nervous to scared to panicked and now I’m idling on E. By Sarah • Jun 01, 2020 02:04 pm
