What's On Tonight & Pop Culture

Saturday, April 18, 2026

Pet Owners Independence Day And Make Your Own Saturday Headlines

Via Tenor

PET SET - DORIS

Friday, April 17, 2026

What's On Tonight (Saturday): Spike TV

League One Volleyball Match of the Week

Hi! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, April 18!

Our Top Pick tonight is the conclusion of this year's League One Volleyball Match of the Week (USA, 8 p.m.). The second season of the new sports leage, League One Volleyball, comes to an end tonight with the championship game between Austin and Salt Lake.

Elsewhere, Wrestlemania returns, Murder happens in the Dark, Kara Swisher still lives, Love finds Philly, and Rooster takes on a flood.

Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Apr. 17

Here are today's contestants:

- Taotao Zhang, a statistician from South River, New Jersey;

- Tini Howard, a comic book writer from Van Nuys, California; and

- Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Jamie is a 25-day champ with winnings of $702,000.

A Tale Of The Anti-Christs And Other Friday Headlines

Douglas Fairbanks Via Tumblr

'Trump To Cut Off Catholic Charities USA's Nose To Spite Pope's Face' [Wonkette]

'Elderly Golfer has a chat with the raccoons that live in his head, and other tales of dumbfuckery' [Tiedrich]

Thursday, April 16, 2026

What's On Tonight (Friday): Hire a Monster to Kill a Monster...

Dust Bunny

Today's Top Pick goes to the streaming premiere of Dust Bunny. A film that's either about a guy who kills monsters or about a guy who a little girl thinks kills monsters but actually kills bad guys. It was difficult for me to tell from the trailer. It stars Mads Mikkelson and Sigourney Weaver (though she appears to be a supporting role) and was written and directed by Bryan Fuller. And unlike last week's Top Pick, this one is at 85% on Rotten Tomatoes.

If that sounds too high falootin' for you, Amazon has the series premiere of American Gladiators. I watched the original one on occasion because there were attractive women in spandex (more the contestants than the gladiators), but now I can see attractive women in spandex anytime I want. I guess I just don't get the point of bringing it back.

⭐🎥 Dust Bunny (HBO Max, 3:01 AM) STREAMING PREMIERE. 'Ten-year-old Aurora has a mysterious neighbor (Mads Mikkelsen) who kills real-life monsters. He's a hit man for hire. So, when Aurora needs help killing the monster she believes ate her entire family, she procures his services. Directed by Bryan Fuller.'✔️

Elsewhere...

Politics Corner April 16

beware of Harlan Crow

photo mine

I'm packing up for New York. If I can make it there I'll be doing better than Trump.

Political Discussion Welcome

Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Apr. 16

Here are today's contestants:

- Erin Adams, a community college professor from Orlando, Florida;

- Andrew Younger, a nonprofit director from San Diego, California; and

- Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Jamie is a 24-day champ with winnings of $667,000.

Learn a Lesson While You Post Your Own Thursday Headlines

Courtesy The Black Chronicle.

This week's Notable Opening Night is April 16, 1990, when The Piano Lesson opened at the Walter Kerr.

Project Runway Canada, S3 E7: 'Dream Big On A Budget'

The designers take on a deceptively evil “couture on a budget” challenge, turning Giant Tiger looks into runway fashion

Originally aired December 25, 2025 [Google Drive Link]

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Politics Corner April 15

beware of Harlan Crow

photo mine

Politics Corner is tired of all this nonsense and is looking for a bed.

Political Discussion Welcome

What's On Tonight (Thursday): Time to clock out

Courtesy The Hollywood Reporter.

Tonight's Top Pick is the second season finale of The Pitt, premiering at 9 p.m. on HBO Max. It's also the 9 p.m. hour for Noah Wyle and his crew at the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center. Good luck at the Emmys, gang!

Feed Me: Noyo Fish Co.

The wharf in Fort Bragg is small scale compared to San Francisco. It was a nice, quiet, misty morning.

I had clam chowder in a bread bowl, naturally. It was delicious.

They had local rock cod (Pacific rockfish) for the fish and chips, with a beer batter from North Coast's Scrimshaw Pilsner.

Yeah, we stopped there too.

Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Apr. 15

Here are today's contestants:

- Bill Page, a volunteer docent from Morton Grove, Illinois;

- Kim Elliott, a writer from Sunnyvale, California; and

- Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Jamie is a 23-day champ with winnings of $644,000.

America's Sweetheart And Other Wednesday Headlines

Mary Pickford Via Pinterest

TFG And His Cronies Killed The IRS' Direct-To-File, Because Of Course They Did [Don Moynihan]

Substack Has Gotten Into The Andrew Tate Business [Wonkette]

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Politics Corner April 14

beware of Harlan Crow

photo mine

It's 4/14! AKA 414 -- Milwaukee Day!

Too bad I don't have much to share about Milwaukee today other than we weren't hit by a tornado that I know of. Hey, it's a bigger city than you think even though I can see most of it from my couch.

What's On Tonight (Wednesday): We know they're no Superman

Scrubs

But do they use T-Mobile? Here's what's on television for tonight, Wednesday, April 15!

Our Top Pick tonight is the season finale of Scrubs (ABC, 8 p.m. / Hulu, Thursday). Mark this revival down as one of the better examples of bringing back a previous property. Granted, Scrubs limped to its original ending and was never the massive pop culture hit it should have been, but this revival has done well bringing back its core characters and rediscovering the chemistry. Few succeed.

Elsewhere, Nova climbs aboard Artemis II, Elle Fanning has Money Troubles, Mark Wahlberg and Paul Walter Hauser are Balls Up, Abbott goes for a night out, a tea party has Testaments, Peacock returns to Beyond the Villa, MasterChef cooks again, and TLC spends One Day in My Body.