TV Updates BH90210 Pilot: too smart? Look, I’m gonna let you in on a little secret. Lainey and I have complained, kind of a lot, about the fact that people don’t read. Not you, of course, you’re here reading this and tons of other word-related content but… people. They don’t read. And By Duana • Aug 09, 2019 01:46 pm
TV Updates Happy Endings Might Be Coming Back There are just some shows that are ahead of their time and end up getting cancelled before they can really make a splash. Starz’s Party Down comes to mind as an example, and I bet Sarah could come up with so many more. Another show like that was Happy By Prem • Aug 08, 2019 11:18 am
TV Updates Beverly Hills, 90210 Arrives … It’s tonight. Tonight, the show-within-a-show revival of 90210 drops – I had known a few months ago that indeed it would be a birthday present for me, but I forgot that it was happening, so this was a treat. For other shows, obviously the play might be to release a By Duana • Aug 07, 2019 03:01 pm
TV Updates Atlanta will eventually return The last episode of Atlanta aired over a year ago. It won’t be until some time in 2020 that Atlanta’s third season will air. Atlanta is a show that makes us wait. So it’s a minor relief that it has already been renewed for a fourth season, By Sarah • Aug 07, 2019 01:15 pm
TV Updates “Wealth, Privilege, and Gwyneth” Is that redundant? Like can’t you just put “Gwyneth Paltrow” in the title and assume that everyone else will know that the words “wealth” and “privilege” will follow? This is the cover of the new issue of The Hollywood Reporter featuring Gwyneth Paltrow and Ben Platt, the stars of By Lainey • Aug 07, 2019 12:35 pm
TV Updates Is Colbert wasting Hannah Gadsby’s time? Hannah Gadsby had one of the biggest and best breakout moments of 2018 with her searing Netflix special, Nanette. That show, set up as a kind of two weeks’ notice to her comedy career, resulted in international acclaim, and she is now performing a new show, Douglas, off-Broadway (it will By Sarah • Aug 07, 2019 11:31 am
TV Updates Intro for August 2, 2019 Dear Gossips, CBS announced yesterday that the North American version of Love Island has been renewed for a second season even though ratings haven’t been great. But that measurement is based on what they call “linear” ratings which are typically reflective of the viewing preferences of an older audience By Lainey • Aug 02, 2019 08:54 am
TV Updates Where is Ariana Grande Heading Next? I’ve made it clear that one of my life goals is to have a true, authentic celebrity-fan interaction (cue eyerolls from literally everyone else on this site). Yes, I fanboy. Yes, I’m basic. But realistically, if I were to actually meet a celebrity, I’m not certain that By Prem • Aug 01, 2019 09:15 am
TV Updates Kevin Hart is also joining Quibi Earlier, Prem wrote about Sasha Velour’s upcoming show on Quibi, the “bite-sized” streaming platform designed for quick hit entertainment. Whenever Quibi comes up in my social media, there’s a real air of condescension and thinly veiled contempt for it surrounding the news releases. But as Prem pointed out, By Sarah • Jul 30, 2019 02:59 pm
TV Updates Sasha Velour’s Nightgowns to Appear on Quibi I love me some provocative, gender-bending art, and someone who consistently delivers that is Sasha Velour, winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9. Yesterday, when Deadline announced that Sasha would executive produce an eight episode series on Quibi based on her insanely popular Brooklyn revue, Nightgowns, I was beyond By Prem • Jul 30, 2019 11:08 am
TV Updates Jodie Comer will kill her creator? Are you caught up yet on Killing Eve? As Duana wrote in her post following the Emmy nominations, we have a few weeks to do our homework, so that we can be informed on Emmy night when we’re yelling at the TV about who got robbed. Sandra Oh is By Lainey • Jul 29, 2019 03:46 pm
TV Updates Veronica Mars Season 4 Review I waited. I wanted to watch all the episodes at once, and without getting spoiled so I was incredibly flattered that there were people who wanted to hear my thoughts, and I thought I’d need to organize my ideas into categories and things. But it turns out there’s By Duana • Jul 29, 2019 03:00 pm
TV Updates Send Bucky To Space For the first time, a Marvel Hall H announcement at Comic-Con this past weekend included television shows. To appease their corporate overlord, Marvel is developing a bunch of limited series for Disney+ which, unlike previous Marvel TV offerings, will be fully integrated in the MCU. TV shows to this point By Sarah • Jul 23, 2019 03:56 pm
TV Updates Henry Cavill doesn’t talk Henry Cavill’s post-Superman career begins with a Netflix fantasy series, their moonshot at having their own Game of Thrones, The Witcher. It’s based on a book series but better known as a popular video game, though the television series would really rather you didn’t think of the By Sarah • Jul 23, 2019 09:57 am
TV Updates Loki Revisited Tom Hiddleston has really stepped back his public persona. Since The Swiftening, he is not as active on social media, and he is photographed much less often out and about. There has been a real change in how he approaches his celebrity. But he is still part of the Marvel By Sarah • Jul 22, 2019 10:26 am
TV Updates THAT article is now a Netflix series If you follow true crime, you probably know THAT article, “An Unbelievable Story of Rape”, the one from ProPublica and The Marshall Project, about the serial rapist, the accused victim, and the badass lady detectives who finally tied it all together. If you haven’t read it, you should. It’ By Sarah • Jul 19, 2019 12:33 pm
