TV Updates The Battle for Favourite Show Last week Sarah emailed me, Lainey, and Emily, our site manager. Subject? Duana’s new favourite show. Body? “This show was made with only the freshest ingredients, pureed in the most expensive blender, and poured into a tall, frosty glass just for Duana's consumption.” I mean, let’s By Duana • Jul 30, 2018 12:07 pm
TV Updates Intro for July 30, 2018 Dear Gossips, Season 6 of Orange is the New Black premiered on Netflix on Friday. Which means, as Danielle Brooks said late last year, “…we’re closer to the end than we are to the beginning”. Seasons 5, 6, and 7 were greenlit at the same time. There’s been By Lainey • Jul 30, 2018 09:29 am
TV Updates Insecure Fest On Saturday, HBO held a block party at Banc of California Stadium to promote the new season of Insecure. HBO held a whole ass block party in a stadium to premiere an episode of a TV show. They don’t normally do this. Insecure is a show that transcends television. By Kathleen • Jul 23, 2018 03:06 pm
TV Updates Julia and Radiohead Last week, Joanna checked in with Julia Roberts on Instagram. It’s been about a month now since she joined. And since then she’s been showing us her work. Lately she’s been at work on a photo shoot – seen in Malibu in several outfits, including a rainbow skirt By Lainey • Jul 23, 2018 11:33 am
TV Updates Dork Storm 2018: The Dorkening After years of pop cultural dominance, we’re adjusting to a new reality: Comic-Con is no longer a major industry event. Oh, the magazines still feature glossy previews and there are parties and “activations” galore, but at this point Comic-Con is a thing because we say it’s a thing, By Sarah • Jul 18, 2018 01:18 pm
TV Updates “Single. 30. Thriving” Those words open the Insecure Season 3 trailer. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that “single” is the focus here. Issa is living with – but not sleeping with – Daniel. Molly is allegedly done with Waste Man Dro and Kelli is living her best life as usual dropping comedy By Kathleen • Jul 10, 2018 01:20 pm
Girlcrushes Issa Rae, for the culture Let me tell you all the ways I love Issa Rae. She's given me a lot of reasons to love her lately. First, let's start with the CFDAs. She hosted the awards, looking flawless per usual, rocking the sh-t out of a Pyer Moss gown. The By Kathleen • Jun 05, 2018 01:08 pm
TV Updates Jen solo in LA You see where I’m going here, don’t you? Why not? WHY NOT?! Sorry, that was a little screechy. But I started writing this post just as it was announced that Serena Williams has withdrawn from the French Open due to injury so that match that we’ve all By Lainey • Jun 04, 2018 11:45 am
TV Updates “Abhorrent” Roseanne got Roseanne Cancelled Mark the date down. Today is an anomaly in the entertainment business – or maybe in business overall. Today is the day that, when confronted with egregious behaviour on the part of one of its employees, Roseanne Barr, ABC did exactly the right thing. Mere hours after Roseanne tweeted something so By Duana • May 29, 2018 04:57 pm
TV Updates Issa Rae’s fears Issa Rae won the Internet yesterday with this photoshoot in GQ of her channeling iconic black characters from 90s sitcoms. Issa Rae for @GQMagazine: pic.twitter.com/ouplh6ZnQx— Philip Lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) May 22, 2018 The photoshoot itself is AMAZING (the Dwayne Wayne one kills me) but Issa can’t By Kathleen • May 23, 2018 03:12 pm
TV Updates Kelly Clarkson wins The Voice SPOILER ALERT. I did that backwards, didn’t I? Sorry. Kelly revealed the news on her Instagram this morning and it’s all over Twitter so I’m actually not that sorry. When it comes to reality show finales, you should know that you have to watch that sh-t live. By Kathleen • May 23, 2018 02:52 pm
TV Updates Murphy in the Morning I, along with the rest of what I like to call “35 and older Twitter,” got really excited when a Murphy Brown reboot was announced in January. If the CBS upfront is any indication, the network is very happy with what they have – the cast was given a prime spot, By Maria • May 17, 2018 02:25 pm
TV Updates This Is Upfronts Have you missed these titles? After NBCUniversal’s upfront presentation yesterday, the push to the fall premiere of Season 3 of This Is Us has officially started. We have a whole summer to prepare for ALL THE FEELINGS. I almost forgot about the feelings. By now, you know I love By Kathleen • May 15, 2018 02:12 pm
TV Updates Benedict Cumberbatch dominates as Patrick Melrose Benedict Cumberbatch’s five-part limited series, Patrick Melrose, kicked off over the weekend, and the first episode teeters right on the edge of sublime and too much. Cumberbatch stars as the titular Patrick Melrose, an addict attempting to kick heroin—and nothing else—while retrieving his father’s ashes from By Sarah • May 15, 2018 10:36 am
TV Updates Show Your Work: Snubbed By Shonda, Jessica Alba’s Out, and the Divine Pettiness of Ryan Murphy We didn’t set out to make an all-TV episode of Show Your Work – but when we sat down to record the podcast on Friday night, it was Friday afternoon on the West Coast – so all the pilot pickups and passes were being tweeted more or less in real time, By Duana • May 14, 2018 04:36 pm
TV Updates Donald Glover’s America Donald Glover hosted Saturday Night Live this weekend. He also served as the musical guest as Childish Gambino. I assumed we would be talking about Donald/Childish’s SNL appearance today. Halfway through the episode, when every single skit was making me laugh – which never happens – I was certain the By Kathleen • May 07, 2018 09:54 am
