Friday, October 9, 2026

Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Oct. 9

 Here are today's contestants:

- Dan Perkey, a brewer originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;

- Kendra Kendell, a payroll analyst originally from Aurora, Colorado; and

- Greg Monson, a videographer from Portland, Oregon. Greg is a one-day champ with winnings of $8,700.

National Sneakers Day And Make Your Own Friday Headlines

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Thursday, October 8, 2026

Politics Corner October 8

   


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Politics Corner has too many things juggling in the air above him.






Political Discussion Welcome

What's On Tonight (Friday): This House is Not Clean

Haunted Hotel

There were a lot of contenders for Top Pick today.  Apple has Matchbox the Movie, which appears to have very little to do with Matchbox cars other than the main characters played with them when they were kids.  Netflix has the Ben Affleck directed political/kidnapping thriller Animals.  Paramount has the premiere of the latest Avatar: The Last Airbender spinoff, Avatar: Seven Havens.  We also have the return of the entire CBS Friday night line up plus the streaming premieres of Disclosure Day, Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger and V/H/S/Mixtape.  What is the selector of today's Top Pick to do?  

I'll tell you what he does, he bestows Top Pick upon the second season of Haunted Hotel because he knows he'll actually watch it and probably be done before the end of the weekend.  I watched the first season, and though I didn't love it, I liked it enough to keep with it and it got better as the season went along.  Also, it's nice when Netflix actually produces a series where the seasons are released only one year apart the way God intended.

⭐👻 Haunted Hotel (Netflix, 3:01 AM) SEASON TWO. ' Katherine and her family find their groove as more paranormal problems come looking for vacancies. But can a haunted hotel ever really feel like home?'


Elsewhere...

Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Oct. 8

 Here are today's contestants:


- Greg Monson, a videographer from Portland, Oregon;

- Lou Williamson, a software analyst from Greenville, South Carolina; and

- John Edwards, an editor from Brooklyn, New York. John is a one-day champ with winnings of $31,201.

International Newspaper Carrier Day and Your Own Thursday Headlines

 

Courtesy Pinterest.

I'm taking one more week off from Notable Opening Nights. There will be a catchup post soon. Thanks for understanding.

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

What's On Tonight (Thursday): Yours, CBS' and Ours

 

Courtesy Deadline.

Tonight's Top Pick is the series premiere of Eternally Yours, airing at 8:30 p.m. on CBS. I'm meh on the concept -- your potential in-laws are vampires -- but I'm applauding Helen J. Shen (Maybe Happy Ending) getting a shot at TV fame. Hurray for the Broadway-Hollywood exchange still existing in some form.

Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Oct. 7

 Here are today's contestants:

- Anne Damtoft, a library support coordinator from Silver Spring, Maryland;

- John Edwards, an editor from Brooklyn, New York; and

- Rian Robertson, a software developer from Ottawa, Ontario. Rian is a four-day champ with winnings of $64,101.

National Chocolate Covered Pretzel Day and Other Wednesday Headlines

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Tuesday, October 6, 2026

What's On Tonight (Wednesday): The Carrie diaries

Carrie

Martin Mull takes over the fire station! Here's what's on television for tonight, Wednesday, October 7!

Our Top Pick tonight is latest remake/retelling of Carrie (Amazon Prime Video, 3 a.m.). This time a limited series, the Stephen King-authored story is updated to the present day and with Summer H. Howell as the title character. I can appreciate expanded the story to miniseries form, but... 8 episodes? Yet the early reviews are positive. Maybe it'll be better than other attempts -- the sequel, the pilot movie, and theatrical remake.

Elsewhere, Martin Mull gets documentary treatment, Abbott Elementary is in session, Chicago is One again, Last Seen is seen, Jamie Foxx aims for funny, our Slow Horses are finally the target, Ted Lasso has change, and Nova talks about satellite management.

Politics Corner October 6

   


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My new American Express card showed up a day late and it's been surprising how complicated it is to update my finances.




Political Discussion Welcome

Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Oct. 6

 Here are today's contestants:


- Alex Kim, a clinical social worker from Holyoke, Massachusetts;

- Elise Rose, a tutor researcher and editor from Ave Maria, Florida; and

- Rian Robertson, a software developer from Ottawa, Ontario. Rian is a three-day champ with winnings of $39,701.

It's actually Taco Tuesday And Other Tuesday Headlines


The National Bird Of Germany Is The Golden Eagle, Via Tumblr

Happy National Taco Day! [Daysoftheyear.com]

Death expanding the sex pest wing in Hell [Washington Post]

Political polarization in Canada is so bad that the winning party of Quebec's election last night was able to secure a minority government of 60/127 seats with 28% of the vote share [CBC]

Monday, October 5, 2026

Politics Corner October 5

   


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I guess at least we're not in Siberia. We just  have measles and magnetic personalities.




Political Discussion Welcome

What's On Tonight (Tuesday): If they can make it there ...

 

Courtesy CBS.

Tonight's Top Pick is the series premiere of NCIS: New York, airing at 9 p.m. on CBS. Well, good for LL Cool J and Scott Caan for hanging onto that sweet, sweet CBS procedural money.

Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Oct. 5

 Here are today's contestants:


- Jason Vincze, a bar owner from New York City;

- Erika Niemi, an aspiring actuary from Flagstaff, Arizona; and

- Rian Robertson, a software developer from Ottawa, Ontario. Rian is a two-day champ with winnings of $25,901.

Sportsball October 4

  



Sunday, October 4, 2026

Politics Corner October 4

   


beware of Harlan Crow

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If I knew that this was happening in Milwaukee I might have done something rash. Trump scum think they can talk trash about Harley-Davidson in Milwaukee. That's a firm red line. And you would think that even dumb ass Sean Duffy would know to keep his mouth shut. Nope. He doubled down on blaming Canada for dairy tariffs. The first time Trump put dairy tariffs on Canada Wisconsin took a huge hit. That was a US Representative from northern Wisconsin, by way of MTV's Road Rules. He was a dumbass then. He's a corrupt dumbass now. [WISN]




via WISN

 Political Discussion Welcome

What's On Tonight (Monday): Private Eyes, they're watching you ...

 

Courtesy IMDB.

Tonight's Top Pick is the U.S. series premiere of Private Eyes West Coast, airing at 8 p.m. on The CW. I have to admit, I'm impressed by how Jason Priestley stays consistently working.

CBSSM: Why Look, It's Alan Alda

 
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This week's segments can be found at the CBSSM YouTube page. Viewers in Australia/New Zealand may encounter IP geoblocking that requires a VPN to bypass.


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